Key: A major
Verse 1
D#m
G#m
C#
Gaug
G#m
C#
Gaug
I won der
G#m
C#
what he'll think of me.
Gaug
G#m
I guess he'll call
B
G#m
C#
me the old man.
Gaug
G#m
B
I guess he'll think I can lick
every other fella's father.
E
D
F#
B
D#m
B
Gaug
G#m
Well, I can.
D#m
G#m
B
G#m
C#
I bet that he'll turn out to be
G#m
C#
the spittin' image of his dad,
G#m
B
but he'll have more common sense
than his puddin' headed
Daug
B
father ever had.
E#dim
B
dive through a wave
G#m
D#
C#
when we go in the mornings for a swim.
C#aug
C#
G#
but she won't make a sissy out of him.
G#aug
C#
Not him!
Daug
B
F#
Daug
B
Not Bill! Bill!
B
A
B
E
I will see that he's named after me.
Fdim
B
I will!
A
B
he'll be tall and as tough as a tree
E
Fdim
F#m
B
Will Bill, like a tree,
E
G#aug
G#
he'll grow with his head held high
A
C#
And his feet planted firm on the ground
C#m
F#
B
E
B
An d you won't see nobody dare
E
B
F#
to try to boss him
A
E
F#m
B
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
B
E
with a whip and a horse and a hack
Em
F#
He can haul a scow along a canal,
Em
F#
run a cow around a corral,
D#m
E#
or maybe bark for a carousel.
D#m
B
Of course it takes talent to do that well.
or a fella that sells you glue,
C#m
F#
Or President of the United States,
A
F#m
F
that'd be alright too.
E
A
His mother would like that,
E
B
unless he wanted to be. Not Bill!
A
B
he'll be tall and as tough as a tree.
E
F#m
B
We'll build like a tree,
E
G#
he'll grow with his head held high
A
C#m
C#
and his feet planted firm on the ground
C#m
B
E
B
And you won't see nobody dare
E
B
to try to boss him
F#
B
or toss him around
A
E
F#m
No fat -bottomed flabby -faced
G#m
F#m
B
pot -bellied baggy -eyed bully will
F#
F#m
boss him around
his boss's daughter
A skinny -lipped virgin
with blood like water
E
B
C#
s through a lorgnette
A
C#
Why am I taking on like this?
Bm
F#m
My kid ain't even been born yet!
D
Bm
D
I can see him when he's
seventeen or so,
Bm
D
Bm
D
A
D
A
and starting in to go with a girl.
D
Bm
I can give him lots of pointers,
Bm
Ebm
Bb
on the way to get round any girl.
Eb
D
Well, I can tell him.
Wait a minute.
G
Em
A
C#
B
C#aug
What if he is a girl?
F#m
D
Bm
B
C#aug
F#m
B
Oh, Bill, what would I do with her,
D
E
C
but you gotta be a father to a
G#aug
Eaug
A
F
C#aug
girl.
C#
F#
F#m
B
She mightn't be so bad at that,
F#m
F#
F#m
B
a kid with ribbons in her hair.
C#m
A
A kind of neat an d petite little
F#m
Bm
E
tintype of her mother.
C
E
A
Am
A
What a pair!
Daug
F#
G
Ink and white as peaches and cream,
F#m
D
G
My little girl is half again
Fdim
A
D
Em
Eb
as bright as girls are meant to be.
A
F#m
D
G
Dozens of boys pursue her,
A
D
G#m
C#
F#
A#m
F#
many a likely lad does what he can
G#m
C#
F#
Daug
to woo her from her faith
B
E
Eaug
Am
ful dad.
A
D
Daug
She has a few pink an
F#
Em
d white young fellas,
D
G
but my little girl gets hungry
Fdim
F#m
A
E
every night.
D
A
D
C
Daug
A#
And she comes home to me.
F#
Bb
I gotta get ready before she comes.
A
C#
I gotta make certain that she
Ab
Fm
won't be dragged up in slums
Db
C
with a lot of bums like me.
fed and dressed
F
F
in the best that money can buy.
Bb
F
I nev er knew how to get money,
Fm
Gm
Fm
but I'll try, by God, I'll try.
C
A
Bb
I'll go out and make it,
F
Bb
F
Fm
F
Or steal it, or take it, or die!
F
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