I'm My Own Grandpa chords by Willie Nelson

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: A augmentedA

Difficulty: Novice

I'm My Own Grandpa
Recorded by Willie Nelson
Written by Moe Jaffe and Dwight Latham

Verse 1:
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Now 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
   A7A7               D MajorD
This widow had a grown-up daughter  had hair of red
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My father fell in love with her and soon the two were wed

Verse 2:
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This made my dad my son-in-law and changed my very life
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My daughter was my mother ‘cause she was my father's wife
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To complicate the matters even though it brought me joy
 B7B7             E7E7
I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy

Verse 3:
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My little baby then became the brother-in-law to dad
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And so became my uncle though it made me very sad
  A7A7            D MajorD
For if he was my uncle that also made him the brother
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Of the widow's grown-up daughter who of course was my step-mother

Chorus:

A augmentedA    E7E7    A augmentedA  A7A7  D MajorD        Bm7Bm7
I'm  my own grandpa    I'm my own grandpa
     D MajorD     D#dim7D#dim7   A augmentedA     F# minorF#m
It sounds funny I know  but it really is so
Bm7Bm7   E7E7    A augmentedA
I'm  my own grandpa

Verse 4:
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My father's wife then had a son that kept him on the run
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And he became my grandchild for he was my daughter's son
  A augmentedA       A7A7         D MajorD
My wife is now my mother's mother and it makes me blue
 B7B7             E7E7
Because she is my wife she's my grandmother too

Chorus:
A augmentedA    E7E7    A augmentedA  A7A7  D MajorD        Bm7Bm7
I'm  my own grandpa    I'm my own grandpa
     D MajorD     D#dim7D#dim7   A augmentedA     F# minorF#m
It sounds funny I know  but it really is so
Bm7Bm7   E7E7    A augmentedA
I'm  my own grandpa

Verse 5:
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Now if my wife is my grandmother then I am her grandchild
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And every time I think of it it nearly drives me wild
  A7A7               D MajorD
For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw
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As the husband of my grandmother I am my own grandpa

Chorus:
A augmentedA    E7E7    A augmentedA  A7A7  D MajorD        Bm7Bm7
I'm  my own grandpa    I'm my own grandpa
     D MajorD     D#dim7D#dim7   A augmentedA     F# minorF#m
It sounds funny I know  but it really is so
Bm7Bm7   E7E7    A augmentedA
I'm  my own grandpa


(Guitar over one chorus progression then guitar over two verse progressions)

A augmentedA E7E7 A augmentedA A7A7 D MajorD Bm7Bm7 D MajorD D#dim7D#dim7 A augmentedA F# minorF#m Bm7Bm7 E7E7 A augmentedA
A majorA E7E7 A augmentedA A7A7 D MajorD B7B7 E7E7

Chorus:
A augmentedA    E7E7    A augmentedA  A7A7  D MajorD        Bm7Bm7
I'm  my own grandpa    I'm my own grandpa
     D MajorD     D#dim7D#dim7   A augmentedA     F# minorF#m
It sounds funny I know  but it really is so
Bm7Bm7   E7E7    A augmentedA
I'm  my own grandpa