Guitar chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Intro:G+G
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G+G I miss my old man tonight
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G+G And I wish he was here with me
C majorC With his corny jokes, and his cheap cigars
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G+G He could look you in the eye, and sell you a car
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G+G That’s not an easy thing to do
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C majorC but no one ever knew
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A augmentedA more charming creature on this earth
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G+G Than my old man Verse 2:
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G+G He was a pilot in the big war
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G+G In the US Army Air Corp
C majorC In a C-47, with a heavy load
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G+G Carrying combat cargo o’er Burma Road
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G+G And after they dropped the bomb
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C majorC he came home and married mom
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G+G And not too long after that
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G+G He was my old man
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G+G Verse 3:
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G+G And oh the fights that we had
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G+G When my brother and me got him mad
C majorC He’d get all boiled up, and start to shout
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G+G We knew what was coming, so we tuned him out
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G+G And now the old man is gone
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C majorC and I’d give all I own
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G+G Just to hear what he said, when I wasn’t listing
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G+G To my old man Verse 4:
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G+G I miss my old man tonight
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G+G I can almost see his face
C majorC He was always trying to watch his weight
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G+G His heart only made it to fifty-eight
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C majorC For the first time since he died, late last night I cried
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G+G I was wondering when I was gonna go and do that
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G+G For my old man Instrumental:
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