I'm My Own Grandpaw chords by
Willie Nelson

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Key: A major•

Verse 1

G

G

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Now, many many years ago

D

D

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When I was twenty three

I was married to a widow

G

G

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Who was pretty as could be

Verse 2

G

G

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This widow had a grown- up daughter

C

C

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Had hair of red

A

A

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My father fell in love with her

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And soon the two were wed

Verse 3

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This made my dad my son- in- law

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And changed my very life

My daughter was my mother

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'Cause she was my father's wife

Verse 4

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To complicate the matters

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C

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Even though it brought me joy

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A

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I soon became the father

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Of a bouncing baby boy

Verse 5

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My little baby then became

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Am

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A brother- in- law to dad

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And so became my uncle

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Though it made me very sad

Verse 6

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For if he was my uncle

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C

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That also made him the brother

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Of the widow's grown- up daughter

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D

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Who, of course, was my step- mother

Verse 7

G

G

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D

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G

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I'm my own grand pa

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C

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Em

Em

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I'm my own grandpa

C

C

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It sounds funny I know

G

G

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E

E

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But it really is so

Em

Em

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D

D

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G

G

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I'm my own grandpa

Verse 8

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My father's wife then had a son

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That kept them on the run

And he became my grandchild

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For he was my daughter's son

Verse 9

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My wife is now my mother's mother

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And it makes me blue

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A

A

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Because, she is my wife

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D

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She's my grandmother too

Verse 10

G

G

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C

C

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I'm my own grand pa

C

C

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Am

Am

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I'm my own grandpa

C

C

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It sounds funny I know

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G

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E

E

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But it really is so

Em

Em

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D

D

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G

G

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I'm my own grandpa

Verse 11

G

G

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Now, if my wife is my grandmother

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D

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Then, I am her grandchild

And every time I think of it

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It nearly drives me wild

Verse 12

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G

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For now I have become

C

C

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The strangest case you ever saw

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As the husband of my grandmother

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I am my own grandpa

Verse 13

G

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I'm my own grandpa

C

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F

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Am

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I'm my own grandpa

C

C

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A

A

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It sounds funny I know

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G

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Em

Em

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But it really is so

E

E

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D

D

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G

G

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I'm my own grandpa

Interlude 1

G

G

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D

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G

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C

C

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Am

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C

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G

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E

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A

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D

D

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G

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D

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C

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Am

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A

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D

D

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G

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D

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C

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Am

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A

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D

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Verse 14

G

G

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C

C

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I'm my own grandpa

C

C

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E

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Am

Am

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I'm my own grandpa

C

C

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It sounds funny I know

G

G

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But it really is so

Em

Em

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G

G

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D

D

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G

G

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I'm my own grandpa

Outro 1

C

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G

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E

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A

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D

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G

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Chords

G
D
C
A
Am
Em
E
F

Capo: 2

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The original key of I'm My Own Grandpaw by Willie Nelson is A major.

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Yes, this version uses open chords like A, E, D, B, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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