My Old Man
My Old Man

My Old Man easy guitar chords by Jerry Jeff Walker

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    • Intro 1


    Verse 1

    My 
    old man 

    had a rounder 
    soul 

    He'd hear 
    an ol' 
    freight 
    train 

    and 
    he'd have 
    to go 

    Said 
    he'd been blessed 
    with a 

    gypsy 
    bone 

    And that's 
    the reason 
    I guess 
    that 

    he'd 
    been cursed 
    to roam 

    Came 
    to town 
    back 
    be
    fore 
    the war 

    Didn't 
    even know 
    what 
    it was 

    he 
    was lookin' 
    for 

    He carried 
    a tattered 
    bag 
    for 
    his 
    violin 

    Full 
    of lots 
    of songs 
    of 
    the 

    places 
    he had been 

    He talked 
    real 
    easy 
    and 

    he smiled 
    and waved 

    He could 
    pass 
    along 
    to 
    you 

    when 
    his fiddle 
    played 

    Makin' 
    people 
    drop their 

    cares 
    and woes 

    And hum 
    out 
    loud 
    the 
    tunes 

    that his 
    fiddle 
    bowed 

    Til the 
    people 
    there 
    began 
    to join 

    that 
    sound 

    And ev'ryone 
    in town 
    was laughin,' 

    singin,' 
    dancin' 
    'round 

    Like the 
    Fiddler's 
    tunes 
    we all 

    there heard 
    that 
    night 

    Like 
    some 
    dream 
    that says 
    all 

    the world 
    is 
    right 

    Instrumental 
    Break 

    The 
    Fiddler's 
    eye 
    caught 
    a beauty 
    there 

    She 
    had 
    that 
    rollin' 
    flow

    in' 
    golden 
    kind 
    of hair 

    He 
    played 
    for her 
    as 
    if she 

    danced 
    alone 

    He played 
    his favorite 
    songs, 

    the 
    ones 
    he called 
    his 
    own 

    She 
    alone 
    was 
    dan
    cin' 

    in 
    the room 

    The only 
    thing 
    left 
    movin' 
    to that 
    Fiddler's 
    tune 



    Instrumental 
    break 

    He 
    played 
    until 
    she was 
    the 
    last 
    to go 

    The he 
    stopped 
    and packed 
    his 
    case, 

    said 
    he'd take 
    her home 

    In all 
    the nights 
    that passed 

    a child 
    was born 

    In all 
    the years 
    that passed, 

    love 
    would keep 
    them warm 

    And all 
    their lives 
    they'd 
    share 

    that 
    dream 
    come 
    true 

    And all 
    because 
    she 
    danced 
    so 
    well 

    his 
    fiddler 
    tune 


    Instrumental 
    break 

    The train 
    next 
    mornin' 
    blew 
    a 

    lonesome 
    sound 

    As if she 
    sang 
    the 
    blues 
    of what 

    she 
    took 
    from town 

    And all 
    that 
    I recall 
    that 
    was 
    said 

    when I was 
    young 

    There's no 
    one 
    else 
    could really 
    sing 
    those 

    songs 
    he sung 

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