Son Of Ambrose chords by The Dead South

Chords with lyrics

🎸 Intro:

G+G
G MajorG FF C majorC G+G


🎸 Verse 1:
            FF       G+G
My name is William and I'm the son of Ambrose
           C majorC     G+G
I was born near that cast iron bridge
           FF         G+G
My mother Alice, she taught me to be a kind man
         C majorC         G+G
So I took it and shared it with my friends

🎸 Verse 2:
           FF       G+G
I went to war at the age of twenty-one
          C majorC        G+G
I came back with my memories and my gun
            FF      G+G
Took care of the family, my brother, too
          C majorC      G+G
Bareknuckle boxing every day at noon


🎸 Instrumental:
G+G FF C majorC G+G
G MajorG FF C majorC G+G


🎸 Verse 3:
G+G
When I came back from war
     FF         G+G
There was something missing there
          C majorC      G+G
I had a finger, so naked and so bare
            FF      G+G
Where would I ever find, my one true love
          C majorC         G+G
If I'm just patient she'll come from above


🎸 Verse 4:
              FF     G+G
One day at the neighbours, I caught a flare
             C majorC     G+G
I fell in love with that Norwegian glare
         FF      G+G
We had a hippy, a cowboy and a scholar
          C majorC    G+G  G7G7
Little tomboy and a toddler too

🎸 Chorus:
  FF  G+G
In 1947 I did my best
C majorC              G+G
Started what you see before and I stood the test
   FF             G+G
Well life ain't always easy in fact it's pretty tough
C majorC                    G+G
 I hope you learned a thing or two about how I raised you up
        C majorC           G+G
Cause it's the best damn thing I ever done


🎸 Instrumental:
G+G FF C majorC G+G
G MajorG FF C majorC G+G
G MajorG G minorGm C majorC G+G
G MajorG G minorGm C majorC G+G


🎸 Verse 6:
            FF        G+G
That was a cold year in nineteen-seventyseven
           C majorC            G+G
I left you all when I died and gone to heaven
                FF        G+G
Never got to say goodbye never got to give you hugs
         C majorC        G+G  G7G7
Just remember, I love you all so much


🎸 Chorus:
  FF  G+G
In 1947 I met my wife
G7G7            G minorGm
Her name is Phyllis and I made her my bride
   FF       G+G
Had a family with 5 kids
   C majorC              G minorGm
Most beautiful damn thing I ever did
   FF  G+G
Oh in 1947 I met my wife
G7G7            G minorGm
Her name is Phyllis and I made her my bride
   FF       G+G
Had a family with 5 kids
   C majorC              G minorGm
Most beautiful damn thing I ever did
   FF          G+G
Oh my family it will be alright
   G7G7                G minorGm
Just hold onto each other through this life
   FF         G+G
Oh my family it'll be alright
   C majorC       G+G
Keep shinning your light


🎸 Outro:
G+G FF C majorC G+G
G MajorG FF C majorC FF C majorC
FF C majorC G+G