C [Verse 1]
C Line of limousines leaves one by one
C The prayers been prayed
C The hymns been sung
F Black mascara's already run
C But the tears keep flowing
C You can blame it on hate or blame it on guns,
C but mamas ain't supposed to bury their sons
F Left a hole in her heart and it still ain't done
C The bullet keeps on goin'
 [Chorus]
F Through every branch of his family tree
F Every birthday that he'll never see
CF C Every chance to live a good life that was stolen
F Through the son he'll never get to raise
F His daughter on her wedding day
AmGCF C Wishin' it was his hands she was holdin'
AmCF 'Till every heart that's left to break is broken
C The bullet keeps on goin'
 [Verse 2]
C The grass grows back around the stone
C And friends stop checkin' in on the phone
F The camera crews have all moved on
C But the wound's still open
G The bullet keeps on goin'
 [Chorus]
F Through every branch of his family tree
F Every birthday that he'll never see
CF C Every chance to live a good life that was stolen
F Through the son he'll never get to raise
F His daughter on her wedding day
AmGCF C Wishin' it was his hands she was holdin'
AmCF 'Till every heart that's left to break is broken
AmG F The bullet keeps on goin'
AmGF Oh, whoa
 [Bridge]
C Line of limousines leaving one by one
C The prayers been prayed
C The hymns been sung
F Oh, mamas ain't supposed to bury their sons
C The bullet keeps on goin'
 [Partial Chorus]
F Through the son he'll never get to raise
F His daughter on her wedding day
AmGCF C Wishin' it was his hands she was holdin'
AmCF 'Till every heart that's left to break is broken
C The bullet keeps on goin'
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