Chords for Johnny Paycheck - The Old Blind Fiddler

_ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ When I was just a kid, I'd [Bb] go to town on [F] Saturday
_ _ And on [Bb] the street [F] I'd listen [Dm] to [G] the old blind fiddler [C]
play
He [F] _ was close to no one, though [Bb] his life was [F] almost gone
_ _ But to [Bb] me [F] he was my friend and [C] always played such pretty [F] _
songs
_ _ People _ _ _ dropped their nickels in [Bb] his cup as they [F] walked by
_ Sometimes he would play so sad [G] that I'd just have to [C] cry
_ _ [F] Then one day I went to town [Bb] to hear the old [F] man play
But he was gone and someone said [C] the old man passed [F] away _ _ _
And I can still hear [Bb] him play
_ [F] And _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] when people stopped [Bb] to listen, he [C] would say,
God walked beside you all [F] the way _
And [Gm] _ [F] [Bb] I'd listen to [C] the old blind fiddler [F] play
_ A _ _ week or so ago one night [Bb] I had the strangest [F]
dream
I dreamed [Bb] I went [F] to heaven and [G] I heard a million [C] _
strings
[F] And standing there I heard [Gm] the [Am] music [Bb] flow from [F] heaven's skies
And for the first [Bb] time in my [F]
life I saw [C] the color of [F] his _ _ eyes
And I can still hear [Bb] them playing
[F] And _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [F] he shook my hand [Bb] and told [C] me,
Son, I knew we'd meet again [F]
someday
_ _ _ [Dm] And [F] [Bb] once again I [C] heard the old blind fiddler [Bb] play
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [N] _