This Old Car chords by Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger
Verse 1
D
I got a musician friend.
He's a piano player.
I call him Joe.
He told me he was laughing.
He says, you know, I made up a new tune.
I was on my way out of the city,
coming home, and singing this old tune,
I found myself making
up a song about my car.
B
I've been a many a mile in this old car,
F#
B
E
Em
A
D
I hope I got many more
B
All because little Molly
E
Em
She's at its well -kept form
D
The spark plugs spark
The carburetor carves
G
The pistons do
Abdim
D
What they're sup posed to do
B
And little Molly
E
Asus4
D
Keeps it lubricated all the time
I was having so much fun
Singing this song
That when I came to the toll booth
To put in my coin
I came up to click quick on the clutch
Son of a gun
I found myself stuck in a high gear
I couldn't move that stick shift
Had to go all the way home third gear
I
Figured well if you have to go through life
in one gear better be high than low
But I drove right away to my garage
downtown says Bill help me here
I can't get this stick out of third gear
Bill says, raise the hood
About a second later, he says, try her now
Oh, it worked perfect
I said, what'd you do?
He says, well, the parts
are a little worn down there
If it happens again,
reach down, give it a little jiggle
You'll find it works okay
I had a new verse
Now if anything gets a
B
F#
little out of kilter
E
Em
Asus4
D
Here's how to fix it right away
B
You reach down and give a little jiggle,
E
A
and everything will be okay.
D
The spark plugs spark,
the carburetor carbs,
G
the pistons do
Abdim
D
what they're supposed to do.
B
Little Molly
E
A
D
keeps it lubricated all the time.
I said, Joe, you've written a folk song.
Comes right out of real life.
I said, did you sing it to Molly?
Oh, yes, he said.
She let me know she appreciated it.
B
I've been a many a mile in this old car.
E
A
D
I hope I got many more.
B
Oh, because little Molly
E
A
sees that as well get far.
D
The spark plug spark,
the carburetor carbs,
G
The best to do what that's
Abdim
sup posed to do.
D
B
Ooh, little Molly keeps
E
A
it lubricated all the time.
D
B
F#
Ooh, little Molly keeps
B
E
A
D
it lubricated all the time.
This Old Car
Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger
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