My Old Man
Jerry Jeff WalkerVersion1
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My old man had a rounder soul
He'd hear an ol' freight train and he'd have to go
Said he'd been blessed with a gypsy bone
And that's the reason I guess that he'd been cursed to roam
Came to town back before the war
Didn't even know what it was he was lookin' for
He carried a tattered bag for his violin
Full of lots of songs of the places he had been
He talked real easy, he had a smiling way
He could pass along to you when his fiddle played
Makin' people drop their cares and woes
And hum out loud the tunes that his fiddle bowed
Til the people there began to join that sound
And ev'ryone in town was laughin,' singin,' dancin' 'round
Like the Fiddler's tunes we all there heard that night
Like some dream that says all the world is right
The Fiddler's eye caught a beauty there
She had that rollin' flowin' golden kind of hair
He played for her as if she danced alone
He played his favorite songs, the ones he called his own
She alone was dancin' in the room
The only thing left movin' to that Fiddler's tune
He played until she was the last to go
The he stopped and packed his case, said he'd take her home
In all the nights that passed a child was born
In all the years that passed, love would keep them warm
And all their lives they'd share that dream come true
And all because she danced so well his fiddler tune
The train next mornin' blew a lonesome sound
As if she sang the blues of what she took from town
And all that I recall that was said when I was young
There's no one else could really sing those songs he sung
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Readable chord sheet for My Old Man by Jerry Jeff Walker
[A] [Bm] [E] [E7] [A] [A]My old man had a [Bm]rounder soul He'd [E]hear an ol' [E7]freight train and he'd [A]have to go [A]Said he'd been blessed with a [Bm]gypsy bone And [E]that's the reason I [E7]guess that [A]he'd been cursed to roam [A]Came to town back be[Bm]fore the war [E]Didn't even know [E7]what it was [A]he was lookin' for He [A]carried a tattered bag for his [Bm]violin [E]Full of lots of songs [E7]of the [A]places he had been He [A]talked real easy, he had a [Bm]smiling way [E]He could pass along to [E7]you [A]when his fiddle played [A]Makin' people drop their [Bm]cares and woes And [E]hum out loud the [E7]tunes [A]that his fiddle bowed [A]Til the people there began to [Bm]join that sound And [E]ev'ryone in town was laughin,' [E7]singin,' [A]dancin' 'round [A]Like the Fiddler's tunes we all there [Bm]heard that night [E]Like some dream that [E7]says [A]all the world is right The Fiddler's eye caught a beauty there She had that rollin' flowin' golden kind of hair He played for her as if she danced alone He played his favorite songs, the ones he called his own She alone was dancin' in the room The only thing left movin' to that Fiddler's tune He played until she was the last to go The he stopped and packed his case, said he'd take her home In all the nights that passed a child was born In all the years that passed, love would keep them warm And all their lives they'd share that dream come true And all because she danced so well his fiddler tune The train next mornin' blew a lonesome sound As if she sang the blues of what she took from town And all that I recall that was said when I was young There's no one else could really sing those songs he sung Open [A] [C] [Bm] [Dm] [E] [G] [E7] [G7]