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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1050645,"song":"My Old Man","artist":"Jerry Jeff Walker","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11232294-my-old-man-chords-by-jerry-jeff-walker/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1050645?type=chord","rating":4.73044,"votes":24,"content":"My Old Man chords\r\n\r\nCapo III *\r\n\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nMy old man had a rounder soul [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe'd hear an ol' freight train and he'd have to go[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSaid he'd been blessed with a gypsy bone[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]E7[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd that's the reason I guess that he'd been cursed to roam[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nCame to town back before the war[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                [ch]E7[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]    \r\nDidn't even know what it was he was lookin' for[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHe carried a tattered bag for his violin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]E7[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFull of lots of songs of the places he had been[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHe talked real easy, he had a smiling way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe could pass along to you when his fiddle played[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nMakin' people drop their cares and woes[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd hum out loud the tunes that his fiddle bowed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nTil the people there began to join that sound[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                              [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd ev'ryone in town was laughin,' singin,' dancin' 'round[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nLike the Fiddler's tunes we all there heard that night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLike some dream that says all the world is right[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nInstrumental Break\r\n\r\nThe Fiddler's eye caught a beauty there\r\nShe had that rollin' flowin' golden kind of hair\r\nHe played for her as if she danced alone\r\nHe played his favorite songs, the ones he called his own\r\nShe alone was dancin' in the room\r\nThe only thing left movin' to that Fiddler's tune\r\n\r\nInstrumental break\r\n\r\nHe played until she was the last to go\r\nThe he stopped and packed his case, said he'd take her home\r\nIn all the nights that passed a child was born\r\nIn all the years that passed, love would keep them warm\r\nAnd all their lives they'd share that dream come true\r\nAnd all because she danced so well his fiddler tune\r\n\r\nInstrumental break\r\n\r\nThe train next mornin' blew a lonesome sound\r\nAs if she sang the blues of what she took from town\r\nAnd all that I recall that was said when I was young\r\nThere's no one else could really sing those songs he sung\r\n\r\n[ch]A[/ch]  = [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch] = [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]  = [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]E7[/ch] = [ch]G7[/ch]\r","plain_text":"My Old Man chords\n\nCapo III *\n\nA Bm E E7 A\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInstrumental Break\n\nThe Fiddler's eye caught a beauty there\nShe had that rollin' flowin' golden kind of hair\nHe played for her as if she danced alone\nHe played his favorite songs, the ones he called his own\nShe alone was dancin' in the room\nThe only thing left movin' to that Fiddler's tune\n\nInstrumental break\n\nHe played until she was the last to go\nThe he stopped and packed his case, said he'd take her home\nIn all the nights that passed a child was born\nIn all the years that passed, love would keep them warm\nAnd all their lives they'd share that dream come true\nAnd all because she danced so well his fiddler tune\n\nInstrumental break\n\nThe train next mornin' blew a lonesome sound\nAs if she sang the blues of what she took from town\nAnd all that I recall that was said when I was young\nThere's no one else could really sing those songs he sung\n\nA  = C\nBm = Dm\nE  = G\nE7 = G7","chords":["A","Bm","E","E7","C","Dm","G","G7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}