My Old Man chords by James Keelaghan

Chords with lyrics

James Keelaghan - My Old Man


CAPO: 2nd Fret


INTRO: C majorC FF G+G C majorC

    G+G     C majorC
My old man was a good old man
            G+G
Skilled in the moulding trade
              FF  C majorC
In the stinking heat of the iron foundry
FF       G+G
My old man was made
FF      G+G      C majorC
Down on his knees in the moulding sand
  FF           G+G
He wore his trade like a company brand
    FF          C majorC
He was one of the Cyclops' smoky band
   FF    G+G   C majorC  FF G+G C majorC
Yes, that was my old man

    G+G     C majorC
My old man wasn't really old
           G+G
It's just that I was young
        FF      C majorC
And anyone o'er twelve years old
  FF       G+G
Was halfway to the tomb
    FF      G+G     C majorC
He was loyal to his workmates all his life
   FF         G+G
Gave over his pay-pack to his wife
   FF          C majorC
He'd have a few jars on a Saturday night
   FF    G+G   C majorC  FF G+G C majorC
Yes, that was my old man


    G+G     C majorC
My old man was a union man
          G+G
Worked hard all his days
  C majorC       FF
He understood the system
             G+G
And was wise to the boss' ways
  FF       G+G      C majorC
He said, "If you want what's yours by right
    FF           G+G
You'll have to struggle with all your might
    FF        C majorC
They'll rob you blind if you don't fight them"
FF    G+G   C majorC  FF G+G C majorC
That was my old man

    G+G     C majorC
My old man was a proud old man
            G+G
At home on the foundry floor
          FF    C majorC
Until the day they laid him off
  FF         G+G
And showed him out the door
   FF      G+G      C majorC
They gave him his card, said, "Times are slack,
  FF          G+G
We found a machine that has the knack
  FF         C majorC
Of doing your job, so don't come back"
  FF   G+G   C majorC
The end of my old man


    G+G    C majorC
My old man was fifty-one
        G+G
What was he to do?
           FF   C majorC
A augmentedA moulding craftsman on the dole
  FF       G+G
In nineteen fifty-two
  FF     G+G   C majorC
He felt he'd given all he could give
   FF           G+G
So he did what thousands of others did
  FF           C majorC
He abandoned hope and the will to live
   FF      G+G   C majorC  FF G+G C majorC
They killed him, my old man

    G+G     C majorC
My old man he is dead and gone
         G+G
And I am your old man
         FF    C majorC
And my advice to you, my child
   FF          G+G
Is to fight back while you can
 FF    G+G      C majorC
Beware the man with the silicon chip
   FF           G+G
Hold on to your job with a good firm grip
    FF          C majorC
'Cause if you don't, you've cashed your chips
  FF    G+G   C majorC
The same as my old man
    FF          C majorC
'Cause if you don't, you've cashed your chips
  FF    G+G   C majorC   FF G+G C majorC
The same as my old man