Son Of Ambrose chords by The Dead South

🎸 Intro:

G
G  F C G


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

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


🎸 Instrumental:
G  F C G
G  F C G


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


🎸 Verse 4:
                           F          G
One day at the neighbours, I caught a flare
                         C         G
I fell in love with that Norwegian glare
                  F            G
We had a hippy, a cowboy and a scholar
                   C        G    G7
Little tomboy and a toddler too


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


🎸 Instrumental:
G  F C G
G  F C G
G  Gm C G
G  Gm C G


🎸 Verse 6:
                        F                G
That was a cold year in nineteen-seventyseven
                     C                       G
I left you all when I died and gone to heaven
                               F               G
Never got to say goodbye never got to give you hugs
                 C               G    G7
Just remember, I love you all so much


🎸 Chorus:
   F    G
In 1947 I met my wife
G7                        Gm
Her name is Phyllis and I made her my bride
      F             G
Had a family with 5 kids
     C                           Gm
Most beautiful damn thing I ever did
      F    G
Oh in 1947 I met my wife
G7                        Gm
Her name is Phyllis and I made her my bride
      F             G
Had a family with 5 kids
     C                           Gm
Most beautiful damn thing I ever did
      F                   G
Oh my family it will be alright
     G7                                Gm
Just hold onto each other through this life
      F                 G
Oh my family it'll be alright
     C             G
Keep shinning your light


🎸 Outro:
G  F C G
G  F C F C
F C G