My Old Man chords by John Prine

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


Intro:
G MajorG   D MajorD   G MajorG

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


Verse 2:
         G MajorG     D MajorD          G MajorG
He was a pilot in the big war
       G MajorG  D MajorD        G MajorG
In the US Army Air Corp
C majorC
In a C-47, with a heavy load
C majorC                        G MajorG
Carrying combat cargo o’er Burma Road
D MajorD                          G MajorG
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 MajorG  D MajorD   G MajorG
He was my old man

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


Verse 3:
    G MajorG       D MajorD              G MajorG
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 MajorG  D MajorD   G MajorG
To my old man


Verse 4:
G MajorG             D MajorD     G MajorG
I miss my old man tonight
      G MajorG      D MajorD       G MajorG
I can almost see his face
C majorC
He was always trying to watch his weight
C majorC                        G MajorG
His heart only made it to fifty-eight
D MajorD                               G MajorG                   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
    G MajorG  D MajorD   G MajorG
For my old man


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