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Old Man In The Shanty by Lonesome River Band
Old Man In The Shanty
Tuning: E A D G B E
[Verse]
A D
Up the road that leads by Mission Hollow
A E
Stands a shanty in a field there all alone
A D
Worn out burlap sacks a hanging over the windows
A E A
And the smoke from an old wood burning stove
A D
In the shanty lives an old man from nowhere
A E
Where the only name I ever knew was Reed
A D
Momma said he was a drunkard in her childhood
A E A
She wished that he'd just pack his things and leave
[Chorus]
A D
Don't you go near the shanty son the old man's got a gun
A E
And when he gets to drinking he'll shoot it just for fun
A D
But they never knew I was the old man's only friend
A E A
The old man in the shanty how I still remember him
[Verse]
A D
Sunday mornings I would sneak out of my window
A E
He'd be waiting in the shanty by the door
A D
Plate of bacon, eggs and home made bread and butter
A E A
That he'd made for me on that old wood burning stove
D
And he told me how he came about living there
A E
How his family had died that awful day
A D
Now the only thing he turned to was his bottle
A E A
Ever sense has he let that bottle lay
[Chorus]
A D
Don't you go near the shanty son the old man's got a gun
A E
And when he gets to drinking he'll shoot it just for fun
A D
But they never knew I was the old man's only friend
A E A
The old man in the shanty how I still remember him
A D
Yesterday was the last time that I saw him
A E
Oh I guess that ole bottle finally won
A D
With a dying breath he looked up towards the ceiling
A E A
Said God forgive me for all that I have done
A D
Well I buried him in the place that he'd shown me
A E
I Said a prayer, sang a song as I dug
A D
No-one ever knew or realized what had happened
A E A
They thought the old man had finally up and gone
[Chorus]
A D
Don't you go near the shanty son the old man's got a gun
A E
And when he gets to drinking he'll shoot it just for fun
A D
But they never knew I was the old man's only friend
A E F#m
The old man in the shanty how I still remember him
D A E A
He's just an old man in the shanty how I still remember him
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