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Capo III *
A Bm E E7 A
AMy old man had a Bmrounder soul 
He'd Ehear an ol' E7freight train and he'd Ahave to go
ASaid he'd been blessed with a Bmgypsy bone
And Ethat's the reason I E7guess that Ahe'd been cursed to roam
ACame to town back beBmfore the war
EDidn't even know E7what it was Ahe was lookin' for
He Acarried a tattered bag for his Bmviolin
EFull of lots of songs E7of the Aplaces he had been
He Atalked real easy, he had a Bmsmiling way
EHe could pass along to E7you Awhen his fiddle played
AMakin' people drop their Bmcares and woes
And Ehum out loud the E7tunes Athat his fiddle bowed
ATil the people there began to Bmjoin that sound
And Eev'ryone in town was laughin,' E7singin,' Adancin' 'round
ALike the Fiddler's tunes we all there Bmheard that night
ELike some dream that E7says Aall the world is right
Instrumental Break
The Fiddler's eye caught a beauty there
She had that rollin' flowin' golden kind of hair
He played for her as if she danced alone
He played his favorite songs, the ones he called his own
She alone was dancin' in the room
The only thing left movin' to that Fiddler's tune
Instrumental break
He played until she was the last to go
The he stopped and packed his case, said he'd take her home
In all the nights that passed a child was born
In all the years that passed, love would keep them warm
And all their lives they'd share that dream come true
And all because she danced so well his fiddler tune
Instrumental break
The train next mornin' blew a lonesome sound
As if she sang the blues of what she took from town
And all that I recall that was said when I was young
There's no one else could really sing those songs he sung
  A= C  
 Bm= Dm  
  E= G  
 E7= G7  

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My Old Man

by Jerry Jeff Walker

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

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My Old Man chords

Capo III *

A Bm E E7 A

A Bm

My old man had a rounder soul

E E7 A

He'd hear an ol' freight train and he'd have to go

A Bm

Said he'd been blessed with a gypsy bone

E E7 A

And that's the reason I guess that he'd been cursed to roam

A Bm

Came to town back before the war

E E7 A

Didn't even know what it was he was lookin' for

A Bm

He carried a tattered bag for his violin

E E7 A

Full of lots of songs of the places he had been

A Bm

He talked real easy, he had a smiling way

E E7 A

He could pass along to you when his fiddle played

A Bm

Makin' people drop their cares and woes

E E7 A

And hum out loud the tunes that his fiddle bowed

A Bm

Til the people there began to join that sound

E E7 A

And ev'ryone in town was laughin,' singin,' dancin' 'round

A Bm

Like the Fiddler's tunes we all there heard that night

E E7 A

Like some dream that says all the world is right

Instrumental Break

The Fiddler's eye caught a beauty there

She had that rollin' flowin' golden kind of hair

He played for her as if she danced alone

He played his favorite songs, the ones he called his own

She alone was dancin' in the room

The only thing left movin' to that Fiddler's tune

Instrumental break

He played until she was the last to go

The he stopped and packed his case, said he'd take her home

In all the nights that passed a child was born

In all the years that passed, love would keep them warm

And all their lives they'd share that dream come true

And all because she danced so well his fiddler tune

Instrumental break

The train next mornin' blew a lonesome sound

As if she sang the blues of what she took from town

And all that I recall that was said when I was young

There's no one else could really sing those songs he sung

A C

Bm Dm

E G

E7 G7

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