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My Old Man

Joni Mitchell
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 My old man,  he's a singer  in the  park
 He's a walker in the rain
 he's a dancer  in the  dark
We  don't need no piece of paper  from the City  Hall
Keeping  us tight(tied?)and true
My old  man,  keeping  away  my  blues
 He's my sunshine..... etc
 ....until
 but when he's gone,  me and them lonesome blues  collide
 The bed's  too big, the frying  pan's too wide
 Lyrics:
 My old man
 He's a singer in the park
 He's a walker in the rain
 He's a dancer in the dark
 We don't need no piece of paper
 From the city hall
 Keeping us tied and true
 My old man
 Keeping away my blues
 He's my sunshine in the morning
 He's my fireworks at the end of the day
 He's the warmest chord I ever heard
 Play that warm chord, play and stay baby
 We don't need no piece of paper
 From the city hall
 Keeping us tied and true
 My old man
 Keeping away my blues
 But when he's gone
 Me and them lonesome blues collide
 The bed's too big
 The frying pan's too wide
 Then he comes home
 And he takes me in his loving arms
 And he tells me all his troubles
 And he tells me all my charms
 We don't need no piece of paper
 From the city hall
 Keeping us tied and true
 No, my old man
 Keeping away my blues
 But when he's gone
 Me and them lonesome blues collide
 The bed's too big
 The frying pan's too wide
 My old man
 He's a singer in the park
 He's a walker in the rain
 He's a dancer in the dark
 We don't need no piece of paper
 From the city hall
 Keeping us tied and true
 No, my old man
 Keeping away my lonesome blues

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Readable chord sheet for My Old Man by Joni Mitchell

[D]  My old [E7sus4]man,       he's a s[D]in[E]ger  in  th[A]e  park  [D]    [A]

[D]  He's a walker in the [E7sus4]rain

he's a [D/E]dancer  in   th[A7sus(002233)]e   dark      [Am7]

[D]We don't need no piece of [A7sus4]paper from the C[A7]ity Hall  [D]    [Ebass]

[E7]Keeping us tight(tied?)and [D]true

[D]  [A]My [E7sus4]old man,[D]  [E] keepin[A]g away[D]  [A]  my[A] blues

[D]  He's my sunshine..... etc

....until

but when he's [Abm7]gone, me and them lonesome blue[Bbm]s    [F#maj7]     collide

The [C#]bed's too big, the [C#m7]frying pan's too [B]wide

[D] [A]   [D7]    [E]  [D] [E]  [A]     [D] [A]

Lyrics:

My old man
He's a singer in the park
He's a walker in the rain
He's a dancer in the dark
We don't need no piece of paper
From the city hall
Keeping us tied and true
My old man
Keeping away my blues

He's my sunshine in the morning
He's my fireworks at the end of the day
He's the warmest chord I ever heard
Play that warm chord, play and stay baby
We don't need no piece of paper
From the city hall
Keeping us tied and true
My old man
Keeping away my blues

But when he's gone
Me and them lonesome blues collide
The bed's too big
The frying pan's too wide

Then he comes home
And he takes me in his loving arms
And he tells me all his troubles
And he tells me all my charms
We don't need no piece of paper
From the city hall
Keeping us tied and true
No, my old man
Keeping away my blues

But when he's gone
Me and them lonesome blues collide
The bed's too big
The frying pan's too wide

My old man
He's a singer in the park
He's a walker in the rain
He's a dancer in the dark
We don't need no piece of paper
From the city hall
Keeping us tied and true
No, my old man
Keeping away my lonesome blues

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