{"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":960099,"song":"My Old Man","artist":"Ewan MacColl","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11618341-my-old-man-chords-by-ewan-maccoll/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/960099?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#\r\n \r\n\r\nMy Old Man\r\n(Ewan MacColl)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy old man was a good old man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSkilled in the moulding trade[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the stinking heat of the iron foundry[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy old man was made[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDown on his knees in the moulding sand[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]    \r\nHe wore his trade like a company brand[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe was one of the cyclops' smoky band[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYes, that was my old man[/tab]\r\n\r\nMy old man wasn't really old\r\nIt's just that I was young\r\nAnd anybody over twelve years old\r\nWas halfway to the tomb\r\nHe was loyal to his workmates all his life\r\nGave his pay packet to his wife\r\nHad a few jars on a Saturday night\r\nYes, that was my old man\r\n\r\nMy old man was a union man\r\nFought hard all his days\r\nHe understood the system\r\nAnd was wise to the boss' ways\r\nHe says, you want what's yours by right\r\nYou have to struggle with all your might\r\nThey'll rob you blind if you don't fight\r\nYes, that was my old man\r\n\r\nMy old man was a proud old man\r\nAt home on the foundry floor\r\nUntil the day they laid him off\r\nAnd showed him to the door\r\nThey gave him his card, said, things are slack\r\nWe've got a machine can learn the knack\r\nOf doing your job, so don't come back\r\nThe end of my old man\r\n\r\nMy old man he was fifty-one\r\nWhat was he to do?\r\nA craftsman moulder on the dole\r\nIn nineteen thirty-two\r\nHe felt he'd given all he could give\r\nSo he did what thousands of others did\r\nAbandoned hope and the will to live\r\nThey killed him, my old man\r\n\r\nMy old man he is dead and gone\r\nNow I am your old man\r\nAnd my advice to you, my son\r\nIs to fight back while you can\r\nWatch out for the man with the silicon chip\r\nHold on to your job with a good firm grip\r\n'Cause if you don't you'll have had your chips\r\nThe same as my old man","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#\n \n\nMy Old Man\n(Ewan MacColl)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMy old man wasn't really old\nIt's just that I was young\nAnd anybody over twelve years old\nWas halfway to the tomb\nHe was loyal to his workmates all his life\nGave his pay packet to his wife\nHad a few jars on a Saturday night\nYes, that was my old man\n\nMy old man was a union man\nFought hard all his days\nHe understood the system\nAnd was wise to the boss' ways\nHe says, you want what's yours by right\nYou have to struggle with all your might\nThey'll rob you blind if you don't fight\nYes, that was my old man\n\nMy old man was a proud old man\nAt home on the foundry floor\nUntil the day they laid him off\nAnd showed him to the door\nThey gave him his card, said, things are slack\nWe've got a machine can learn the knack\nOf doing your job, so don't come back\nThe end of my old man\n\nMy old man he was fifty-one\nWhat was he to do?\nA craftsman moulder on the dole\nIn nineteen thirty-two\nHe felt he'd given all he could give\nSo he did what thousands of others did\nAbandoned hope and the will to live\nThey killed him, my old man\n\nMy old man he is dead and gone\nNow I am your old man\nAnd my advice to you, my son\nIs to fight back while you can\nWatch out for the man with the silicon chip\nHold on to your job with a good firm grip\n'Cause if you don't you'll have had your chips\nThe same as my old man","chords":["G","D","C","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}