I'm My Own Grandpa chords by Steve Goodman

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: C

Verse 1:
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Many many years ago when I was twenty three
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I was married to a widow who was pretty as could be
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This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red
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My father fell in love with her and soon these two were wed


Verse 2:
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This made my dad my son-in-law and it changed my life
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My daughter was my mother cause she's father's wife
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Just to complicate the situation, though it brought me joy
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I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy

Verse 3:
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And this little baby then became a brother-in-law to dad
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And this made him my uncle though it made me sad
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Cause if he was my uncle then he also was a brother
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To the widow's grown-up daughter who was my step-mother


Verse 4:
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Father's wife then had a son who kept him on the run
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And he became my grandchild cause he was my daughter's son
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My wife is now my mother's mother and that makes me blue
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Because although she is my wife she's my grandmother too


Verse 5:
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And if my wife is my grandmother then I am her grandchild
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And every time I think of that, it almost drives me wild
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For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw
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As husband of my grandmother I am my own grandpa


Chorus:
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Well I'm my own grandpa
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I'm my own grandpa
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That may sound funny I know, but it really is so
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I'm my own grandpa