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If I Was A Gun

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[Intro]
D G C G
[Verse]
DIf I was a Ggun
Well CI'd win every Gtime
And if Cyou think otherGwise
Just Dlook at all the Cwars I've won
DIf I was a Ggun
Would Cthis ole world be a Gbetter?
Could I Cprotect the ones that Gnever
Thought that Dthey'd be needing Cone?
DIf I was a Ggun
[Chorus]
GBut I'm a Cman who knoGws
There is Dwrong and there is Emright
I underCstand that thereG's
A time to Dlove a time to Emfight
And if I Cnever heard Gods Gwords from Mama's Dlips spoke to her Emson
DWould His will be Cdone?
DIf I was a Ggun
[Verse]
DIf I was a Ggun
Would my Cfamily stay Gsafe
From Cevil's wicked Gways
That the Dworlds seen too much Cof
And DIf I was a Ggun
All the Cpower that i Ghave
To take Ca life can't take it bGack
Once all the Dsmoke is dead and Cgone
DIf I was a Ggun
[Chorus]
GBut I'm a Cman who knoGws
There is Dwrong and there is Emright
I underCstand that thereG's
A time to Dlove a time to Emfight
And if I Cnever heard Gods Gwords from Mama's Dlips spoke to her Emson
DWould His will be Cdone?
DIf I was a Ggun
[Verse]
Played softly
DIf I was a Ggun
I couldn't Cpull my own Gtrigger
'Cause the Cchoice is in the Gfinger
Of the Done who's holdin' Con
DIf I was a Ggun
[Chorus]
GBut I'm a Cman who knoGws
There is Dwrong and there is Emright
I underCstand that thereG's
A time to Dlove a time to Emfight
And if I Cnever heard Gods Gwords from Mama's Dlips spoke to her Emson
DWould His will be Cdone?
DIf I was a Ggun
[Outro]
D G C G

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If I Was A Gun

by Ian Munsick

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

D G C G

[Verse]

D G

If I was a gun

C G

Well I'd win every time

C G

And if you think otherwise

D C

Just look at all the wars I've won

D G

If I was a gun

C G

Would this ole world be a better?

C G

Could I protect the ones that never

D C

Thought that they'd be needing one?

D G

If I was a gun

[Chorus]

G C G

But I'm a man who knows

D Em

There is wrong and there is right

C G

I understand that there's

D Em

A time to love a time to fight

C G D Em

And if I never heard Gods words from Mama's lips spoke to her son

D C

Would His will be done?

D G

If I was a gun

[Verse]

D G

If I was a gun

C G

Would my family stay safe

C G

From evil's wicked ways

D C

That the worlds seen too much of

D G

And If I was a gun

C G

All the power that i have

C G

To take a life can't take it back

D C

Once all the smoke is dead and gone

D G

If I was a gun

[Chorus]

G C G

But I'm a man who knows

D Em

There is wrong and there is right

C G

I understand that there's

D Em

A time to love a time to fight

C G D Em

And if I never heard Gods words from Mama's lips spoke to her son

D C

Would His will be done?

D G

If I was a gun

[Verse]

Played softly

D G

If I was a gun

C G

I couldn't pull my own trigger

C G

'Cause the choice is in the finger

D C

Of the one who's holdin' on

D G

If I was a gun

[Chorus]

G C G

But I'm a man who knows

D Em

There is wrong and there is right

C G

I understand that there's

D Em

A time to love a time to fight

C G D Em

And if I never heard Gods words from Mama's lips spoke to her son

D C

Would His will be done?

D G

If I was a gun

[Outro]

D G C G

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