The Old Man chords by Jimmy Arthur Ordge

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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 (G major) I met him in Saskatchewan,
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in  (C major) a little town out there.
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I  (D major) met him on a dusty street,
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on the corner  (C major) of  (D major) the square.  (G major) 
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 (D major) He  (G major) was old and bent and tattered
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but he  (C major) looked me right in the eye.
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And I heard him say that  (G major) summer day
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as  (D major) I went strolling  (G major) by.
Come over son and sit with me,
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I've  (C major) got some things to say.
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And  (D major) I've been here a long, long time,
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 (C major) they'll soon take  (D major) me away.  (G major) 
So I stopped a while
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and listened to  (C major) the things he told me then.
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And I learned more in that  (G major) hour
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than  (D major) I  ever will  (G major) again.
He told me of this country
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when he  (C major) knew it as a lad.  (G major) 
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 (C major) Of its  (D major) raw and virgin beauty
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and  (C major) the pleasures that  (D major) he had.  (G major)  (D major) 
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An (G major) d he told me in a kindly voice,
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nev (C major) er cast that first hard stone.
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Love your friends an (G major) d  neighbor's son,
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 (D major) or you'll grow old  (G major) alone.  (E major) 
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Well,  (A major) we'd lingered there about an hour,
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and the  (D major) sun was dipping low.
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And  (E major) the old man stopped his lesson,
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and I said,  (D major) well,  (E major) I'd better go.  (A major) 
But he touched my arm real warmly,
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as  (D major) I  turned to walk away.
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And the voice inside the old  (A major) man said,
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 (E major) I had a son one day,  (A major) 
and I was saving those thoughts for him,
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but a  (D major) war took him away.
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An (E minor) d   you look  (E major) a  whole lot like him
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coming  (D major) down that street  (E major) today.  (A major) 
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Yes, you  (D major) look so much like  (A major) Johnny
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coming down  (E major) that street today.
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 (A major) 