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Dads Old Fiddle

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CThere's two nails in the wall above the Fdoor in the Chall
Where Dad's old fiddle hung for twenty G7years
I Crecall as just a boy how my Fheart would beat with Cjoy
When Daddy would play the G7song I loved to Chear
And Daddy would FplayC  G7  C  
Daddy never left us any will telling Fus what he'd Cgive
But everybody knew his fiddle was G7mine
But Cthe fiddle was all he left so FI had to teach Cmyself
And I bet I played his G7song a million Ctimes
And I would FplayC  G7  C  
Well if dad could see me now oh I know Fthat he'd be Cproud
To hear his old fiddle played once G7again
But Cmaybe it won't be long till I Fjoin him in his Csong
And together we'll play this G7song once Cagain
And then we'll FplayC  G7  C  

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Dads Old Fiddle

by Merle Haggard

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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C F C

There's two nails in the wall above the door in the hall

Where Dad's old fiddle hung for twenty years

C F C

I recall as just a boy how my heart would beat with joy

G7 C

When Daddy would play the song I loved to hear

F C G7 C

And Daddy would play

F C

Daddy never left us any will telling us what he'd give

But everybody knew his fiddle was mine

C F C

But the fiddle was all he left so I had to teach myself

G7 C

And I bet I played his song a million times

F C G7 C

And I would play

F C

Well if dad could see me now oh I know that he'd be proud

To hear his old fiddle played once again

C F C

But maybe it won't be long till I join him in his song

G7 C

And together we'll play this song once again

F C G7 C

And then we'll play

About Dads Old Fiddle Chords by Merle Haggard

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