Cars & Guns
Album: Stoned Traveler


CAPO I


INTRO: D  G  D  A  G  D  G  D  A  G  D

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I was 19 when Shandy came
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And no one seemed to like her name
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But I heard it in a song and I thought it sounded so sweet
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Now she's 9 years old and all arms and legs 
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Follows me everywhere and always begs me
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To play, come on Daddy let's play


CHORUS 1:
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But I never gave a damn about anything
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All I ever wanted to do was sing
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My yard's over-growed, my roof leaks
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Me and my neighbors, we rarely speak
      G                       A
And I never gave a damn about cars and gun
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Long as they'd shoot and as long as they'd run
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I guess it's a good thing I never had a son


I was 21 when Jessica came
Heard the Allman Brothers song and I liked that name
And I thought it sounded so good with le moin
Now she's 8 years old and thinks I hung the moon
And I hope it don't hurt her when someday soon
She finds out I ain't nothin' special, just a lonely man


CHORUS 2:
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'Cause I never was much good for anything
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All I ever wanted to do was sing
    A
The yard's over-growed and all the faucets leak
G                      D
Me and my neighbors we rarely speak
       G                       A
Well I never gave a damn about cars and guns
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Long as they'd shoot and as long as they'd run
D                 A                        G   D
So I guess it's a good thing I never had a son


BREAK: D  G  D  A  G  D


I was 24 when Cheyenne came
And the grievous angel left me her name
And the innocence in her eyes, it still chills me
But I broke her heart so many times
As I dared tryin' to make sad words
But somethin' down inside me tells me baby it'll be worthwhile to see you smile


CHORUS 3:
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I never was no good for anything
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All I ever wanted to do was sing
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The yard's over-growed and the faucets leak
D                   A
Me and my family we seldom speak
      G                       A
And I never gave a damn about cars and guns
D                           G
Long as they'd shoot and as long as they'd run
D              A                        G
I guess it's a good thing I never had a son
              D        A  G
Ah but in the long run
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God works in mysterious ways