Chords for James Taylor - mean old man .- ONE MAN BAND

[Ab] The next song _ actually is a song about love,
about true love, in fact,
and about the sort of transformational power of true love.
This is a true story called I Was a Mean Old Man. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [Gb] _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ On my [Db] own, how could I [Ab] have known?
_ [Eb] Imagine my [Bb] surprise, _ [B] just a fool.
[A] _
[B] From a tree [A] full of food, [B] _ [Ab] who can believe [Db] his eyes?
Imagine my [Cm] surprise.
_ [Gb] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [Gbm] Cause I [Bb] was a [G] mean old man.
I [Cm] was an [F] ornery cuss.
[G] I [Bb] was a [Cm] [D] dismal dam.
[Eb] I made [Dm] an [Eb] awful fuss.
Ever since [C] my life [D] began, man it was [Eb] ever thus.
I was [B] a [C] nasty [Eb] tyke [Em] who [F] was [Abm] [F] hard to like.
[G] I [Fm] had to [G] misbehave.
I [Eb] did things in [F] reverse.
[Ebm] [Dm] Refused to wash [Bb] or shave.
[Eb] I was [Dm] horrid to [Eb] my nurse.
I got [C] back what [D] I'd gained, which [Gm] only made me [Bb] worse.
I [Eb] had [B] to [Cm] have my [E] way, which [Eb] was [Ab] bleak [A] and gray.
[Ab] Oh dear, [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _ living [Ebm] in [Ab] here. _
_ [Eb] [F] 100 years [Bb] of rain. _
[B] Such a [A] drag, this [B] bridge is too [A] rag.
_ [B] And [Ab] just myself [Db] to blame.
The dirty low [Cm] down shame.
_ [G] _ [F] _ _
Dirty low [Ab] down [D] shame.
[G] _ [B] _ [E] _
[D] _ [F] _ [Gbm] _ [Fm] _ [G] _ [C] _ [Gb] _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ [D] _ _
[Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [C] _
[F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [G] _ _
[Bm] _ [C] _ [Gb] _ [Dm] _ [B] _ [Bb] _ [Dm] _ [Gm] _
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ [G] _ [F] _ [Bbm] _ [A] _ [Eb] _ [D] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [F] _ [Ab] Sitting here, [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _ sitting on me.
[Db] _
_ [Eb] [F] Somewhere outside my [Bb] mind. _
[B] Clever you, [Abm] _ [A] _ [B] walking [A] me through.
_ [B] Happy [Ab] to be [Db] the blind, all in the nick [Gm] of time.
_ [Dm] _ _
[F] _ [Gb] Who [Fm] gets a [G] second chance?
[Eb] Who gets to have [F] some [Ebm] fun?
[Bb] Who gets [Eb] to learn to [Bb] dance before [Eb] his [Dm] race [Eb] is run?
Who [C] gets to shed his [D] skin?
Who [Gm] comes up born [Bb] again?
[Eb] Who was a [B] mean [Cm] old [E] man till [F] you [Abm] turned [A] him into [Ab] [Bb] a [G] golden? _ _ _ _
[D] _ Retriever.
_ _ Puppy [Db] _
[C] dog.
[B] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
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