{"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":2089549,"song":"My Old Man","artist":"Rodney Atkins","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11454130-my-old-man-chords-by-rodney-atkins/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2089549?type=chord","rating":0.1729,"votes":0,"content":"Capo 1\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch] - [ch]D[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]        [ch]D/F#[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI got a picture of him bare foot in the mud,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]D/F#[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBehind his grandpa's plow and two gray mules,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]        [ch]D/F#[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen he turned ten years old in May fifty three,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]D/F#[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe grew up fearin  God in Washburn, Tennesee,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#m[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]     \r\nThe closest thing that he had to a dad was his uncle Bob,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]F#[/ch] \r\nAnd he could only dream of things like little league baseball,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]       \r\nThat little boy with big blue eyes and callused hands,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]  - [ch]G[/ch] - [ch]D[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch]\r\nmm became My Old Man,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]          [ch]D/F#[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe was a Kentucky girl born on Valentine's day,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]D/F#[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA fourth child of five to my grandma Uma May,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]D/F#[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo shy and beautiful with sunset hair and emerald eyes,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]       [ch]D/F#[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDaddy spent his life workin in the coal mines,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd in my eyes, all of my life, my dad's been a saint,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F#[/ch]     \r\nBut even saints need angels to show them the way,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]F#m[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]    \r\nAnd over thirty-seven years ago he asked for Margaret Lynn's hand,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    \r\nAnd that angel married My Old Man,[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]              \r\nThere were times I tried to buck the truthful things they said,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nNow I'm glad that more than once they rattled my stubborn head,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]C#m[/ch]   [ch]F#m[/ch] - E---walk down  \r\nCause my folks are just like mountains I look at from afar,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch] \r\nBut now the closer I get to them the bigger they are,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]  \r\nTime seens to fly anymore and the holidays are so far apart,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nThere's no way a phone call could express what's in my heart,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]   \r\nSo this is just a song to say How thankful I am,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch] - [ch]D[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nFor momma and My Old Man, for momma  and dad,[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo 1\n\n[Intro]\n\nD - G - D - G\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["D","G","D/F#","A","F#m","Bm","F#","F","Am","E","C#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}