{"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":1847805,"song":"You Are Old Father William","artist":"They Might Be Giants","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1847805-you-are-old-father-william-chords-by-they-might-be-giants/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1847805?type=chord","rating":4.49266,"votes":3,"content":"[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"You are old, Father William,\" the young man said[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"And your hair has become very white[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd yet you incessantly stand on your head[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDo you think, at your age, it is right?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"In my youth,\" Father William replied to his son[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"I feared it might injure the brain[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]           \r\nBut now that I'm perfectly sure I have none[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhy, I do it again and again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"I am old[/tab]\r\nI am old\r\nI will tell you again\r\nI am old\"\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"You are old,\" said the youth, \"as I mentioned before[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd have grown most uncommonly fat[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYet you turned a back-somersault in at the door[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nPray, what is the reason of that?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"In my youth,\" said the sage, as he shook his gray locks[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"I kept all my limbs very supple[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]           \r\nBy the use of this ointment, one shilling a box[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAllow me to sell you a couple?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"I am old[/tab]\r\nI am old\r\nIt's a statement, in fact\r\nI am old\"\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"You are old,\" said the youth, \"and your jaws are too weak[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFor anything tougher than suet[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYet you finish the goose, with the bones and the beak[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nPray, how did you manage to do it?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"In my youth,\" said his father, \"I took to the law[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd argued each case with my wife[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]           \r\nAnd the muscular strength which it gave to my jaw[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHas lasted the rest of my life[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"I am old[/tab]\r\nI am old\r\nThere's not much more to say\r\nI am old\"\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"You are old,\" said the youth, \"one would hardly suppose[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThat your eye was as steady as ever[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhat made you so awfully clever?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"I have answered three questions, and that is enough\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSaid his father, \"don't give yourself airs![/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]           \r\nDo you think I can listen all day to such stuff?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBe off or I'll kick you downstairs[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"Downstairs[/tab]\r\nDownstairs\r\nBe off or I'll kick you downstairs!\"\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]","plain_text":"Em G C Em\nEm G C Em\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI am old\nI will tell you again\nI am old\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI am old\nIt's a statement, in fact\nI am old\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI am old\nThere's not much more to say\nI am old\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDownstairs\nBe off or I'll kick you downstairs!\"\n\nAm  Em","chords":["Em","G","C","Am","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}