Done gun movies- gotta gun song?

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Mandatory Suicide- Slayer

Ambushed by the spray of lead
Count the bullet holes in your head.
Offspring sent out to cry,
Living mandatory suicide.

War Ensemble - Slayer

Sport the war, war support
The sport is war, total war
When victory's a massacre
The final swing is not a drill
It's how many people I can kill

Expendable Youth - Slayer

Gun down cold on a raw deal
Home turf my battlefield
In no one's way caught in a crossfire
Stray bullets can kill

Charlie Robison has a couple too. "Poor Man's Son" and "Loving County"
 
Whiskey in the Jar (Thin Lizzy, later Metallica)
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Uhhh -

Whiskey in the Jar - FIRST a bunch of drunk Irish bands, then Thin Lizzy, later an AWFUL version by Metallica, then a bunch of drunk Irish bands continue the tradition.

:evil:

(donning the flame retardant suit and ducking).

Edited to point out that I am sometimes drunk myself... and always Irish, flamesuit donned for Metallica fans.
 
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Steve Earl's (also Robert Earl Keen's)
"Tom Ames Prayer" ....see my sig line.

Guy Clark did several as did Steve Earl and Robert Earl Keen.
 
A favorite back in WW11 seems approiate now. "Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition"
 
Quote - "Steve Earl's (also Robert Earl Keen's)
"Tom Ames Prayer" ....see my sig line.

Guy Clark did several as did Steve Earl and Robert Earl Keen"

I was wondering when someone would mention that great song! How about Joe Ely's - "Whenever Kindness Fails"

"So I shot em down, one by one,
I left them along the rail...
I only use my guns whenever kindness fails"
 
Oldies from the 40's & an old Burl Ives Ballad

"Lay that Pistol Down Babe" = The Andrews Sisters (?)
"I didn't know the Gun was Loaded"

"The Rifleman's Song at Bennington" = Old ballad recorded by Burl Ives before he turned to acting.
"For now ye hear the singing of the Bugle wild and free - and soon will hear the ringing of the rifle from the tree.":)
 
Excuse me...

Let's not forget Eric Clapton's "I shot the Sheriff"
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Bob Marley

Jonny Cash - Cocain Blues
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"Written" by Bob Dylan. In quotes because it was a rip-off of an old traditional Appalatian tune "Little Sadie," (often attributed to Clarence Ashley).

Went out last night to take a little round,
I met my Little Sadie and I blowed her down.
I run right home and I went to bed,
A forty-four smokeless under my head.

I begin to think what a deed I done,
I grabbed my hat and away'd I'd run.
I made a good run, just a little to slow,
They overtook me in Jericho.

Standing on the corner a-ringing a bell
And up stepped the sheriff from Thomasville,
Says, "Young man, is your name Brown?
Remember the night you blowed Sadie down."

"Oh, yes, Sir, my name is Lee,
I murdered little Sadie in the first degree,
First degree and second degree,
Got any papers, will you read 'em to me?"

Took me downtown and dressed me in black,
They put me on a train and they sent me back,
Had no one for to go my bail,
Crammed me back in the county jail.

Judge and the jury took their stand,
Judge had his papers in his right hand.
Forty-one days, forty-one nights,
Forty-one years to wear the ball and the stripes.

... though I' d have to say Tony Rice's version was best.

I'd also have to vote for "Henry Walker" by Del McCoury and "Sonora's Death Row" by Robert Earl Keen.
 
What about "The Road Goes On Forever" by THe Highwaymen and/or Robert Earl Keen

Sherry was a waitress at the only joint in town.
She had a reputation as a girl who'd been around.
Down Main Street after midnight, a brand new pack of cigs,
A fresh one hanging from her lips, a beer between her legs.
She'd ride down to the river, and meet with all her friends:
The road goes on forever and the party never ends.

Sonny was a loner, bolder than the rest.
He was goin' in the Navy, but he couldn't pass the test.
So he hung around town, he sold a little pot.
The law got wind of Sonny and one day he got caught,
But he was back in business when they set him free again:
The road goes on forever and the party never ends.

Sonny's playin' eight-ball at the joint where Sherry works,
Some drunken out-of-towner put his hand up Sherry's skirt.
Sonny took his pool cue, laid the drunk out on the floor,
Stuffed a dollar in her tip jar, walked out of the door.
She's running right behind him, reaching for his hand:
The road goes on forever and the party never ends.

They jumped into his pickup, Sonny jammed her down in gear.
Sonny looked at Sherry, said: "Let's get on out of here."
The stars were high above them, the moon was in the east.
The sun was setting on them when they reached Miami Beach.
They got a motel by the water, and a quart of Bombay Gin:
The road goes on forever and the party never ends.

They soon ran out of money, but Sonny knew a man,
Who knew some Cuban refugees who dealt in contraband.
Sonny met the Cubans in a house just off the route,
With a briefcase full of money and a pistol in his boot.
Cards were on the table when the law came bustin' in:
The road goes on forever and the party never ends.

The Cubans grabbed the goodies; Sonny grabbed a jack,
He broke the bathroom window and climbed on out the back.
Sherry drove the pickup through the alley on the side,
Where the lawman tackled Sonny and was reading him his rights.
She stepped out in the alley with a single shot four-ten:
The road goes on forever and the party never ends.

