Chords for My Father's Gun - Elton John (Tumbleweed Connection 5 of 10)

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_ _ _ From this day on [Ab] I own my [Gm] father's gun
_ _ [Cm] Dougie [Eb] shallow grave [Ab] need the fun
I _ [Bb] laid his broken [G] body down
[Cm] [Eb] Below the southern [Ab] land
[Db] It wouldn't [Cm] do to bury him
[Ab] Where any Yankee [Bb] stands
I'll [Eb] take my horse [Ab] and I ride
the [Gm] northern plain
To _ [Cm] wear [Eb] the color of the grays and join the [Ab] fight again
For _ [Bb]
I rest [Bm] until I [G] know
[Cm] The [Eb] cause is [Ab] fallen one
[Db] from this day [Cm] on
Until I die
[Ab] I wear my father's [Eb] gun _
[G] _ _ [Cm] _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[G] To New [Cm] Orleans, well [Eb] that's just [Ab] fine
Cause _ _ _
[F] there's wine in [Bb] there and my company needs [G] men
[Cm] _ _
[Eb] [Ab] So slip us a rope [Bb] and set on a ride [Eb] to bed _
As _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ soon [Ab] as this is over
[Gm] We'll go home
To [Cm] plant the [Eb] seeds of justice
[Ab] In our bones
_ [Bb] We'll watch the children [G] growin'
[Cm] And [Eb] see the women [Ab] sewing
[Db] There'll be laughter [Cm] when the bells of [Ab] freedom ring
[Bb] I'd _ [G] like to [C] know where [Eb] the river [Ab] would sand tonight
_ _ [G] To New [C] Orleans, well that's just [Eb] fine
[Ab] _ _ _ [F] Cause there's wine in there [Bb] and my company [B] needs men
[G] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] [Ab] So slip us a rope [Bb] and set on a ride [Eb] to bed
Where [G] _
_ [C] [Bbm] the river would [Ab] sand tonight
_ _ [G]
To New Orleans, [C] well [Eb] that's just [Ab] fine
_ _ [F] Cause there's wine in [Bb] there and my company needs [G] men
So [C] [Bb] slip [Ab] us a rope [Bb] and set on a ride to [Eb] bed _ _
[G] Where [C] the river [Bbm] would [Ab] sand _ _ [G] tonight
To New Orleans, [Cm] well that's just [Bbm] fine
[Ab] _ _ _
[F] Cause there's wine in there [Bb] and my company [G] needs men
So [Cm] _ [Bbm]
[Ab] slip us a rope [Bb] and set on a ride to [Ab] bed
[Eb] Where _
[G] _ [Cm] the [Bbm] river [Ab] would sand _ [G] tonight
To New Orleans
[Cm] _ [Bbm] _ [Ab] _ _ _
[F] Cause there's wine in there [Bb] and my company [G] needs men
[Cm] So [Eb]
[Ab] slip us a rope [Bb] and set on a ride to [Ab] _ [Eb] bed
[G] I'd like to know [Cm] where the river [Bbm] would sand [Ab] tonight _ _
[G] To New Orleans, [Cm] well that's just [Bbm] [Ab] fine _ _
[F] Cause there's wine in there [Bb] and my company [G] needs men
[Cm] So [Bbm]
[Ab] slip us a rope [Bb] and set on a ride [Ab] to _ [Eb] bed
[G] Where [Gm] [Cm] the [Bbm] river would [Ab] _ _ _ _
[G] _ [Cm] sand [Bbm] tonight
[Ab] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] Set [G] _ _ [Cm] _ [Bbm] _
[Ab] _ [Bb] on a ride [Ab] to [Eb] bed
Set on a [G] _ [Cm] ride [C] to [Ab] bed _ _ _
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