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