Granddaddy's Gun

It sits above the mantle on a couple rusty nails

It ain't worth a lot of money and it damn sure ain't for sale

The good Lord only knows all the stories it could tell

My granddaddy's gun

He bought it new out of the Sears Roebuck catalog

And it shot many shells over the back of an old bird dog

It backed the burglar down when grandma took the safety off

Of granddaddy's gun

It's just an old double-barreled 12

The stock is cracked and it kicks like hell

It wouldn't mean what it means to me to no one

I can still hear his voice when I put it to my shoulder

Guns like a woman's, son, it's all how you hold her

Taught me a whole lot more than how to hunt

One of these days I'll pass it on to my grandson

My granddaddy's gun

He handed it to me on the day I turned 13

With a half-shot box of shells and a kit to keep it clean

I keep a picture in the case of that sweet old man and me

Granddaddy's gun

It's just an old double-barreled 12

The stock is cracked and it kicks like hell

Wouldn't mean what it means to me to no one

I can still hear his voice when I put it to my shoulder

Guns like a woman's, son, it's all how you hold her

Taught me a whole lot more than how to hunt

One of these days I'll pass it on to my grandson

My granddaddy's gun

There's a long beard hangin' on the livin' room wall

That I got with a box call and granddaddy's gun

There's a shot up sign up there on 49

That me and Billy Joe shot up one night

With granddaddy's gun

Well, it sits above the mantle on a couple rusty nails

It ain't worth a lot of money and it damn sure ain't for sale