My Old Man chords by John Prine

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


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
C majorC                       G+G
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
C majorC                        G+G
Carrying combat cargo o’er Burma Road
D MajorD                          G+G
And after they dropped the bomb
G+G               C majorC
he came home and married mom
C majorC               G+G
And not too long after that
       G+G  D MajorD   G+G
He was my old man

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


Verse 3:
    G+G       D MajorD              G+G
And oh the fights that we had
        G+G           D MajorD          G+G
When my brother and me got him mad
        C majorC
He’d get all boiled up, and start to shout
C majorC                          G+G
We knew what was coming, so we tuned him out
D MajorD                      G+G
And now the old man is gone
G+G                  C majorC
and I’d give all I own
C majorC                        G+G
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
C majorC                        G+G
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
C majorC                         G+G
I was wondering when I was gonna go and do that
    G+G  D MajorD   G+G
For my old man


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