Key: A major
Verse 1
Gm
Cm
F
Baug
Cm
F
Baug
I won der
Cm
F
what he'll think of me.
Baug
Cm
I guess he'll call
Eb
Cm
F
me the old man.
Baug
Cm
Eb
I guess he'll think I can lick
every other fella's father.
Ab
Gb
Bb
Eb
Gm
Eb
Baug
Cm
Well, I can.
Gm
Cm
Eb
Cm
F
I bet that he'll turn out to be
Cm
F
the spittin' image of his dad,
Cm
Eb
but he'll have more common sense
than his puddin' headed
Gbaug
Eb
father ever had.
Adim
Eb
dive through a wave
Cm
G
F
when we go in the mornings for a swim.
Faug
F
C
but she won't make a sissy out of him.
Caug
F
Not him!
Gbaug
Eb
Bb
Gbaug
Eb
Not Bill! Bill!
Eb
Db
Eb
Ab
I will see that he's named after me.
Adim
Eb
I will!
Db
Eb
he'll be tall and as tough as a tree
Ab
Adim
Bbm
Eb
Will Bill, like a tree,
Ab
Caug
C
he'll grow with his head held high
Db
F
And his feet planted firm on the ground
Fm
Bb
Eb
Ab
Eb
An d you won't see nobody dare
Ab
Eb
Bb
to try to boss him
Db
Ab
Bbm
Eb
No pot -bellied, baggy -eyed bully
I don't give a damn what he does,
as long as he does what he likes
He can sit on his tail or work on a rail
He can ferry a boat on a river
or pedal a pack on his back
Eb
Ab
with a whip and a horse and a hack
Abm
Bb
He can haul a scow along a canal,
Abm
Bb
run a cow around a corral,
Gm
A
or maybe bark for a carousel.
Gm
Eb
Of course it takes talent to do that well.
or a fella that sells you glue,
Fm
Bb
Or President of the United States,
Db
Bbm
A
that'd be alright too.
Ab
Db
His mother would like that,
Ab
Eb
unless he wanted to be. Not Bill!
Db
Eb
he'll be tall and as tough as a tree.
Ab
Bbm
Eb
We'll build like a tree,
Ab
C
he'll grow with his head held high
Db
Fm
F
and his feet planted firm on the ground
Fm
Eb
Ab
Eb
And you won't see nobody dare
Ab
Eb
to try to boss him
Bb
Eb
or toss him around
Db
Ab
Bbm
No fat -bottomed flabby -faced
Cm
Bbm
Eb
pot -bellied baggy -eyed bully will
Bb
Bbm
boss him around
his boss's daughter
A skinny -lipped virgin
with blood like water
Ab
Eb
F
s through a lorgnette
Db
F
Why am I taking on like this?
D#m
A#m
My kid ain't even been born yet!
F#
D#m
F#
I can see him when he's
seventeen or so,
D#m
F#
D#m
F#
C#
F#
C#
and starting in to go with a girl.
F#
D#m
I can give him lots of pointers,
D#m
Gm
D
on the way to get round any girl.
G
F#
Well, I can tell him.
Wait a minute.
B
G#m
C#
E#
D#
E#aug
What if he is a girl?
A#m
F#
D#m
D#
E#aug
A#m
Eb
Oh, Bill, what would I do with her,
Gb
Ab
E
but you got ta be a father to a
Caug
Abaug
Db
A
Faug
girl.
F
Bb
Bbm
Eb
She mightn't be so bad at that,
Bbm
Bb
Bbm
Eb
a kid with ribbons in her hair.
Fm
Db
A kind of neat an d petite little
Bbm
Ebm
Ab
tintype of her mother.
E
Ab
Db
Dbm
Db
What a pair!
F#aug
A#
B
Ink and white as peaches and cream,
A#m
F#
B
My little girl is half again
Adim
C#
F#
G#m
G
as bright as girls are meant to be.
C#
A#m
F#
B
Dozens of boys pursue her,
C#
F#
Cm
F
Bb
Dm
Bb
many a likely lad does what he can
Cm
F
Bb
Gbaug
to woo her from her faith
Eb
Ab
Abaug
C#m
ful dad.
C#
F#
F#aug
She has a few pink an
A#
G#m
d white young fellas,
F#
B
but my little girl gets hungry
Adim
A#m
C#
G#
every night.
F#
C#
Gb
E
Gbaug
D
And she comes home to me.
A#
D
I gotta get ready before she comes.
C#
E#
I gotta make certain that she
C
Am
won't be dragged up in slums
F
E
with a lot of bums like me.
fed and dressed
A
A
in the best that money can buy.
D
A
I never knew how to get money,
Am
Bm
Am
but I'll try, by God, I'll try.
E
C#
D
I'll go out and make it,
A
D
A
Am
A
Or steal it, or take it, or die!
A
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