verse 1
Dm
When I was just a little boy, me and my father
Would go out back and play a little game of cops and robbers
F Gm
One day he cocked the gun and pointed at my mom and shot her
Bb A
And I cried and cried with laughter after I realized it was just water
Dm
But things have changed now, the world just ain't the same now
F
We're frightened but we need to be enlightened, use our brain now
Gm
People pointing fingers, trying to find someone to blame now
Bb A
Ashamed how the game of cops and robbers ain't a game now
Dm
These ain't water guns
F Gm
And please save all our sons and daughters
What we fighting for?
Bb A
Cause these ain't water guns, water guns no more
Dm
These ain't water guns
F Gm
And please save all our sons and daughters
What we fighting for?
Bb A Dm
Cause these ain't water guns, water guns no more
verse 2
Look around, tell me how we ever got here
F Gm
We fightin' hard, but the reasoning is not clear
G
Stop here, where is the love if it's not here?
Bb A
The solution to not getting shot here is not fear
Dm
And we can fly away on a balloon to another land
F Gm
Or we can make this home, find another plan
Too much blood on these yellow brick streets
Bb A
And history repeats until we can finally hold our brother's hand
Dm
These ain't water guns
F Gm
And please save all our sons and daughters
What we fighting for?
Bb A
Cause these ain't water guns, water guns no more
Dm
These ain't water guns
F Gm
And please save all our sons and daughters
What we fighting for?
Bb A Dm
Cause these ain't water guns, water guns no more
Bridge
F
So take my hand in your hand
Dm Bb
And let's stand if we can
Pray for all the fallen ones
Dm A
These ain't (these ain't), these ain't water guns
F
So take my hand in your hand
Dm Bb
And let's stand if we can
Pray for all the fallen ones
Dm Am A Dm
These ain't (these ain't), these ain't water guns
Dm
These ain't water guns
F Gm
And please save all our sons and daughters
What we fighting for?
Bb A
Cause these ain't water guns, water guns no more
Dm
These ain't water guns
F Gm
And please save all our sons and daughters
What we fighting for?
Bb A
Cause these ain't water guns, water guns no more
Dm
These ain't water guns
F Gm
And please save all our sons and daughters
What we fighting for?
Bb A
Cause these ain't water guns, water guns no more
Dm
These ain't water guns
F Gm
And please save all our sons and daughters
What we fighting for?
Bb A D Dm
Cause these ain't water guns, water guns no more
Outro
F Gm
Do you hear them?
Bb
These ain't water guns no more