Old Man Tell Me chords by
David Allan Coe
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Key: D major•
Intro 1
D
D

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Verse 1
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D

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I've seen the old man sittin'
'round
The courthouse square back
G
G

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home in town
Em
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Talking bout the big war back
C
C

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A
A

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D
D

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in 1943
Sayin' how much good it's done
Verse 2
D
D

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G
G

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Medals gleamin' in the sun
Em
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Cussin' at my long hair
C
C

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A
A

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And my talk of bein' free
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Their vision like their battle scars
Verse 3
D
D

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Of other wars has faded
A
A

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Like the colors on the ribbons
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D

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From the battles that they've won
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G

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If there's one thing I've
learned it's this
Verse 4
D
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Bm
Bm
2

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You just can't shake hands with a fist
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G

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Em
Em

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A
A

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And I once did my talkin' with a gun
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G

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And, old man, I know what you've seen
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Bm
Bm
2

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G
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But yours is not the only dream
Em
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I have to believe
Verse 5
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C
C

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in something more
A
A

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G
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Than yesterday
D
D

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Let it die, just like the past
Bm
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I believe there's hope at last
Verse 6
C
C

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Em
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A
A

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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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D

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He shakes his head from time to time
And rambles somewhere
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G

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in his mind
Em
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Mumbling 'bout the Civil War
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C

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And how we should have won
A
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Verse 8
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D

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Settin' up his battle plans
On checkerboards at his
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G

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command
Em
Em

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Watchin' all his gallant kings
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D

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C
C

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A
A

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Go falling one by one
Verse 9
D
D

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And son he'd say there's not much time
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For you to straighten out your mind
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C

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But you never listen to
The things I try to say
A
A

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Verse 10
D
D

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And I just turn my head and cry
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G

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Never understanding why
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Em

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D
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G
G

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A
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He's set up that checkerboard
When he knew I couldn't play

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