I'm My Own Grandpaw chords by
Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins
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Key: B major•
Verse 1
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Tell us a story, Grandpa.
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Come on. Please.
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Many, many years ago, when I was 23,
I was married to a widow
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who was pretty as can be.
Now this widow had a
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grown -up daughter
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who had hair of red.
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My father fell in love with her,
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and soon the two were wed.
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this made my dad
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my son -in -law really changed my life
for my daughter was now my mother
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because she was my father's wife
and to complicate the matter
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F#m
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even though it brought me joy
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I soon became the father
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of a bouncing baby boy
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Yes, I did.
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My little baby then became a
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brother -in -law to Dad
And so became my uncle,
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though it made me very sad
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For if he were my uncle,
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then that also made him brother
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Of the widow's
grown -up daughter
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Who, of course, was my stepmother,
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don't you know
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Now father's wife then had a son
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who kept them on the run
And he became my grandchild
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for he was my daughter's son
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My wife is now my mother's mother
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an d it makes me blue
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Because although she is my wife,
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she's my grandmother too
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Now if my wife is my grandmother,
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then I'm her grandchild
And every time I think of it,
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it nearly drives me wild
Cause now I have become
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the strangest case you ever saw
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As husband of my grandmother,
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I'm my own grandpa
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I'm my own grandpa
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I'm my own grandpa
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It sounds funny, I know, but it really is so
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I'm my own grandpa
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I'm my own grandpa
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Now listen to this
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I'm my own grandpa
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It sounds funny, I know, but it really is so
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Oh, I'm my own grandpa
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I'm my own grandpa
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I'm my own grandpa
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It sounds funny, I know
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But it really is so
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Oh, I'm my own grandpa
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I'm my own grandpa
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I'm my own grandpa,
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how could that be?
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It sounds funny, I know,
but it really is so
I'm my own grandpa

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