Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Old Man Duff
Written and recorded by Tex Morton
Verse:
C majorC G7G7 C majorC
Old man Duff was doggone tough why they called him dynamite
D7D7 G7G7
On the mattress filled with broken glass he rested well each night
FF C majorC G7G7
He combed his hair with a garden rake and ate his vitals raw
C majorC
He picked his teeth with a horse shoe nail
G7G7 C majorC
And shaved his beard with a saw
Chorus:
FF C majorC G7G7
Old man Duff was very rough and tough as a man could be
FF C majorC G7G7 C majorC
He ate wire nails and the bones of whales and drank gasoline for tea
Verse:
G7G7 C majorC
Old man Duff had thirteen sons but he beat them all to death
D7D7 G7G7
He choked all the cops so dog-gone they died from the lack breath
FF C majorC G7G7
The sheriff went up to arrest old Duff but he made a big mistake
C majorC
Old Duff picked him up by the seat of the pants
G7G7 C majorC
And threw him out in the lake
Chorus:
FF C majorC G7G7
Old man Duff was very rough and tough as a man could be
FF C majorC
Had big floppy ears as long as a steers
G7G7 C majorC
And his hair hung down to his knees
Bridge:
FF C majorC
I-lee-ol-lee-tee loo-e-do o-lee-loo lee-do-lee-do lee-do lee-do
G7G7 C majorC
Lee-do lee-do o-lee-ol-lee-tee O-lee-ol-lee-tee
Verse:
G7G7 C majorC
Old man Duff had a daughter fair but she died a poor old maid
D7D7 G7G7
Many a man would've courted her but they were all afraid
FF C majorC G7G7
Old Duff once found a fella with her why they heard him rave and shout
C majorC G7G7 C majorC
He shoved his fist down the poor man's throat and turned him inside out
Verse:
G7G7 C majorC
Old man Duff lived a thousand years then he died and went below
D7D7 G7G7
When old satan looked at him he smiled and said hello
FF C majorC G7G7
Now that fire was mighty hot when the put old Duff in there
C majorC G7G7 C majorC
But he laid right down and he went to sleep and never singed a hair
Chorus:
FF C majorC G7G7
Old man Duff was very rough and tough as a man could be
FF C majorC
Had hair on his chest and he wore no vest
G7G7 C majorC
And he looked like a chimpanzee