Chords for LONESOME RIVER BAND -LISTEN TO THE OLD MAN

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Sitting here listening to the old man with [F] his hair of gold and his calloused hands [D] telling
stories about [G] how life used [C] to be. _ _ _ _ _ _
Talking about the days gone by [F] with a gravelled voice make you almost cry.
[D] I still [Bm] recall the [G] things he [C] said to me.
_ _ _ _ Back then the work was hard he said [F] from the early morning till you [D] went to [C] bed [D] and thanked
the Lord [G] each day that you [C] were able. _
_ _ How [F] [C] the family bowed their heads to pray [F] at supper time you'd hear him say [D] thank you Lord for [G] the food.
_ _ [C] _ _ If _ _ _ _ [F] we would sit [G] and listen to [C] the old man _
_ _ _ _ [F] we'd realize [G] just how this world [C] could be. _ _
_ _ _ [F] To live and [G] learn and learn to live [C] our lives with love [Am] and kindness _ [F] a better place this world just [G] might be. _ _
_ _ If [F] we'd all [C] just sit [D] and listen [G] to [C] the old man.
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_ _ _ He spoke about his wife with pain [F] without her it's not quite the same.
[D] She still walks [G] beside him in [C] his mind. _ _
_ _ [F] _ [C] He sits back in that old rocking chair [F] and talks of friends no [D] longer there but he prays he'll see [G] them all _ [C] just one more time. _
_ _ _ _ [F] If we would [G] sit and listen [F] to [C] the old man _ _ _ _ [Em] [F] we'd realize [G] just how this world [C] could be. _
_ _ _ _ [Em] [F] To live and [G] learn and learn to live [C] our lives with [B] love and [Am] kindness a [F] _ better place this world just might [G] be. _
_ _ _ _ [Em] If [F] we'd all [C] just sit [Dm] and listen [G] to [C] the old man.
_ If [D] _ [F] we'd all [Em] just sit [Dm] and listen _ [G] _ _
to [C] the old man. _ _ _
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