A Little Bitty Gun
A Little Bitty Gun

A Little Bitty Gun easy guitar chords by Tom Paxton

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    • Verse 1
    I don't 
    usually pick 
    on people who haven't 

    asked for it by 
    being elected to public 
    office 

    and then 
    screwing 
    up, but in 

    Nancy 

    Reagan's 
    case, I made an exception 
    to that rule, 

    and 

    not for any 
    of the trivial jazz. 
    I mean, I never did 

    get too involved 
    in the brouhaha 

    over the purchase 

    of new crockery 
    for the 

    White 

    House. 

    It didn't 
    seem to me to be one 

    the big ones to 
    get involved in. 

    It was 
    not that that riled 
    me. 

    I decided to 
    write this 

    next 
    song when, 
    with infallible 
    timing, 

    Mrs. 

    Reagan chose 
    a couple of 
    days after 

    John 

    Lennon's 

    murder to 
    put 
    her two cents worth 
    into the controversy 
    over 
    handgun 
    control, 

    which still 

    rages in the 

    States. 

    Predictably, 
    she took her 
    husband's point of view, 

    which is basically 

    that it's only 
    the possession 
    of a snub 
    -nosed 38 

    in every home 
    that's keeping the 

    Russian 

    missiles at bay. 
    she 
    went on at 

    some length about the little 
    gun that 

    Ron had bought 
    for 

    her when he 
    used to travel a lot 
    making speeches, and 

    she told him 
    how she kept it in her 
    night 

    table, 
    although she 
    never had 
    learned to fire it, 

    you understand. 

    Titter, titter. 

    And I 

    felt a song 
    coming on. 

    I've 
    got a 
    little bitty 
    gun on 
    the table 

    Right 
    by 
    my little bitty 
    bed 

    Though 
    it's really very 
    cute 

    How 
    you hold a thing 
    to shoot 

    Is 
    too much for 
    my little bitty 
    head 

    I 
    love my 
    little bitty 
    pistol 

    It's 
    the pride of 
    my little bitty 
    room 

    And 
    the gun shoots 
    little bitty 
    bul
    lets 

    When 
    the 
    little bitty 
    gum goes 

    boom 

    Verse 2
    How I 
    love my 
    husband 

    He takes 
    care of 
    me 

    He'll 
    take 
    care 
    of all 
    of you 

    Just you 
    wait 
    and 
    see 
    Verse 3

    When 
    he 
    has to 
    go away 

    Nights are 
    long 
    and 
    black 
    If 
    Verse 4

    the 
    bad man 
    comes around, 

    I'll 
    shoot his 
    lights out, 

    Jack 

    I've 
    got 
    a 
    little bitty 
    gun on 
    the table 

    Right 
    by 
    my little bitty 
    bed 

    Though 
    it's really very 
    cute how 

    you hold the thing 
    to shoot 

    It's 
    too much for 
    my little bitty 
    head 

    I 
    love my 
    little bitty 
    pistol 

    It's 
    the pride of 
    my little bitty 
    room 

    And 
    the gun shoots 
    little bitty 
    bul
    lets 

    When 
    the 
    little bitty 
    gun goes 

    boom 

    Now 
    we're 
    in the 

    White 

    House, 
    won't 
    we 
    dance till 
    dawn? 

    Turning 
    loose some 
    welfare folks 
    on 
    the 

    White 

    House 
    lawn. 

    You bring 
    your little 
    pistol, 

    I'll 
    bring my 
    pistol 
    too. 

    We'll 
    fire our 
    pistols 
    at their 
    feet, 

    they'll dance for 
    me and 
    you. 

    I've 
    got 
    a 
    little bitty 
    gun on 
    the table 

    Right 
    by 
    my little bitty 
    bed 

    Though 
    it's really very 
    cute 

    How 
    you hold the thing 
    to shoot 

    Is 
    too much for 
    my little bitty 
    head 

    I 
    love 
    my little bitty 
    pistol 

    It's 
    the pride of 
    my little bitty 
    room 

    And 
    the gun shoots 
    little bitty 
    bul
    lets 

    When 
    the 
    little bitty 
    gun goes 
    boom 

    When 
    the 
    little bitty 
    gun goes 
    boom 

    Thank 

    Thank 
    you. 

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