The Old Man chords by The Fureys

G                   C
The tears have all been shed now
      D                  G
We've said our last good-byes
    Am
His soul's been blessed
      A
He's laid to rest
                      G
And it's now I feel alone
                         C
He was more than just a father
   D                G
A teacher, my best friend
        Am
He can still be heard
        A
In the tunes we shared
         D
When we play them on our own.

Chorus

   C                G
I never will forget him
       C              G
For he made me what I am
          Em
Though he may be gone
         D      Em
Memories linger on
      C         D         G
And I miss him?...the old man

     G                  C
As a boy, he'd take me walking
    D                  G
By mountain field and stream
        Am
And he showed me things
     A
Not known to kings
                           G
And secret between him and me
         C
Like the colours of the pheasant
                   D
As he rises in the dawn
    Am              A
And how to fish and make a wish
                  D
Beside the holly tree

Chorus

   C                G
I never will forget him
       C              G
For he made me what I am
          Em
Though he may be gone
         D      Em
Memories linger on
      C         D         G
And I miss him?...the old man

   G                    C
I thought he'd live forever
   D                 G
He seemed so big and strong
        Am
But the minutes fly
        A
And the years roll by
                    G
For a father and a son
     G                 C
And suddenly, when it happened
          D              G
There was so much left unsaid
    Am
No second chance
   A
To tell him thanks
                     D
For everything he's done.

Chorus
   C                G
I never will forget him
       C              G
For he made me what I am
          Em
Though he may be gone
         D      Em
Memories linger on
      C         D         G
And I miss him?...the old man