Chords for My Old Man John Prine
Tempo:
110.4 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
A
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
Well being now I'm here doing Austin City Limits once again, I'd like to do a Steve Goodman song
This is a song Steve wrote about his father Bud Goodman after Bud died of a sudden heart attack
Took Steve about six months for everything to soak in
He kept telling me he was wondering what he was gonna soak in but he didn't [Eb] know it turned into a song
And I usually every time he finished a song he'd get on a payphone wherever he was in the country and call me
And wake me up and
Say Brian, I got one and so like he laid the phone down and start playing his guitar, you know
And that's how I heard this song the first time I always thought this was real pretty one.
It's called a my old man
[D]
[G]
I miss the old man tonight.
I wish he was here
with me [C] with a corny joke
and cheap cigars
You could look you [A] in the eyes [G] and
Sell you a car
[D] That's not an easy [G] thing to do
but no one
Is [C]
a more charming [Bm] creature [G] on this older than my
[D] old
thing
[G] He was a pilot
[A] in the big [G] war
in the US
[D] Army Air Corps
[C] C-47
with a heavy load
can combat
[Bm] cargo
[G]
After [D] they dropped the bomb he came home and
And [C]
not too [A] long [G]
after that he became my
[D] Old [G] man
[D] [G]
[C]
[G]
[A]
[C]
[A] [G]
[A] [G]
And oh [A] the same [G]
way my brother
Me got in man.
[C]
He get all bored up
He start to shout
We knew I would come in [G] so
We're doing the math
[D] now the old man
[G] Not good
To [C]
hear [A] what he said when [G]
I wasn't listening
man, [D] oh
I miss the old [D] man
[G] tonight I can almost
See [G] his face
[C] He would always try
To watch his weight
his heart [A] only made it [G] to
58 [D] for the first time since he [G] died
Late last night
[C] I cried I was wondering when [G] I was gonna go and do that for Matt.
[D] Oh
[G] Man
Well being now I'm here doing Austin City Limits once again, I'd like to do a Steve Goodman song
This is a song Steve wrote about his father Bud Goodman after Bud died of a sudden heart attack
Took Steve about six months for everything to soak in
He kept telling me he was wondering what he was gonna soak in but he didn't [Eb] know it turned into a song
And I usually every time he finished a song he'd get on a payphone wherever he was in the country and call me
And wake me up and
Say Brian, I got one and so like he laid the phone down and start playing his guitar, you know
And that's how I heard this song the first time I always thought this was real pretty one.
It's called a my old man
[D]
[G]
I miss the old man tonight.
I wish he was here
with me [C] with a corny joke
and cheap cigars
You could look you [A] in the eyes [G] and
Sell you a car
[D] That's not an easy [G] thing to do
but no one
Is [C]
a more charming [Bm] creature [G] on this older than my
[D] old
thing
[G] He was a pilot
[A] in the big [G] war
in the US
[D] Army Air Corps
[C] C-47
with a heavy load
can combat
[Bm] cargo
[G]
After [D] they dropped the bomb he came home and
And [C]
not too [A] long [G]
after that he became my
[D] Old [G] man
[D] [G]
[C]
[G]
[A]
[C]
[A] [G]
[A] [G]
And oh [A] the same [G]
way my brother
Me got in man.
[C]
He get all bored up
He start to shout
We knew I would come in [G] so
We're doing the math
[D] now the old man
[G] Not good
To [C]
hear [A] what he said when [G]
I wasn't listening
man, [D] oh
I miss the old [D] man
[G] tonight I can almost
See [G] his face
[C] He would always try
To watch his weight
his heart [A] only made it [G] to
58 [D] for the first time since he [G] died
Late last night
[C] I cried I was wondering when [G] I was gonna go and do that for Matt.
