MY FATHER'S GUN

   Year : 1971
  Album : Tumbleweed Connection
Writers : Elton John & Bernie Taupin

Here's my version of "My Fathers Gun" By Elton John. Its much easier to play on acoustic 
without all the flats and sharps. There may be a few chord changes missing, but overall 
sounds good. (Not in same key as album).

Standard Tuning

Intro: | E | A | E | A - Asus A | 
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     E (022100@1)          A (x02220@1)	         Gm7
From this day on I own my father's gun.
C#/Dbm                 		AWe (x02220@1)dug his shallow grave beneath the sun.

B (x2444x@1)                   Gm7   C#/Dbm           BA
I laid his broken body down  -  below the southern line.
D (xx0232@1)              C#/Dbm        A (x02220@1)                BIt (x2444x@1)wouldn't do to bury him  -  where any Yankee stands.


E (022100@1)          			A (x02220@1)	         Gm7
I'll take my horse and I'll ride the northern plain.
C#/Dbm                 		ATo (x02220@1)wear the colour of the greys and join the fight again.
B (x2444x@1)                   Gm7   C#/Dbm           BA
I'll not rest until I know  -  the cause is fought and won.
D (xx0232@1)              C#/Dbm        A (x02220@1)                EFrom (022100@1)this day on, until I die,    I'll wear my father's gun.

CHORUS:
Gm7                          C#/Dbm        B (x2444x@1)AI'd (x02220@1)like to know where the riverboat sails  to - night.
Gm7                          C#/Dbm        B (x2444x@1)ATo (x02220@1)New Orleans well that's just fine   al - right.
                F# (244322@1)                   B (x2444x@1)          Gm7    
  B`Cause (x2444x@1)there's fighting there and the company needs men.
   A (x02220@1)               B (x2444x@1)             E (022100@1)AE	ASo (x02220@1)slip us a rope and sail on round the  bend.

E (022100@1)          			A (x02220@1)	         Gm7
As soon as this is over we'll go home.
C#/Dbm                 		ATo (x02220@1)plant the seeds of justice in our bones.
B (x2444x@1)                   Gm7   C#/Dbm           BA
To watch the children growing  -  and see the women sewing.
D (xx0232@1)              C#/Dbm        A (x02220@1)                EThere'll (022100@1)be laughter when the bells of freedom ring.


{Repeat Chorus, Fade}