Old Man Tell Me chords by David Allan Coe
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I've seen the old man sittin'
'round
The courthouse square back
G
home in town
Em
Talking bout the big war back
C
A
D
in 1943
Sayin' how much good it's done
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Verse 2
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G
Medals gleamin' in the sun
Em
Cussin' at my long hair
C
A
And my talk of bein' free
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Their vision like their battle scars
Verse 3
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Of other wars has faded
A
Like the colors on the ribbons
D
From the battles that they've won
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If there's one thing I've
learned it's this
Verse 4
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Bm
You just can't shake hands with a fist
G
Em
A
And I once did my talkin' with a gun
G
And, old man, I know what you've seen
D
Bm
G
But yours is not the only dream
Em
I have to believe
Verse 5
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C
in something more
A
G
Than yesterday
D
Let it die, just like the past
Bm
I believe there's hope at last
Verse 6
C
Em
A
Old man, did you ever have to pray
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Old man, can you show me the way
Verse 7
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He shakes his head from time to time
And rambles somewhere
G
in his mind
Em
Mumbling 'bout the Civil War
C
And how we should have won
A
Verse 8
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Settin' up his battle plans
On checkerboards at his
G
command
Em
Watchin' all his gallant kings
D
C
A
Go falling one by one
Verse 9
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And son he'd say there's not much time
G
For you to straighten out your mind
C
But you never listen to
The things I try to say
A
Verse 10
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And I just turn my head and cry
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Never understanding why
Em
D
G
A
He's set up that checkerboard
When he knew I couldn't play
Old Man Tell Me
David Allan Coe
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