Key: F major
Intro 1
D
Dm
A
Bsus4
Bm
E
Verse 1
F#
D
Em
A
Knows him as old folks
F#
Bm
Just as free as a bird
E
A
F#
and as good as his word
B
Bm
That's why everybody loves him so
E
C#
D
Em
Always leaving his spoon in his coffee
A
D
C#
Puts his napkin up under his chin
F#
Bm
E
An d that yellow cob pipe
A
F#
is so mellow it's ripe
B
E
A
But you didn't be ashamed of him
Abaug
Em
In the evening after supper
A
D
G
What stories he would tell
D
Ebdim
for Lincoln that day
Cdim
B
Bm
Oh, I know that one so well
C#
D
Don't quite understand
Em
A
about old folks
D
C#
Did he fight for the blue or the gray
F#
Bm
For he's so diplomat
E
A
F#
ic and so democratic
B
E
A
We always let him have his way
Abaug
Em
A
Every Friday he'll go fishin'
D
G
Way down on Buzzer's Lake
Bm
D
B
Bm
whale got away, so we warm up the steak.
E
D
C#
F#
Oh, someday there'll be
E
A
Em
A
no more old folks,
D
C#
what a lonely old town this will be.
F#
Bm
E
Children's voices at play
A
D
F#
will be stilled for a day
B
E
The day that they take old folks away
Outro 1
A
D
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