Old Rooster chords by Loretta Lynn

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Verse 1
G 
 (G major) He's 40 but he thinks that he's 20
D 
 (D major) He's got that boyish grin
G 
and he grins  (G major) plenty
C 
At every pretty girl that he's  (C major) passin'
G 
He think (G major) s that they're all
D 
G 
 (D major) his for the  (G major) askin'
He's never aged a day,
D 
hear him swear  (D major) 
Heaven cares,
G 
done wonders for his  (G major) hair
C 
Except a few bald spots are show (C major) in'
G 
D 
The old  (G major) rooster's  (D major) back
G 
and he's  (G major) crowin'
C 
D 
The old  (C major) rooster's  (D major) back
G 
and he's  (G major) crowin'
C 
D 
Age  (C major) ain't taught him  (D major) nothin'
G 
and it's  (G major) showin'
C 
One  (C major) of these days he'll
D 
G 
 (D major) wake up and  (G major) know
C 
D 
He's  (C major) been knocked  (D major) off his
G 
Ab 
roostin'  (G major) pole  (A flat major) 
He's the king of the roost,
Eb 
see him strut (E flat major) tin'
Ab 
For punishment that old boy's a  (A flat major) glutton
Db 
This old hen might start feather -pick (D flat major) in'
Ab 
If  (A flat major) he  don't stop eye
Eb 
Ab 
 (E flat major) ballin' the chickens  (A flat major) 
Out of my knee,
Eb 
he's taken by the truck (E flat major) load
Ab 
He says that he's never gonna grow  (A flat major) old
But I've got news for him
Db 
that's quite alarmin'  (D flat major) 
Ab 
Eb 
Ab 
He  (A flat major) became a  (E flat major) grandpa this  (A flat major) mornin'
Db 
Eb 
The  (D flat major) old rooster's  (E flat major) back
Ab 
and he's  (A flat major) growin'
Db 
Eb 
Age  (D flat major) ain't taught him  (E flat major) nothin'
Ab 
and he's showin'  (A flat major) 
Db 
One  (D flat major) of these days he'll
Eb 
Ab 
 (E flat major) wake up and  (A flat major) know
Db 
Eb 
He's  (D flat major) been knocked off  (E flat major) 
Ab 
his roosting  (A flat major) pole