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My Old Man by Joni Mitchell
My Old Man
Capo:no capo
D E7sus(002435) D/E(0xx232) A D/A(x0x232)
My old man, he's a singer in the park
D E7sus(002435)
He's a walker in the rain
D/E(0xx232) A7sus(002233) Am7(002010) (shuffle, you know how it goes!)
he's a dancer in the dark
D A7sus A7 D/Ebass
We don't need no piece of paper from the City Hall
E7 D
Keeping us tight(tied?)and true
D/A E7sus D/E A D/A A
My old man, keeping away my blues
D
He's my sunshine..... etc
....until
Abm7(004444) Bbm Gbmaj7(004321)
but when he's gone, me and them lonesome blues collide
Db(xx3121) Dbm7(002424) B
The bed's too big, the frying pan's too 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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version 2
Capo:no capo
D: 000232
E7sus: 000200
A: 002220
A7sus: 002233
Am7: 002010
Abm7: 004444
Bbm: 003321
Gbmaj: 004321
Db: xx3121
Dbm7: 002424
B: 004442
[VERSE 1]
D E7sus D A D A
My old man, he's a singer in the park
D E7sus
He's a walker in the rain,
D A7sus Am7
he's a dancer in the dark
D A7sus A7 D
We don't need no piece of paper from the City Hall
E7 D
Keeping us tied and true
D E7sus D A D A
My old man, keeping away my blues
[VERSE 2]
D E7sus D A D A
He's my sunshine in the morning, he's my fireworks at the end of the day
D E7sus
He's the warmest chord I ever heard
D A7sus Am7
Play that warm chord, play and stay baby
D A7sus A7 D
We don't need no piece of paper from the City Hall
E7 D
Keeping us tied and true
D E7sus D A D A
My old man, keeping away my blues
[BRIDGE*]
Abm7 Bbm Gbmaj7
But when he's gone, me and them lonesome blues collide
Db Dbm7 B
The bed's too big, the frying pan's too wide
(*Reminder: bridge chords:
Abm7: 004444 -- Bbm: 003321 -- Gbmaj: 004321
Db: xx3121 -- Dbm7: 002424 -- B: 004442)
[BRIEF INTERLUDE]
D D7 A D A
[VERSE 3]
D E7sus D A D A
Then he comes home, and he takes me in his loving arms
D E7sus
And he tells me all his troubles
D A7sus Am7
And he tells me all my charms
D A7sus A7 D
We don't need no piece of paper from the City Hall
E7 D
Keeping us tied and true, no
D E7sus D A D A
My old man, keeping away my blues
[BRIDGE 2 (same as the first)]
Abm7 Bbm Gbmaj7
But when he's gone, me and them lonesome blues collide
Db Dbm7 B
The bed's too big, the frying pan's too wide
[BRIEF INTERLUDE]
D D7 A D A
[VERSE 4 (same as the first)]
D E7sus D A D A
My old man, he's a singer in the park
D E7sus
He's a walker in the rain,
D A7sus Am7
he's a dancer in the dark
D A7sus A7 D
We don't need no piece of paper from the City Hall
E7 D
Keeping us tied and true
D E7sus D A D A
My old man, keeping away my lonesome blues
[END BIT]
[This mimics the piano outro]
A D A D A D A
/__/__ /__/__ /__/__/ /__/__ | /__/__ /--
(repeat twice)
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version 3
Capo:no capo
D: 000232
E7sus: 000200
A: 002220
A7sus: 002233
Am7: 002010
Abm7: 004444
Bbm: 003321
Gbmaj: 004321
Db: xx3121
Dbm7: 002424
B: 004442
[VERSE 1]
D E7sus D A D A
My old man, he's a singer in the park
D E7sus
He's a walker in the rain,
D A7sus Am7
he's a dancer in the dark
D A7sus A7 D
We don't need no piece of paper from the City Hall
E7 D
Keeping us tied and true
D E7sus D A D A
My old man, keeping away my blues
[VERSE 2]
D E7sus D A D A
He's my sunshine in the morning, he's my fireworks at the end of the day
D E7sus
He's the warmest chord I ever heard
D A7sus Am7
Play that warm chord, play and stay baby
D A7sus A7 D
We don't need no piece of paper from the City Hall
E7 D
Keeping us tied and true
D E7sus D A D A
My old man, keeping away my blues
[BRIDGE*]
Abm7 Bbm Gbmaj7
But when he's gone, me and them lonesome blues collide
Db Dbm7 B
The bed's too big, the frying pan's too wide
(*Reminder: bridge chords:
Abm7: 004444 -- Bbm: 003321 -- Gbmaj: 004321
Db: xx3121 -- Dbm7: 002424 -- B: 004442)
[BRIEF INTERLUDE]
D D7 A D A
[VERSE 3]
D E7sus D A D A
Then he comes home, and he takes me in his loving arms
D E7sus
And he tells me all his troubles
D A7sus Am7
And he tells me all my charms
D A7sus A7 D
We don't need no piece of paper from the City Hall
E7 D
Keeping us tied and true, no
D E7sus D A D A
My old man, keeping away my blues
[BRIDGE 2 (same as the first)]
Abm7 Bbm Gbmaj7
But when he's gone, me and them lonesome blues collide
Db Dbm7 B
The bed's too big, the frying pan's too wide
[BRIEF INTERLUDE]
D D7 A D A
[VERSE 4 (same as the first)]
D E7sus D A D A
My old man, he's a singer in the park
D E7sus
He's a walker in the rain,
D A7sus Am7
he's a dancer in the dark
D A7sus A7 D
We don't need no piece of paper from the City Hall
E7 D
Keeping us tied and true
D E7sus D A D A
My old man, keeping away my lonesome blues
[END BIT]
[This mimics the piano outro]
A D A D A D A
/__/__ /__/__ /__/__/ /__/__ | /__/__ /--
(repeat twice)
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