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Father William

Father William easy guitar chords by Lewis Carroll

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 1

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • G

  • F#m

    2
  • Em

  • F

  • F#

    2
  • C

  • G

  • F#m

    2
  • Em

  • F

  • F#

    2
  • C

  • Verse 1
    G

    You are old, Father William,

    the young man said,

    and your hair has become very white,


    and yet you incessantly

    stand on your head.

    Do you think at your age it is right?
    F#m

    In my youth,
    Em
    G

    Father William replied to his son,

    I feared it might injure the brain,

    but now that I am perfectly sure I have none,

    F
    G

    why, I do it again and again.

    You are old, said the youth,


    as I mentioned before,

    and have grown most uncommonly fat,


    yet you turned a back somersault

    in at the door.

    Pray, what is the reason of that?
    F

    In my youth, said the sage,
    F#

    as he shook his grey locks,
    G

    I kept all my limbs very supple

    by the use of this ointment.

    Once shilling the box,

    allow me to sell you a couple.

    You are old, said the youth,

    and your jaws are too weak

    for anything tougher than suet.


    Yet you finished the goose

    with the bones and beak.
    F

    Pray, how did you manage to

    do it?
    G

    In my youth, said his father,

    I took to the law,

    and argued each case

    with my wife.

    And the muscular strength
    F#m

    which it gave to me jaw
    G

    has lasted the rest of me life.
    C
    G

    You are old, said the youth.


    One would hardly suppose

    that your eye was as steady

    as ever.

    Yet you balanced an eel

    on the end of your nose.

    What made you so awfully clever?


    I have answered three questions,


    and that is enough,

    said his father.

    Don't give yourself airs.

    Do you think I can listen all day

    to such stuff?

    Be off, or I'll kick you downstairs.

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