Listen To The Old Man chords by Kings Of The City
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Intro 1
(A minor) (E major) (D major)
(D minor) (E major)
Verse 1
(A minor) Dear Father now im a man,
21 with about 21 plans
For (E major) plenty of grands,
back in the day I dun many dumb scams
When I was a (D minor) kid, you said I wasn't shit coz I went and hung (D major) around 21 mans,
(D minor) you wasnt a fan
(E major) Flopped in school coz I thought I was
cool by adding a Q to 21 grams
(A minor) But theres something you dont understand,
you were raised in a different land
But I (E major) grew up in London Town where theres
thugs and hounds and gunman round
With (D minor) goons that hustle with tools as muscle
and sirens are the abundant sound
(E major) I was mixing with drugs and clowns,
heard the devil calling but it some how drowned
(A minor) When I look back it was like a montage, with
a backing track made by The Beatles
(E major) I was looking like a slave to the evil,
coulda been dead or in jail in the (D minor) se quel
With a desperado mentality,
that invest in hard doe reality
(E major) But that life of snakes and ladders would
carry this wise guy straight to insanity
(A minor) Imagine me, sittin in my flat on my ones,
smoke on tap for my lungs
I (E major) wouldn't even chat to my mum, trapped and alone,
all for the lust of the funds (D major)
With no (D minor) trust for your son,
thinking where has he gone? and what has he (E major) done?
But I never meant to do wrong,
so I gotta move on while I sing this song
Verse 2
With (A minor) times gone by in his hands (E major)
Listen (D minor) To The (D major) Old Man (D minor) (G major) (D minor) (E major)
If you can't find (A minor) no advice
where you stand (E major)
Listen To The (D minor) Old (D major) Man
Verse 3
(E major)
2 (Ali Bla Bla)
And they (A minor) say...
Things aren't what they seem,
you split from mum when I was fourteen
(E major) Left the country like you had moved team,
never saw the times I wiped my tears clean
And (D minor) as a teen, I hardly smiled,
never wondering why your son had been wild
Ex (E major) cepting that you made a blunder with child,
but you cant sweep lost years under the pile
And even (A minor) though I still had a good home,
with family affairs and no man ever there
I'd (E major) go on the roads and would roam,
with the olders who talked in a hood tone, ha!
(D minor) Those years just flew right past me,
like lifes just one big party
(E major) You tell me to act calmly thinking,
How can I listen when I can't see?
(A minor) When I look back it was all the anger,
with a feeling that wasn't mutual
(E major) Another bloodshot vein in the pupil,
to (E minor) people around (E major) me it (E minor) took on a (E major) few tolls
(D minor) And at what cost,
Thinking im a big boss? as if Ali Bla Bla was Rick Ross!
(E major) Tried floss for the girls with the lip gloss,
but the (E minor) truth is, really I would (E major) live lost (A minor)
But now times are changing,
had to take your advice coz my life needs saving
When I (E major) look back, yes I was the worst behaving,
and really there was only my self in blaming
But (D major) (D minor) last year grand dad died and I saw
that look of regret in your eye (E major)
From relationship ties,
and it made start questioning mine
Verse 4
() With (A minor)
times gone by in his hands (E major)
Listen To The (D major) (D minor) (G major) (D minor) (E major) Old Man
If you can't find (A minor) no advice
where you stand (E minor) (E major)
Listen To The (D minor) Old (D major) Man
(E major)
Verse 5
3 (Danny Wilder)
(A minor) If only we had known that long
before we had grown
Into (E major) similar images,
few psyical differences
From (D minor) pictures (D major) we've been (D minor) shown,
(D major) of our own flesh and (D minor) bone,
At the same (E major) age we had
been (E minor) veering alone, (E major)
(A minor) Way off the tracks,
attracted to the other side,
I'd (E major) run and hide in stu (E minor) pidity, (D minor) (E major) literally,
(D minor) fiction free, it was a reality,
Gradually though, (E major)
(A minor) I had (E minor) actually grown to (E major) realise
The debt (A minor) I was in. I was in no place
to waste (E minor) what I'd been given
And maybe we've been raised
to (D minor) make a difference,
Finally i see that it pays to make a (E major) living,
Finally i (E minor) agree that what you say
has paved a (A minor) vision
And maybe the next generation of
(E major) babys will (E minor) get born into safety (D minor) (E major)
(D minor) And break these barriers down,
that we've been carrying 'round
(E major) And break (E minor) free from
the massive (A minor) (E minor) amounts.
Verse 6
With times (A minor) gone by in his hands (E major)
Listen (D minor) To The (D major) (D minor) (G major) (D minor) (E major) Old Man
If you (E major) can't (A minor) find no advice
where (D minor) you (A minor) stand (E major) (D minor) (D major)
Listen To The (E major) Old Man
Close (A minor)
Listen To The Old Man
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