My Father's Fiddle chords by The Carter Family
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Country mu
Verse 1
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sic was a backbone of his life
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Any song he chooses,
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he'd play anything you like most every evening
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you could find me by his side
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where i'd lend a third foreign harmony
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to mom and dad to wed until lul
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labies hung from my eyes
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and i wandered off to bed
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and i can see my mother
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in this country home
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i got a sister and two brothers all my own
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And believe me family unity
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was ever so strong
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When I heard my father's fiddle play
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Some good old country song
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Country neighbors,
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they say he's the best around
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He played their favorites
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at every Friday night,
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low down and late in the evening
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with the neighbor's homeward bound.
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His closing words,
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customary as turning out the lights.
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A quarter for my pocket,
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a love song for his wife.
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And I can see my mother
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in this country home.
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I got a sister and two brothers on my own
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And believe me,
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family unity was ever so strong
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When I heard my father's fiddle play
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Some good old country song
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Heard my father's fiddle play
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Heard my father's fiddle play
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Oh, but where, oh,
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where has the time gone?
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It's been a year since my ears
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have been played upon
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Heard the fiddler lost his tune
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in some bar room
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And his family to another town
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It must be lonesome
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Wishing all he'd lost
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He'd somehow find you now
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And I can see my mother
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She lives all alone
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I got a sister and two brothers
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But they're all grown
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And believe me family
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Unity was ever so strong
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And I heard my father's fiddle play
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That old country song
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And I heard my father's fiddle play
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And I father's fiddle play
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And I my father's fiddle play
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My Father's Fiddle
The Carter Family
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