Buy A Gun For Your Son
Buy A Gun For Your Son

Buy A Gun For Your Son easy guitar chords by Tom Paxton

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    • Verse 1
    Hallelujah, 
    Dads 
    and 
    Mommies, 

    Cowboys, 
    Rebels, 
    Yanks 
    and 
    Commies 

    Buy 
    yourselves 
    some 
    real 

    red 
    blooded 
    fun
    . 

    If 
    you 
    want 
    to 
    make 
    the grade, 

    You've 
    got 
    to have 
    a 
    hand 
    grenade, 

    And 
    a 
    fully 
    automatic 
    G.I. 
    Gun. 

    Verse 2
    So 
    Buy 
    a gun 
    for 
    your son 
    right 
    away, 
    Sir 

    Shake 
    his 
    hand 
    like 
    a man 

    and 
    let him 
    play, 
    Sir. 

    Let his 
    little 
    mind 
    expand, 

    Place 
    a 
    weapon 
    in 
    his 
    hand, 

    For 
    the skill
    s he 
    learns 
    today 

    will 
    someday 
    pay, 
    Sir. 

    Verse 3
    Pound 
    that 
    kid 
    into 
    submission 

    'Till he's 
    mastered 
    Nuclear 
    Fission 

    Buy 
    him 
    plastic 
    warheads 

    by 
    the score, 

    Once 
    he's 
    got 
    the taste 
    of 
    blood, 

    He's 
    gonna 
    sneak 
    up 
    on 
    his 
    buddies 

    Starting 
    his own 
    thermo- 
    nuclear 
    war. 

    Verse 4
    So 
    buy 
    a gun 
    for 
    your son 
    right 
    away, 
    Sir 

    Shake 
    his 
    hand 
    like 
    a man 

    and 
    let him 
    play, 
    Sir. 

    Let 
    his 
    little 
    mind 
    expand, 

    Place 
    a 
    weapon 
    in 
    his 
    hand, 

    For 
    the skill
    s he 
    learns 
    today 

    will someday 
    pay, 
    Sir. 

    Verse 5
    Buy 
    him khakis 
    and 
    fatigues, 

    And 
    sign 
    him 
    up 
    in 
    little 
    leagues, 

    Give him 
    calisthenics 
    as 
    a rule. 

    Once 
    you've 
    banished 
    fear 
    and 
    dread, 

    Then 
    pat 
    his seven 
    year- 
    old 
    head, 

    And 
    send 
    him 
    off 
    to military 
    school. 

    Verse 6
    Oh 
    buy 
    a gun 
    for 
    your son 
    right 
    away, 

    Sir 

    Shake 
    his 
    hand 
    like 
    a man 

    and 
    let him 
    play, 
    Sir. 

    Let his 
    little 
    mind 
    expand, 

    Place 
    a 
    weapon 
    in 
    his 
    hand, 

    For 
    the skill
    s he 
    learns 
    today 

    will 
    someday 
    pay, 
    Sir. 

    Verse 7
    Once 
    he's 
    grown 
    to 
    be 
    a man, 

    He 
    might 
    get 
    tired 
    of 
    blasting 
    Granny, 

    Then 
    you'll see 
    a crisis 
    coming 
    on. 

    Don't 
    get 
    worried, 
    don't 
    get 
    nervous. 

    Send 
    that 
    kid into 
    the service, 

    Let him 
    rise 
    into 
    the 
    Pentagon. 

    At 
    the Pentagon 
    he'll 
    rise. 

    The 
    President 
    he 
    will advise, 

    His 
    reputation 
    growing 
    all 
    the 
    while. 

    With 
    your 
    picture 
    on 
    the wall, 

    He'll 
    get 
    that 
    long- 
    awaited 
    call, 

    And 
    press 
    the firing 
    buttons 
    with 
    a smile. 

    Verse 8
    Buy 
    a gun 
    for 
    your son 
    right 
    away, Sir 

    Shake 
    his 
    hand 
    like 
    a man 

    and 
    let him 
    play, 
    Sir. 

    Let his 
    little 
    mind 
    expand, 

    Place 
    a 
    weapon 
    in 
    his 
    hand, 

    For 
    the skill
    s he 
    learns 

    today 
    will 
    someday 
    pay, 
    Sir. 

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