[D] Oh
[G] Man
Key:
G
D
C
A
Bm
G
D
C
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ Well being now I'm here doing Austin City Limits once again, I'd like to do a Steve Goodman song _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
This is a song Steve wrote about his father Bud Goodman after Bud died of a sudden heart attack
Took Steve about six months for everything to soak in
He kept telling me he was wondering what he was gonna soak in but he didn't [Eb] know it turned into a song
And I usually every time he finished a song he'd get on a payphone wherever he was in the country and call me
And wake me up and
Say Brian, I got one and so like he laid the phone down and start playing his guitar, you know
And that's how I heard this song the first time I always thought this was real pretty one.
It's called a my old man
_ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
I miss the old man tonight. _
_ _ _ I wish he was here
with me _ _ _ _ [C] with a corny joke
_ and cheap cigars
You could look you [A] in the eyes [G] and
Sell you a car
_ [D] That's not an easy [G] thing to do
_ _ _ but no one
Is _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ a more charming [Bm] creature [G] on this older _ than my
[D] old
thing
[G] _ _ _ He was a pilot
[A] in the big [G] war _ _
_ _ in the US
_ [D] Army Air Corps
_ _ _ _ [C] C-47
_ with a heavy load _
can combat
[Bm] cargo
_ [G] _ _
After _ _ [D] _ _ they dropped the bomb _ _ he came home and
_ And [C] _ _ _ _
_ not too [A] long _ _ [G]
after that he became my
[D] Old _ [G] man _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ And oh [A] the same _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ way my brother
Me got in man.
_ _ _ [C]
He get all bored up
He start to shout
_ _ We knew I would come in [G] so
We're doing the math
_ _ [D] _ now the old man
[G] _ _ _ _ Not good
To _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ hear [A] what he said when [G]
I wasn't listening
_ _ man, [D] oh
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I miss the old [D] man
[G] tonight I _ _ can almost
See [G] his face
_ _ _ [C] He would always try
_ _ To watch his weight _
his heart [A] only made it [G] to
_ 58 [D] for the first time since he [G] died
_ _ _ _ Late last night
[C] I cried _ _ _ _ I was wondering when _ [G] I was gonna go and do that for Matt.
_ [D] Oh
[G] Man
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ Well being now I'm here doing Austin City Limits once again, I'd like to do a Steve Goodman song _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
This is a song Steve wrote about his father Bud Goodman after Bud died of a sudden heart attack
Took Steve about six months for everything to soak in
He kept telling me he was wondering what he was gonna soak in but he didn't [Eb] know it turned into a song
And I usually every time he finished a song he'd get on a payphone wherever he was in the country and call me
And wake me up and
Say Brian, I got one and so like he laid the phone down and start playing his guitar, you know
And that's how I heard this song the first time I always thought this was real pretty one.
It's called a my old man
_ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
I miss the old man tonight. _
_ _ _ I wish he was here
with me _ _ _ _ [C] with a corny joke
_ and cheap cigars
You could look you [A] in the eyes [G] and
Sell you a car
_ [D] That's not an easy [G] thing to do
_ _ _ but no one
Is _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ a more charming [Bm] creature [G] on this older _ than my
[D] old
thing
[G] _ _ _ He was a pilot
[A] in the big [G] war _ _
_ _ in the US
_ [D] Army Air Corps
_ _ _ _ [C] C-47
_ with a heavy load _
can combat
[Bm] cargo
_ [G] _ _
After _ _ [D] _ _ they dropped the bomb _ _ he came home and
_ And [C] _ _ _ _
_ not too [A] long _ _ [G]
after that he became my
[D] Old _ [G] man _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ And oh [A] the same _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ way my brother
Me got in man.
_ _ _ [C]
He get all bored up
He start to shout
_ _ We knew I would come in [G] so
We're doing the math
_ _ [D] _ now the old man
[G] _ _ _ _ Not good
To _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ hear [A] what he said when [G]
I wasn't listening
_ _ man, [D] oh
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I miss the old [D] man
[G] tonight I _ _ can almost
See [G] his face
_ _ _ [C] He would always try
_ _ To watch his weight _
his heart [A] only made it [G] to
_ 58 [D] for the first time since he [G] died
_ _ _ _ Late last night
[C] I cried _ _ _ _ I was wondering when _ [G] I was gonna go and do that for Matt.
_ [D] Oh
[G] Man
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _