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It sets above the mantel on a couple rusty nails
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It ain't worth a lot of money
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And it damn sure ain't for sale
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The good lord only knows all the stories it could tell
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My Granddaddy's gun
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He bought it new out of the Sears and Robuck catalog
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And it shot a many shells over the back of an old bird dog
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And it backed a burglar down when grandma took the safety off
Granddaddy's gun.
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It's just an old double barrel twelve
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The stock is cracked and it kick's like hell
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It wouldn't mean what mean's to me to no one
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Cause I can still hear his voice when I put it to my shoulder
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A guns like a woman son it's all how you hold her
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He taught me a whole lot more than how to hunt
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And one of these days I'll pass it on to my grandson
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My Granddaddy's Gun
That old man gave it to me on the day I turned thirteen
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There's a long beard hanging on the livin' room wall
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That I got with a box call and Granddaddy's gun
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There's a beat up sign out there on forty nine
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That me and Billy Joe shot up one night
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With granddaddy's gun
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It sets above the mantel on a couple rusty nails
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It ain't worth a lot of money but it damn sure ain't for sale