My Old Man(Chords)

	        

I may play the A (x07650) as an alternative to standard position 



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I miss my old man tonight 
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I wish he was here with me 
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With his corny jokes, and his cheap cigars 
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He could look you in the eye, and sell you a car 
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Thatâ??s not an easy thing to do, but no one ever knew 
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A more charming creature on this earth 
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Than my old man 


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He was a pilot in the big war 
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In the US Army Air Corp 
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In a C-47, with a heavy load 
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Carried combat cargo oâ??er Burma Road 
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And after they dropped the bomb, he came home and married mom 
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And not too long after that 
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He was my old man 


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And all the fights that we had 
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When my brother and I got him mad 
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Heâ??d get all choked up, and start to shout 
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I knew what was coming, and I tuned him out 
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And now the old man is gone, and Iâ??d give all I own 
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Just to hear what he said, when I wasnâ??t listing 
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To my old man 


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I miss the old man tonight 
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I can almost see his face 
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He was always trying to watch his weight 
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His heart only made it to fifty-eight 
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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
	        

Written by Steve Goodman