They left the lawman dying and they made their getaway,
Got back to the motel just before the break of day.
Sonny gave her all the money, an' he blew a little kiss.
"If they ask you how this happened, say I forced you into this."
She watched him as his tail lights disappeared around the bend:
The road goes on forever and the party never ends.

There's a main street after midnight, just like it was before,
Twenty-one months later, at the local grocery store.
Sherry buys a paper and a cold six-pack of beer.
The headlines read that Sonny is going to the chair.
She pulls back onto main street in her new Mercedes Benz:
The road goes on forever and the party never ends.
 
Probably the best are those already mentioned, Big Iron and Don't Take Your Guns to Town, but there are a couple that refer to guns that haven't been menioned -

Seven Spanish Angels, by Ray Charles and Willie Nelson ("She reached down and picked the gun up that lay smoking in his hand...")

The theme song from the old TV show, Colt .45("A lightning bolt when he drew that Colt ...")

I believe it was Jeff Cooper's daughter that originated the little poem, not really a song, that says "There aren't many problems that a man can't fix with $700 and a .30-06." I like that couplet. :)
 
got a classic...how bout the remix that was made of "the end" by the doors for the movie apocolypse now.starts off with sounds of a huey gunship off in the distance then suddenly its right on top of you.try it with surround sound.can be found on "greatest hits"
 
gun song about Kenny Wagner

VERSE 1
I'm sure you've heard my story
From th Kenny Waggoner song
How down in Mississippi
I took to roving wrong

VERSE 2
It was down in Mississippi
Where I murdered my first man
Where th sheriff there, at Leashville
For justice took his stand

VERSE 3
Then, I went from Mississippi
To th State of Tennessee
Two men went down before me
An' they took my liberty

VERSE 4
I wandered to th country
I never could find rest
Till I went to Texarkana
Away out in th west

VERSE 5
O, then I started drinking
An' again I pulled my gun
An' in a single moment
Th deadly work was done

VERSE 6
Th sheriff was a woman
But she got th drop on me
I quit th game an' surrendered
Gave up my liberty

VERSE 7
I'm now in Mississippi
An' I soon shall know my fate
I'm waiting for my trial
But I do not dread my fate

VERSE 8
For still th sun is shinning
An' th sky is blue an' fair
But my heart is not prepining
For I do not fear th chair

VERSE 9
I've had my early pleasure
I've face a many a man
But away down in Texarkana
A woman cooled my hand

VERSE 10
Young men, young men, take warning
O, take my last advice
If you start th game in life wrong
You may surely pay th price

OTHER COLLECTIONS
Brown: II-245 Kenny Wagner' Surrender

Any information you have or can find concerning Kenny Wagner, magazine articles, books, etc. would be appreciated. I know he was a prisoner at Parchman Prison.
 
I'd have to say my favorite is "My Rifle, My Pony, and Me" sung by Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson in Rio Bravo. Somewhere I have the lyrics, if I can find them I'll post them.

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I canNOT believe that no one has mentioned Leslie Fish's Black Powder and Alcohol ("When the states and the cities fall/When your back's up against the wall...") or No High Ground ("Up to the dusty attic/Out comes the trusty gun/The law books and the lawyers only go so far...") or Here We Go A-Ramboing which I doubt I need to quote...
Actually, I think Fish would allow us to post the lyrics in entirity, :cool: if I only had them to hand... Nanaimo Barr? Hunter Rose? Riddle of Steel? Anyone, anyone, Buehler, Buehler...?
 
Nine Inch Nails - big man with a gun.

' i am a big man
(yes i am)
and i've got a big gun
got me a big old....'
 
Cowboys From Hell

Under the lights where we stand tall
Nobody touches us at all
Showdown, shootout, spread fear within, without
We're gonna take what's ours to have
Spread the word throughout the land
They say the bad guys wear black
We're tagged and can't turn back
You see us comin'
And you all together run for cover
We're takin over this town
Here we come reach for your gun
And you better listen my friend, you see
It's been slow down below,
Aimed at you we're the cowboys from hell
Deed is done again, we've won
Ain't talking no tall tales friend
'Cause high noon, your doom
Comin' for you we're the cowboys from hell
Pillage the village, trash the scene
But better not take it out on me
'Cause a ghost town is found
Where your city used to be
So out of the darkness and into the light
Sparks fly everywhere in sight
From my double barrel, 12 gauge,
Can't lock me in your cage
You see us comin'
And you all together run for cover
We're takin over this town
Here we come reach for your gun
And you better listen my friend, you see
It's been slow down below,
Aimed at you we're the cowboys from hell
Deed is done again, we've won
Ain't talking no tall tales friend
'Cause high noon, your doom
Comin' for you we're the cowboys from hell
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Pantera

I think the name of the band that does the Soprano's theme song is A3 or something like that.
 
Bubba shot the jukebox by Mark Chesnutt.

Reckles discharge of a gun
That’s what the officers are claimin’
Bubba hollered, enraged as hell
“I hit just where I was aiminâ€.

:D
 
I'm amazed that no one has listed:

"Out of the doorway the bullets rip ..."

Queen, Another one Bites the Dust.

And what about :
"The Ballad of Irving, the hundred and second Fastest Gun in the West".

Sorry but I can't remember who did it, I just remember it from Dr. Demento.
 
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