{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1724625,"song":"My Old Man","artist":"Steve Goodman","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11366794-my-old-man-chords-by-steve-goodman/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1724625?type=chord","rating":4.77192,"votes":28,"content":"My Old Man\r\nBy Steve Goodman\r\n\r\nI may play the A (x07650) as an alternative to standard position\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]      \r\nI miss my old man tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]      \r\nI wish he was here with me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith his corny jokes, and his cheap cigars[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe could look you in the eye, and sell you a car[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch] \r\nThat’s not an easy thing to do, but no one ever knew[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nA more charming creature on this earth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch] \r\nThan my old man[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]      \r\nHe was a pilot in the big war[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]      \r\nIn the US Army Air Corp[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn a C-47, with a heavy load[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCarried combat cargo o’er Burma Road[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch] \r\nAnd after they dropped the bomb, he came home and married mom[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd not too long after that[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch] \r\nHe was my old man[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]      \r\nAnd all the fights that we had[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]      \r\nWhen my brother and I got him mad[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe’d get all choked up, and start to shout[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI knew what was coming, and I tuned him out[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch] \r\nAnd now the old man is gone, and I’d give all I own[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nJust to hear what he said, when I wasn’t listing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch] \r\nTo my old man[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]      \r\nI miss the old man tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]      \r\nI can almost see his face[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe was always trying to watch his weight[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHis heart only made it to fifty-eight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch] \r\nFor the first time since he died, late last night I cried[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI was wondering when I was gonna go and do that[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch] \r\nFor my old man[/tab]\r\n\r\n*If you want to play it like John Prine just swap E-B7-A for G-D-C.","plain_text":"My Old Man\nBy Steve Goodman\n\nI may play the A (x07650) as an alternative to standard position\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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*If you want to play it like John Prine just swap E-B7-A for G-D-C.","chords":["A","E","B7","C","G","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}