Chords for I'm My Own Grandpa- Ray Stevens ( with family tree diagram)
Tempo:
93.85 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
G
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] Many, many years [D] ago when I was 23, I was married to a widow [G] who was pretty as can be.
This widow [E] had a grown-up [Am] daughter who had hair of red.
[A] My father fell in love with [D] her and soon they too were wed.
[G] This made my dad my son-in [D]-law and really changed my life.
Now my daughter was my mother, [G] because she was my father's wife.
And to [E] complicate the matter, [Am] even though it brought me joy,
[A] I soon became the father [D] of a bouncing baby boy.
[A] [D] [E]
[A] [G] My little baby then [D] became a brother-in-law to dad.
So became my uncle, [G] though it made me very sad.
For if [E] he were my uncle, [A] then that also made him brother of the widow's grown-up daughter,
who [D] was of course my stepmother.
[Eb] [Ab] Father's wife then had a son [Eb] who kept them on the run.
And he became my grandchild, [Ab] for he was my daughter's son.
My wife [F] is now my mother's [Bb] mother.
And it makes me blue, because although she is my wife, [Eb] she's my grandmother too.
[E]
[A] Now, if my wife is my grandmother, [E] then I'm her grandchild.
And every time I think of it, [A] it nearly drives me wild.
Because now I have [Gb] become the [Bm] strangest case you ever saw.
[B] As husband of my grandmother, [E] I am my own grandpa.
[A] Oh, I'm [E] my own [A] grandpa.
[D] I'm my own [E] grandpa.
It's [A] not funny, I know, but [D] it really is so.
[A] Oh, I'm [E] my own [A] grandpa.
Listen to this now.
I'm [E] my own [A] grandpa.
Can you believe that?
[D] I'm my own [E] grandpa.
Talk about a great-grandfather.
[A] [D]
This widow [E] had a grown-up [Am] daughter who had hair of red.
[A] My father fell in love with [D] her and soon they too were wed.
[G] This made my dad my son-in [D]-law and really changed my life.
Now my daughter was my mother, [G] because she was my father's wife.
And to [E] complicate the matter, [Am] even though it brought me joy,
[A] I soon became the father [D] of a bouncing baby boy.
[A] [D] [E]
[A] [G] My little baby then [D] became a brother-in-law to dad.
So became my uncle, [G] though it made me very sad.
For if [E] he were my uncle, [A] then that also made him brother of the widow's grown-up daughter,
who [D] was of course my stepmother.
[Eb] [Ab] Father's wife then had a son [Eb] who kept them on the run.
And he became my grandchild, [Ab] for he was my daughter's son.
My wife [F] is now my mother's [Bb] mother.
And it makes me blue, because although she is my wife, [Eb] she's my grandmother too.
[E]
[A] Now, if my wife is my grandmother, [E] then I'm her grandchild.
And every time I think of it, [A] it nearly drives me wild.
Because now I have [Gb] become the [Bm] strangest case you ever saw.
[B] As husband of my grandmother, [E] I am my own grandpa.
[A] Oh, I'm [E] my own [A] grandpa.
[D] I'm my own [E] grandpa.
It's [A] not funny, I know, but [D] it really is so.
[A] Oh, I'm [E] my own [A] grandpa.
Listen to this now.
I'm [E] my own [A] grandpa.
Can you believe that?
[D] I'm my own [E] grandpa.
Talk about a great-grandfather.
[A] [D]
Key:
A
E
D
G
Eb
A
E
D
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] Many, many years [D] ago when I was 23, I was married to a widow [G] who was pretty as can be.
This widow [E] had a grown-up [Am] daughter who had hair of red.
[A] My father fell in love with [D] her and soon they too were wed.
[G] This made my dad my son-in [D]-law and really changed my life.
Now my daughter was my mother, [G] because she was my father's wife.
And to [E] complicate the matter, [Am] even though it brought me joy,
[A] I soon became the father [D] of a bouncing baby boy.
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _
[A] [G] My little baby then [D] became a brother-in-law to dad.
So became my uncle, [G] though it made me very sad.
For if [E] he were my uncle, [A] then that also made him brother of the widow's grown-up daughter,
who [D] was of course my stepmother.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] Father's wife then had a son [Eb] who kept them on the run.
_ And he became my grandchild, [Ab] for he was my daughter's son.
My wife [F] is now my mother's [Bb] mother.
And it makes me blue, because although she is my wife, [Eb] she's my grandmother too.
[E] _ _ _
[A] Now, if my wife is my grandmother, [E] then I'm her grandchild.
And every time I think of it, [A] it nearly drives me wild.
Because now I have [Gb] become the [Bm] strangest case you ever saw.
[B] As husband of my grandmother, [E] I am my own grandpa.
[A] Oh, I'm [E] my own [A] grandpa. _ _
_ [D] I'm my own [E] grandpa. _
It's [A] not funny, I know, but [D] it really is so.
[A] Oh, I'm [E] my own [A] grandpa.
Listen to this now.
I'm [E] my own [A] grandpa.
Can you believe that?
_ [D] I'm my own [E] grandpa.
Talk about a great-grandfather.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] Many, many years [D] ago when I was 23, I was married to a widow [G] who was pretty as can be.
This widow [E] had a grown-up [Am] daughter who had hair of red.
[A] My father fell in love with [D] her and soon they too were wed.
[G] This made my dad my son-in [D]-law and really changed my life.
Now my daughter was my mother, [G] because she was my father's wife.
And to [E] complicate the matter, [Am] even though it brought me joy,
[A] I soon became the father [D] of a bouncing baby boy.
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _
[A] [G] My little baby then [D] became a brother-in-law to dad.
So became my uncle, [G] though it made me very sad.
For if [E] he were my uncle, [A] then that also made him brother of the widow's grown-up daughter,
who [D] was of course my stepmother.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] Father's wife then had a son [Eb] who kept them on the run.
_ And he became my grandchild, [Ab] for he was my daughter's son.
My wife [F] is now my mother's [Bb] mother.
And it makes me blue, because although she is my wife, [Eb] she's my grandmother too.
[E] _ _ _
[A] Now, if my wife is my grandmother, [E] then I'm her grandchild.
And every time I think of it, [A] it nearly drives me wild.
Because now I have [Gb] become the [Bm] strangest case you ever saw.
[B] As husband of my grandmother, [E] I am my own grandpa.
[A] Oh, I'm [E] my own [A] grandpa. _ _
_ [D] I'm my own [E] grandpa. _
It's [A] not funny, I know, but [D] it really is so.
[A] Oh, I'm [E] my own [A] grandpa.
Listen to this now.
I'm [E] my own [A] grandpa.
Can you believe that?
_ [D] I'm my own [E] grandpa.
Talk about a great-grandfather.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _