Samuel Colt & His Cartridge Gun
By Peewee Moore
Written by Peewee Moore
CD: Making Sure The Story's Being Told (2013?)
Tabbed by Larry Mofle
5/8/2016



Am                        C
It was in the season when flowers unfold
     Dm                       E 
With beauty much greater than diamonds or gold
     Am                        C
It's brought down by angels on wings snow white
Dm                        E
Shining so bright turnin' day out of night

They gazed in wild wonder at that which they saw
And no one could hardly believe it at all
Something had happened, a new leaf had turned
Revealed to the ones who had recently learned


Chorus:
          F                  Am 
There was no more powder, no more cap and ball
         G                          C            G
You just chambered a round till the hammer would fall
F                           Am
No one could save us, which way should we run
     E
From Samuel Colt and his cartridge gun


No one could stop it, no one could halt
The joy and destruction brought down onto all
A cold shining nightmare from heaven it seemed
So simple of design no one else could've dreamed

And many would finger it till there dying day
And many would wear it for work and for play
It was carried by soldiers for real and for rent
One thing was certain, it was money well spent

Chorus