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My Old Man chords by
Ewan Maccoll And Peggy Seeger
Ewan Maccoll And Peggy Seeger
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Key: G major•
Verse 1
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My old man was a good old man
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Skilled in the moulding trade
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In the stinking heat of the iron foundry
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My old man was made
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Down on his knees in the moulding sand
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He wore his trade like a company brand
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He was one of the cyc
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lops' smoky band
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Yes, that was my old man
Verse 2
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My old man wasn't really old
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It's just that I was young
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And anybody over twelve years old
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Was halfway to the tomb
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He was loyal to his
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workmates all his life
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Gave his pay packet to his wife
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Had a few jars on a Saturday night
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Yes, that was my old man
Verse 3
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My old man was a union man
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Fought hard all his days
He understood the system
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And was wise to the boss' ways
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He says, you want what's yours by right
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You have to struggle with
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all your might
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They'll rob you blind
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if you don't fight
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Yes, that was my old man
Verse 4
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My old man was a proud old man
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At home on the foundry floor
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Until the day they laid him off
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And showed him to the door
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They gave him his card, said,
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things are slack
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We've got a machine can learn the knack
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Of doing your job, so don't come back
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The end of my old man
Verse 5
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My old man he was fifty-one
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What What was he to do?
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A craftsman moulder on the dole
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In nineteen thirty-two
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He He felt he'd given all he could give
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So he did what thousands of others did
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Abandoned hope and the will to live
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They killed him, my old man
Verse 6
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My old man he is dead and gone
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Now I am your old man
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And my advice to you, my son
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Is to fight back while you can
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Watch out for the man
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with the silicon chip
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Hold on to your job with
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a good firm grip
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'Cause if you don't you'll
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have had your chips
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The same as my old man

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