Time To Take Dad's Guns Away             copyright 2016 Stan Lyness
2/2 country                                                E for me

  He can't remember much at all;              1   4
   today he even can't recall                 1   4
  we visited him yesterday -                  1   4   4   2m7
it's time to take Dad's guns away.            2m (5) 1   1   1   1

  He trails off  when he talks;               1   4
  he shuffles sideways when he walks;         1   4
 his trigger finger shakes all day -          1   4   4   2m7
it's time to take Dad's guns away.            2m (5) 1   1   1   17

BRIDGE:                                               5   5   4   1
  He sits and drinks his gin and lists the things that make him mad:
like Communists, and government, and worldwide jihad. 5   5   4   1
  He swears that all that stands between              5   6m
 our family and the mujahideen                        5   6m
are the guns of dear old dad.                         2m  2m  57  57

   The coyote in the garden that              1   4
turned out to be the neighbor cat             1   4
 could be the neighbor kid some day -         1   4   4   2m7
it's time to take Dad's guns away.            2m (5) 1   1
[slowing]
                                              1M7  1M7
[gradually resuming tempo:]
He's drifted off to dreamland now.            1   4
He's snoring with his chin slid down,         1   4
 his twitchy arms still folded with           1   4  
 his fingers firmly on the grip,              1   4  
 the barrel out, the slide unlocked,          1   4  
 the mag released, the safety off ....        1   4   4   4  2m7
 I'd say today is not the day                 2m (5 6m)
  to try to take Dad's guns away,             2m (5 6m)
it's time to take Dad's guns away,            2m (5 6m)
it's time to take Dad's guns away.            2m  2m  5   5   1   4
                                              1   4   1   4   1