SON OF A GUN
(Lee Hazlewood)


Sanford Clark - 1959
Lee Hazlewood - 1963


It hurts to be told when you're not very old
That you're an outlaw's son
And the older you get, they won't let you forget
That you're the son of a gun, a bad bad gun, you son of a gun

And then you'll meet someone so sweet 
And she says her heart you've won
But her old Dad get's awf'ly mad
She'll marry no son of a gun, a bad bad gun, the son of a gun

One day her Dad must face a man
A bad outlaw with a gun
But you're quick on the draw and you save her Pa
You no good son of a gun, a bad bad gun, you son of a gun

Now everyone who is someone 
Is proud of the outlaw's son
Now you're one of the crowd, her Dad's so proud
She'll marry the son of a gun, a bad bad gun, the son of a gun







(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - June 2011)