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


[Chorus]
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


[Chorus]
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


[Chorus]
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