{"id":20306,"date":"2024-04-05T17:18:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T17:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=20306"},"modified":"2025-11-21T06:08:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T06:08:21","slug":"i-didnt-know-the-gun-was-loaded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/i-didnt-know-the-gun-was-loaded\/","title":{"rendered":"I Didn’t Know the Gun was Loaded"},"content":{"rendered":"
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[Verse 1]\r\n<\/span>Oh, Miss [G] Effie was her name\r\n<\/span><\/span>Through the [C] west she won her fame\r\n<\/span><\/span>Being [D] handy with the gun\r\n<\/span><\/span>But she [G] drove the men insane\r\n<\/span><\/span>'Cause she'd [G] whip out her pistol\r\n<\/span><\/span>And [C] shoot most any guy\r\n<\/span><\/span>And [D7] sing out this ali-[G]-bi<\/span><\/span>\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<\/span>I didn't [G] know the gun was loaded\r\n<\/span><\/span>And I'm [G] so sorry, my [D] friend\r\n<\/span><\/span>I didn't [G] know the gun was [C] loaded,\r\n<\/span><\/span>And I'll [D7] never, never do it [G] again<\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n<\/span>Now one [G] night she had a date\r\n<\/span><\/span>With a [C] wrestling heavyweight\r\n<\/span><\/span>And he [D] tried a brand new hold\r\n<\/span><\/span>She did [G] not appreciate\r\n<\/span><\/span>So she [G] whipped out her pistol\r\n<\/span><\/span>And [C] shot him in the knee\r\n<\/span><\/span>And [D7] quickly, she sang this [G] plea\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<\/span>\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n<\/span>But one [G] night she made a slip\r\n<\/span><\/span>Shot the [C] sheriff in the hip\r\n<\/span><\/span>And the [D] law, it took a hand\r\n<\/span><\/span>And made [G] Effie take the stand\r\n<\/span><\/span>So she [G] pled, \"Oh, your honor\r\n<\/span><\/span>I'll [C] know you'll turn me loose\r\n<\/span><\/span>When [D7] you hear my one ex-[G]-cuse\"\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<\/span>\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n<\/span>Yes, the [G] jury all agreed\r\n<\/span><\/span>That Miss [C] Effie should be free\r\n<\/span><\/span>But the [D] sheriff's jealous wife\r\n<\/span><\/span>Was in-[G]-dignant [yes, indeed]\r\n<\/span><\/span>So she [G] borrowed a pistol\r\n<\/span><\/span>And [C] shot this village belle\r\n<\/span><\/span>And [D7] sang as Miss Effie [G] fell\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS } <\/span>I didn't [G] know the gun was loaded <\/span><\/span>And I'm [G] so sorry, my [D] friend <\/span><\/span>I didn't [G] know the gun was [C] loaded, <\/span><\/span>And I'll [D7] never, never do it [G] again<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n
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[Verse 1] Oh, Miss [G] Effie was her name Through the [C] west she won her fame Being [D] handy with the gun But she [G] drove the men insane ‘Cause she’d [G] whip out her pistol And [C] shoot most any guy And [D7] sing out this ali-[G]-bi { … CLICK TO VIEW SONGI Didn’t Know the Gun was Loaded<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,126,116,117,115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baritone-bill","category-bass-guitar-night","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano","category-live-tenor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20306\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}