Key: D major
Verse 1
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E
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Abdim
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I wonder what
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Bbaug
I bet he'll call me the old man.
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D
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other fella's father.
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I bet that he'll turn out to be
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the spittin' image of his dad
sense
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E
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than his puddin' -headed father ever had
and dive through a wave
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Am
His mother can teach him the way to behave,
but you won't make a sissy out of him.
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A
Not him, not my boy,
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Bbaug
D
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D
not Bill.
Bill.
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I will see that he's named after me. I will.
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Em
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My boy Bill, he'll be tall
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Am
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Little Bill, like a tree he'll grow
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with his head held high
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D
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And you won't see nobody dare to try
To boss him or toss him around
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D
No pot -bellied, baggy -eyed bully
And 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
a paddle a pack on his back
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Gm
A
he can haul a scow along the canal
run a cow around the crown
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Ebdim
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only be bought for a carousel
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D
Of course, it takes talent to do that.
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Well, he might be the champ
No, no, no, no, Seljuklu,
Em
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or President of the United States.
Am
D
That'll be all right, too.
Am
A
D
unless he wanted to be.
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No, sir, he no, no, no, no, no, not Bill!
Am
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He'll be tall, and his tongue has a tree.
G
D
G
We'll build like a tree he'll grow
Baug
B
with his head held high
C
Em
And his feet planted firm
on the ground
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C
G
No flat -bottomed,
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pot -bellied, baggy -eyed bastard'll
And I'm damned if
A skinny -lipped virgin
with blood -like water
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G
Gm
An d look in his eye
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Bb
s through a lornet
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D
A
My kid ain't even been born yet
seventeen or so
Dm
F
I'm startin' in to go with a girl
Dm
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I can give him lots of pointers,
very sound
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A
D
Ebm
On the way to get round
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any girl I can tell him
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Gm
Bb
What? What if, what if, no.
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Am
What if he's a girl?
Am
D
Oh, Bill, Bill.
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E
What could I do for her?
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I'm a bum with no money.
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You can have fun with a son,
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D
but you gotta be a father to
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a girl.
Am
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D
She mightn't be so bad at that,
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D
a kid with ribbons in her hair.
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little tintype of a mother,
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C
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what a pearl!
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Faug
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My little girl, pink and white as
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peaches and cream, is she.
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My little girl is half again
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D
C
as girls are meant to be.
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Dozens of boys pursue her,
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Am
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many a likely lie.
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D
Em
He does what he can to woo her
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from her faithful dad.
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She has a few pink and white
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young fellas of two or three.
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But my little girl gets
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hungry every night,
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D
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and she comes home to me.
I gotta get ready before she comes.
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I gotta make certain that she won't be
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dragged up in slums
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She's gotta be sheltered and fed and dressed
in the best that money can buy.
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But I never know how to get money,
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Bb
but I'll try, thank God I'll try.
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Who will go out and take it, or kill it, or take it,
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Gm
or die?
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