Old Man's Gun

Intro He laid it in my hand without a word

Verse 1 Sixty-two and his eyes already gone Sat me down in the same brown chair Took the gun from the same brown box Smelled like his hands and the smoke and the prayer

Pre-Chorus He said this killed a man in sixty-nine He said this fed your mother and me He said you'll learn the weight of it He said you'll know what it ain't for, see

Chorus Old man's gun, old man's gun Heavier than the day I held a son Old man's gun, old man's gun Knows my name before I'm done

Verse 2 I cleaned it Sunday in the kitchen light I oiled it Tuesday at the table edge I never carried it past the porch I never broke the old man's pledge

Pre-Chorus He said this killed a man in sixty-nine He said this fed your mother and me He said you'll learn the weight of it He said you'll know what it ain't for, see

Chorus Old man's gun, old man's gun Heavier than the day I held a son Old man's gun, old man's gun Knows my name before I'm done

Bridge Now I'm the old man in the same brown chair Now my boy is the one in the room Now I take the gun from the same brown box Now I learn what my father knew Old man's gun, old man's gun Heavier than the day I held a son Old man's gun, old man's gun Knows my name before I'm done

Outro Old man's gun

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