Chords for Gene Watson - The Old Man and His Horn

[C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [C] _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [C] The old man [G] told [C] his story [Cm] _ _ [C] about the [G] years gone [C] [D] by
_ [F] You _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ know
_ _ _ As _ he reached out for his [F] horn
[Cm] He closed [F] his eyes
[C] And when [Am] he slid
_ [G]
And in the blues [C] were born _ _ _
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He played so much feeling _ _
tears came from his eye
_ [F]
He stopped and _ reminisced a bit _
Then he gave a sigh.
[Em] _ [Dm] _
[C] I knew him all back then he said _
But that's before your [F] time _ _
_ _ Dixieland
[C] Old folks blue
[G] _ Scatman [Cm] Jackson's wine _ _
[C] _ _ [F] [G] Slapped [C] his knee [F] and gave [C] a grin
_ [F] It sure was good [C] back then
_ _ _ Reaching for his horn on [G] the floor _ _
_ [F] _ [G] Blasted
[C] _ [F] in old [C] toe sack
[F] _ That hung across [C] his back
_ [F] He said goodbye
[C] Then [G] shuffles out [C] the door _ _
_ _ _ Then through [G] my [C] what he told me I never got his name
So [F] I call the waitress over
_ _ _ started to explain
[Em] _ [B] [C] Tired old man his tarnished horn and memories of years [F] gone by
_ How he played his [C] horn
and reminisce and
[G] smiled with tear [C]-damped eyes _ _ _ _
She said [G] you are [C] mistaken _ _
There's been [G] no [C] one but you
[F] But I know who you're talking about
I used to know him, too
[Em] _ _
[Dm] [C] You'll find him down on Mason Street and back my little [F] church yard
A stone and reach
_ [C] Rest in peace.
[G] I tried but it sure [Cm] was hard _
_ [C] _ [F] [G] Slapped [C] his [F] knee and [C] gave a grin
[F] It sure was good [Cm] back then
_ [C] _ Reaching for his horn [G] on the floor _
_ _ [F] _ [G] [C] Blasted
[F] in [C] old toe sack
_ [F] That hung across [C] his back
_ [F] He said goodbye
[C] Then [G] shuffled out [C] the door _ _
_ _ _ [F] He said goodbye [C] then [G] shuffled out [C] the door _
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_ _ Thanks _ _ _ _
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