Top 10 Gun Songs??

[Joe Demko]

If I had a Rocket Launcher by Bruce Cockburn

Here comes the helicopter -- second time today
Everybody scatters and hopes it goes away
How many kids they've murdered only God can say
If I had a rocket launcher...I'd make somebody pay

I don't believe in guarded borders and I don't believe in hate
I don't believe in generals or their stinking torture states
And when I talk with the survivors of things too sickening to relate
If I had a rocket launcher...I would retaliate

On the Rio Lacantun, one hundred thousand wait
To fall down from starvation -- or some less humane fate
Cry for guatemala, with a corpse in every gate
If I had a rocket launcher...I would not hesitate

I want to raise every voice -- at least I've got to try
Every time I think about it water rises to my eyes.
Situation desperate, echoes of the victims cry
If I had a rocket launcher...Some son of a bitch would die

 

[John Ross]

No one here has mentioned my all-time favorite: Tennessee Ernie Ford's rollicking "Shot-Gun Boogie"


There it stands in the corner with a barrel so straight
I looked out the winder and over the gate
The big fat rabbits are jumpin' in the grass
Wait'll they hear my old shotgun blast

Shotgun boogie, I done saw your track
Look out, Mr. Rabbit, when I cock my hammer back

Well, over on the ridge in the scaly bark
Hickory nuts so big you can see'em in the dark
The big fat squirrels, they scratch and they fight
I'll be on that ridge before daylight

With a shotgun boogie, all I need is one shot
Look out bushy-tails, tonight you'll be in the pot

Well, I met a pretty gal, she was tall and thin
I asked her what she had, she said a Fox .410
I looked her up and down, said boy this is love
So we headed for the brush to shoot a big fat dove

Shotgun boogie, boy the feathers flew
Look out, Mr. Dove, when she draws a bead on you

I sat down on a log, took her on my lap
She said wait a minute bub, you got to see my pap
He's got a 16 gauge choked down like a rifle
He don't like a man that's gonna trifle

Shotgun boogie, draws a bead so fine
Look out big boy, he's loaded all the time

Well, I called on her pap like a gentleman oughter
He said no brush hunter's gonna get my daughter
He cocked back the hammer right on the spot
When the gun went off, I outrun the shot

Shotgun boogie, I wanted weddin' bells
I'll be back little gal, when your pappy runs out of shells

JR

 

[BluesBear]

John Ross, have you been thumbing through my albums?

Ernie's "Shotgun Boogie" was at the top of this list. Cal Smith did almost as good a version as Ernie did.

Also:

"Shoot Low Sheriff" by John Anderson

"Shotgun Blues" by Downchild Blues Band

"Shotgun Rider" by Marty Robbins ( I have been searching for the original version by The Winters Brothers Band) this is a different song than the song of the same title by Delbert McClinton

And a great song - "Sawed Off Shotgun" by Mike Morgan & Jim Shuler

But what really amazes me is that no one has mentioned
"Shotgun" by Junior Walker & The All Stars


I need a better way to keep track of my stuff 2,000+ Albums and CDs is hard to keep track of.

as usualy if anyone wants to hear any of these songs just PM me

 

[PromptCritical]

A couple of Nugent tunes come to mind:

"StormTroopin'"
Walkin' down the streets, jackboots steppin' high
Got to make a stand.
They're lookin' in your windows, listenin' to your phones
Keep a gun in you hand.

And of course the rewrite of the liberal bashing "Kiss my Ass"
"Suck my Glock"
He only performs this version live. No known recordings. (Any one got one?)

I ain't gonna take any more,
Dianne Feinstein is a wh***.
When the going gets tough,
you can suck my Glock

"Big Gun" by AC/DC comes to mind

 

[MrKandiyohi]

All I can think of is Rocky Raccoon by The Beatles
http://www.absolutelyric.com/a/view/The_Beatles/Rocky_Raccoon/