My Old Man chords by John Prine

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
G+G  D MajorD  G+G

Verse 1:
G+G       D MajorD   G+G
I miss my old man tonight
   G+G      D MajorD     G+G
And I wish he was here with me
C majorC
With his corny jokes, and his cheap cigars
C majorC                G+G
He could look you in the eye, and sell you a car
D MajorD              G+G
That’s not an easy thing to do
  G+G      C majorC
but no one ever knew
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A augmentedA more charming creature on this earth
   G+G D MajorD  G+G
Than my old man

Verse 2:
     G+G   D MajorD     G+G
He was a pilot in the big war
    G+G D MajorD    G+G
In the US Army Air Corp
C majorC
In a C-47, with a heavy load
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Carrying combat cargo o’er Burma Road
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And after they dropped the bomb
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he came home and married mom
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And not too long after that
    G+G D MajorD  G+G
He was my old man

Instrumental:
G+G D MajorD  G+G
G MajorG D MajorD  G+G
C majorC   G+G
D MajorD  G+G
C majorC   G+G
G MajorG  D MajorD G+G

Verse 3:
  G+G    D MajorD       G+G
And oh the fights that we had
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When my brother and me got him mad
    C majorC
He’d get all boiled up, and start to shout
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We knew what was coming, so we tuned him out
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And now the old man is gone
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and I’d give all I own
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Just to hear what he said, when I wasn’t listing
  G+G D MajorD  G+G
To my old man

Verse 4:
G+G       D MajorD   G+G
I miss my old man tonight
   G+G   D MajorD    G+G
I can almost see his face
C majorC
He was always trying to watch his weight
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His heart only made it to fifty-eight
D MajorD                G+G          C majorC
For the first time since he died, late last night I cried
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I was wondering when I was gonna go and do that
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For my old man

Instrumental:
G+G D MajorD  G+G
G MajorG D MajorD  G+G
C majorC   G+G
D MajorD  G+G
C majorC   G+G
G MajorG  D MajorD G+G