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Wold

Harry Chapin
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---0------0------0-----0--------0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0-|
G|---0------0------0-----0--------0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0-|
D|-2-----1------0---------------2----1----0---------------------------------|
A|--------------------4------------------------4----3----2----0-------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------3----1---|
e|-7-|
B|-8-|
G|-7-|
D|-9-| ---Play in a syncopated rythm
A|-7-|
E|-0-|
 Chords:
 Hello Honey, it's me
 What did you think when you heard me back on the radio?
 What did the kids say when they knew it was their long lost daddy-o?
Remember  how we listened to the radio
 And I said `That's  the place for me'
And  how I got the job as an FM  Jock the day  you married me?
 We were two  kids and I was was into AM  rock
 But I just  had to run around
It's  been eight years since I left  you babe
Let  me tell you 'bout what's gone  down
 I am  the morning DJ  on W  * O * L *  D
Playing  all the hits  for you wherever  you may be
The  bright good-morning  voice who's heard  but never seen
Feeling  all of forty-five  going  on fifteen
 The drinking I did on my last big gig made my voice go low
 They said that they liked the younger sound when they let me go
 So I drifted on down to Tulsa, Oklahoma to do me a late night talk show
 Now I worked my way back home again, via Boise, Idhao
 That's how this business goes
 I've been making  extra money playing high  school sock hops
I'm  a big time guest MC
 You should hear me talking to the little  children
 And listen  what they say to me
 Got a spot on  the top of my head, begging  for a new toupee
 And a tire  on my gut from sitting on my
 But they're never  gonna go away
Sometimes  I get this crazy  dream
 That I just  drive off in my car
 But  you can travel on  ten thousand miles and still  say where you are
I've  been thinking that I should  quit disk jockeying
 And start  that record store
Maybe  I could settle  down if you'ld take  me back once more
 REPEAT INTRO
 OK Honey, I see
 I guess he's better than me
 Sure, Old Girl, I understand
 You don't have to worry, I'm such a happy man
W*O*L*D,  W*O*L*D, W*O*L, W*O*L, W*O*L*D*D*D
 I am the morning DJ on K*H*J
 Playing all the hits for you Playing them night and day
 The bright good morning voice who's heard but never seen
 Feeling all of forty-five, going on fifteen
 I am the morning DJ on W*O*L*D
 | / slide up
 | \ slide down
 | h hammer-on
 | p pull-off
 | ~ vibrato
 | + harmonic
 | x Mute note
 | b Bend
 | pb Pre-bend
 | br Bend release
 | pbr Pre-bend release
 | brb Bend release bend

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Readable chord sheet for Wold by Harry Chapin

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---0------0------0-----0--------0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0-|
G|---0------0------0-----0--------0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0-|
D|-2-----1------0---------------2----1----0---------------------------------|
A|--------------------4------------------------4----3----2----0-------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------3----1---|

e|-7-|
B|-8-|
G|-7-|
D|-9-| ---Play in a syncopated rythm
A|-7-|
E|-0-|

Chords:
Hello Honey, it's me
What did you think when you heard me back on the radio?
What did the kids say when they knew it was their long lost daddy-o?

[Em]Remember how we listened to the radi[C]o
And I said `T[D]hat's the place for m[G]e'
[E]And how I got the job as an F[C]M Jock the d[D]ay you married [Am]me?
We were tw[G]o kids and I was was into A[C]M rock
But I j[D]ust had to run around [Em]
[Fmaj7]It's been eight years since I le[C]ft you babe
[D]Let me tell you 'bout what's gone[Am] down

I [G]am the morning [D]DJ on W[Em] * O * L *[Fmaj7] D
[C]Playing all the hi[G]ts for you w[D/F#]herever you may [Am7]be
[G]The bright goo[D]d-morning voice who's he[Em]ard but never seen[Fmaj7]
[C]Feeling all of forty[G]-five g[D/F#]oing on fif[Em7]teen

The drinking I did on my last big gig made my voice go low
They said that they liked the younger sound when they let me go
So I drifted on down to Tulsa, Oklahoma to do me a late night talk show
Now I worked my way back home again, via Boise, Idhao
That's how this business goes

I've been ma[Em]king extra money playing h[D]igh school sock hops
[Fmaj7]I'm a big time guest MC     [C]
You should hear me talking to the l[D]ittle children
And liste[B]n what they say to me
Got a spot o[Em]n the top of my head, [D]begging for a new toupee
And a [Fmaj7]tire on my gut from sitting on my  [C]
But they're [D]never gonna go awa[Em]y
[Em]Sometimes I get this cra[D]zy dream
That I j[Fmaj7]ust drive off in my c[C]ar
B[Em]ut you can travel on[D] ten thousand miles and still[B] say where you are
[Em]I've been thinking that I should[D] quit disk jockeying
And [Fmaj7]start that record [C]store
[C]Maybe I could set[D]tle down if you'ld ta[Fmaj7]ke me back once m[Em]ore

REPEAT INTRO
OK Honey, I see
I guess he's better than me
Sure, Old Girl, I understand
You don't have to worry, I'm such a happy man

[Em7]W*O*L*D, W*O*L*D, W*O*L, W*O*L, W*O*L*D*D*D

I am the morning DJ on K*H*J
Playing all the hits for you Playing them night and day
The bright good morning voice who's heard but never seen
Feeling all of forty-five, going on fifteen
I am the morning DJ on W*O*L*D

| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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