{"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":1478323,"song":"My Old Man","artist":"John Denver","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1478323-my-old-man-chords-by-john-denver/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1478323?type=chord","rating":4.8206,"votes":6,"content":" \r\nIntro: [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\n[tab]           [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMy old man had a rounder's soul[/tab]\r\nHe'd hear an old freight train\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen he'd have to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSaid he'd been blessed with a gypsy bone[/tab]\r\nThat's the reason they guessed\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe'd been cursed to roam[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch] \r\nCame into town back before the war[/tab]\r\nDidn't even know what it was\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was looking for[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch] \r\nCarried a tattered bag for his violin[/tab]\r\nIt was full of lots of songs\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf places that he'd been[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch] \r\nHe talked real eeaassy, had a smiling way[/tab]\r\nTo pass along to you\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen his fiddle played[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F#m[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch] \r\nMaking people drop their cares and woes[/tab]\r\nTo hum out loud those tunes\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat his fiddle howled[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch] \r\nTill the people there began to join that sound[/tab]\r\nAnd everyone in town was laughing\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSinging, dancing round[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nLike the fiddler's tune[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch] \r\nWas all they heard that night[/tab]\r\nAs if some dream said\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] \r\n\"All the world is right\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F#m[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHis fiddler's eye caught one beauty there[/tab]\r\nShe had that rollin', flowin'\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nGolden kind of hair[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch] \r\nHe played for her as if she danced alone[/tab]\r\nPlayed his favorite songs\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nOnes he called his own[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch] \r\nHe played until she was the last to go[/tab]\r\nStopped and packed his case\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd said he'd take her home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]        \r\n[ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch] \r\n\r\n[tab]                      [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch] \r\nAll the nights that passed a child was born[/tab]\r\nAll the years that passed\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat love would keep them warm[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch] \r\nAll their lives they'd share a dream come true[/tab]\r\nAll because she danced\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhile his fiddle tuned[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch] \r\nMy old man had a rounder's soul[/tab]\r\nHe'd hear an old freight train\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch] \r\nThen he'd have to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch] \r\nAll that I recall said when I was so young[/tab]\r\nThere's no one else could really\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSing those songs he sung[/tab]","plain_text":"Intro: D Bm A D \n\nHe'd hear an old freight train\n\n\nThat's the reason they guessed\n\n\nDidn't even know what it was\n\n\nIt was full of lots of songs\n\n\nTo pass along to you\n\n\nTo hum out loud those tunes\n\n\nAnd everyone in town was laughing\n\n\n\nAs if some dream said\n\n\nShe had that rollin', flowin'\n\n\nPlayed his favorite songs\n\n\nStopped and packed his case\n\n\nF#m  Bm        \nA    D \n\n\nAll the years that passed\n\n\nAll because she danced\n\n\nHe'd hear an old freight train\n\n\nThere's no one else could really","chords":["D","Bm","A","F#m"],"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]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]}}}