Granddaddy's Gun

[Verse 1] It sits above the mantel, 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 a many a shells over the back of an old bird dog It backed a burglar down when grandma took the safety off Granddaddy's gun [Chorus] It's just an old double barrel twelve The stock is cracked and it kick's like hell It wouldn't mean what mean's to me, to no one I can still hear his voice when I put it to my shoulder A guns like a woman son, it's all how you hold her Taught me a whole lot more than how to hunt And one of these days I'll pass it on to my grandson My granddaddy's gun [Verse 2] He handed it to me on the day I turned thirteen 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 [Chorus] It's just an old double barrel twelve The stock is cracked and it kick's like hell It wouldn't mean what mean's to me, to no one I can still hear his voice when I put it to my shoulder A guns like a woman 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 [Verse 3] There's a long beard hangin' on the livin' room wall That I got with a box call and, granddaddy's gun And there's a shot up sign out there on 49 That me and Billy Joe shot up one night with, granddaddy's gun [Outro] Well it sits above the mantel on a couple rusty nails It ain't worth a lot of money and it damn sure ain't for sale