My Old Man
Joni MitchellVersion1
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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