I'm My Own Grandpa chords by Willie Nelson

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: A

Difficulty: Novice

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

Verse 1:
    A                         E7
Now many, many years ago when I was twenty-three
      E7                         A
I was married to a widow who was pretty as could be
     A7                              D
This widow had a grown-up daughter   had hair of red
   B7                               E7
My father fell in love with her and soon the two were wed

Verse 2:
     A                             E7
This made my dad my son-in-law and changed my very life
   E7                                A
My daughter was my mother ‘cause she was my father's wife
   A7                          D
To complicate the matters even though it brought me joy
  B7                          E7
I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy

Verse 3:
   A                           E7
My little baby then became the brother-in-law to dad
    E7                           A
And so became my uncle though it made me very sad
    A7                        D
For if he was my uncle that also made him the brother
       B7                               E7
Of the widow's grown-up daughter who of course was my step-mother

Chorus:

A        E7       A    A7   D               Bm7
I'm   my own grandpa        I'm my own grandpa
          D          D#dim7     A         F#m
It sounds funny I know   but it really is so
Bm7      E7       A
I'm   my own grandpa

Verse 4:
   A                                 E7
My father's wife then had a son that kept him on the run
    E7                             A
And he became my grandchild for he was my daughter's son
   A              A7                  D
My wife is now my mother's mother and it makes me blue
  B7                         E7
Because she is my wife she's my grandmother too

Chorus:
A        E7       A    A7   D               Bm7
I'm   my own grandpa        I'm my own grandpa
          D          D#dim7     A         F#m
It sounds funny I know   but it really is so
Bm7      E7       A
I'm   my own grandpa

Verse 5:
    A                            E7
Now if my wife is my grandmother then I am her grandchild
    E7                           A
And every time I think of it  it nearly drives me wild
    A7                              D
For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw
       B7                          E7
As the husband of my grandmother I am my own grandpa

Chorus:
A        E7       A    A7   D               Bm7
I'm   my own grandpa        I'm my own grandpa
          D          D#dim7     A         F#m
It sounds funny I know   but it really is so
Bm7      E7       A
I'm   my own grandpa


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

A  E7  A A7 D  Bm7  D  D#dim7  A  F#m Bm7 E7  A
A  E7  A A7 D  B7 E7

Chorus:
A        E7       A    A7   D               Bm7
I'm   my own grandpa        I'm my own grandpa
          D          D#dim7     A         F#m
It sounds funny I know   but it really is so
Bm7      E7       A
I'm   my own grandpa