To Himself, He Was Ole Jimmie Rodgers chords by Mark Brine

SimplifiedDm · C · G · F

GuitarPianoUkulele

Verse 1
Dm 
C 
Dm 
He  (D minor)  (C major) was a hillbilly singer from way  (D minor) back,
G 
C 
and he  (G major) must have been eighty years  (C major) old.
Dm 
With a beat -up old hat and a  (D minor) long old coat,
G 
C 
and I  (G major) swear he was thin as a  (C major) pole.
And the crowd tried hard not to laugh
F 
G 
C 
 (F major) as he  (G major) sang them old songs out of  (C major) tune
And strummed on a guitar
F 
that looked  (F major) like it had been in a
G 
 (G major) pawn shop that same afternoon
C 
G 
C 
 (C major) To him (G major) self he was old Jimmy  (C major) Blodgett,
F 
G 
and  (F major) he of little age  (G major) 
F 
But when he  (F major) walked off that stage
C 
he'd be just  (C major) as unknown
G 
C 
as when his  (G major) dream of success came to be  (C major) 
He just couldn't keep time to the rhyth
F 
G 
C 
 (F major) m  of the  (G major) song he was singing so loud  (C major) 
I could tell he'd been through
Dm 
a  (D minor) whole lot more
F 
G 
C 
 (F major) in  (G major) spite of them all he was  (C major) proud
Then he told everyone he
Dm 
F 
was fam (D minor) ous one  (F major) time
G 
C 
And he  (G major) sang once behind Patsy Cline  (C major) 
Dm 
Then some wise guy stood up and  (D minor) shouted
F 
Dm 
G 
C 
Get  (F major)  (D minor)  (G major) off and I'll buy you some  (C major) wine
G 
But to him (G major) self he was
C 
old Jimmy  (C major) Ro gers
F 
G 
How do  (F major) you lead a lady?  (G major) 
F 
But he was  (F major) singin' so bad
C 
it just made  (C major) me feel sad
G 
C 
G 
C 
Almost  (G major) like they was laughin' at me  (C major)  (G major)  (C major) 
Dm 
F 
The old man just kept right on  (D minor) tryin'  (F major) 
G 
C 
But his  (G major) eyes showed the sign of a tear  (C major) 
Cuz the hard facts of failure
Dm 
F 
were so  (D minor) hard  (F major) to face
G 
For a  (G major) man, I could tell, had been there
C 
G 
 (C major) But to him (G major) self he had been
C 
old Jimmy  (C major) Ro gers
F 
G 
How do  (F major) you believe, lady?  (G major) 
F 
When he  (F major) walked off that stage
C 
he was  (C major) all washed up
G 
He'd just  (G major) taken his whole lifetime
C 
G 
C 
C 
to see  (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (C major) you