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The Old Blind Fiddler

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CWhen I was just a kid I'd go to Ftown on SaturCday
And on the Fstreet I'd Clisten to the D7old blind fiddler G7play
CHe was close to no one though his Flife was almost Cgone
But to Fme he Cwas my friend and always G7played such pretty Csongs
People dropped their nickels in his Fcup as they walked Cby
Sometimes Fhe would Cplay so sad D7yet I just have to G7cry
CThen one day I went to town to Fhear the old man Cplay
But he was Fgone and Csomeone said G7the old man passed Caway
I can still hear him FplayingC  F  G7  
And Cwhen people stop to Flisten
He would G7say God walked beside you all the Cway
And I'd Flisten to the G7old blind fiddler Cplay
A week or so ago one night I Fhad the strangest Cdream
I dreamed I Fwent to Cheaven and I D7heard a million G7strings
CAnd standing there I heard the music Fblow from heaven Csky
And for the first time Fin my Clife I saw the G7color of his Ceyes
And I can still hear them FplayingC  F  G7  
And Che shook my hand and Ftold me
G7Son I knew we'd meet again some Cday
And once Fagain I heard the G7old blind fiddler FplG7-a-Cy

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The Old Blind Fiddler

by Johnny Paycheck

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C F C

When I was just a kid I'd go to town on Saturday

F C D7 G7

And on the street I'd listen to the old blind fiddler play

C F C

He was close to no one though his life was almost gone

F C G7 C

But to me he was my friend and always played such pretty songs

F C

People dropped their nickels in his cup as they walked by

F C D7 G7

Sometimes he would play so sad yet I just have to cry

C F C

Then one day I went to town to hear the old man play

F C G7 C

But he was gone and someone said the old man passed away

F C F G7

I can still hear him playing

C F

And when people stop to listen

G7 C

He would say God walked beside you all the way

F G7 C

And I'd listen to the old blind fiddler play

F C

A week or so ago one night I had the strangest dream

F C D7 G7

I dreamed I went to heaven and I heard a million strings

C F C

And standing there I heard the music blow from heaven sky

F C G7 C

And for the first time in my life I saw the color of his eyes

F C F G7

And I can still hear them playing

C F

And he shook my hand and told me

G7 C

Son I knew we'd meet again some day

F G7 F G7 C

And once again I heard the old blind fiddler pl-a-y

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