Chords for Old Man and His Horn - Gene Watson - Classic Country

[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Gm] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [C] The old man [G] told [C] his story
_ about [G] the years [C] gone by
[F] How he played his horn down in New Orleans
Did some old dingy die?
_ _ [C] _
I knew him all back then he said
_ As he reached out [F] for his horn
He closed his eyes [C] and wet his lips
[G] Then the blues [C] were born
_ He _
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_ [Fm] _ [C] _ [G] _ [Gbm] _ [G] _ [C] played [G] so [C] much feeling _ _
[G] Tears came from [C] his eyes
[F] He stopped and reminisced a bit
And then he gave a sigh
[C] Said you know I almost made it, but that's before your [F] time _ _ _ _
Dixieland
[C] po-po's blue
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Scatman [Eb] Jack's [C] wine
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[F] [G] Slapped [C] his knee [F] and gave [C] a grin
_ [F] It sure was good back [C] then
_ _ _ Reaching for his home on [G] the floor _ _ _ _
[F] [C] Wasted _ [F] in an old [C] tow sack
[F] That arm across [C] his back
_ [F] He said goodbye
[C] Then shuffled [G] out [C] the door _ _ _ _
_ _ Enthused [G] [C] by what he told me _ _ [G] I never got his [C] name
So [F] I called the waitress over
And started to _ explain
[C] _ _ Tired old man his tarnished horn and memory of years gone [F] by _
How he played his horn [C] and reminisced [G] smiled with
[Cm] tear [C]-damned eyes
_ [Gm] _ [C] _ _ She said [G] you are [C] mistaken
_ _ There's been [G] no one [C] but you
But [F] I know who you're talking about.
_ I used to know him, _ [Dm] too
_ [C] Find him down on Basin Street in back of an old [F] _ churchyard a
stone that reads
[C] Rest in peace I [G] tried but it sure [C] was hard
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[C] Slapped his knee [F] and [C] gave a grin
_ [F] It sure was good back [Cm] then
_ [C] _ _ Reaching for his home on [G] the floor _ _ _ _
Wasted [C] in [F] an old [C] tow sack
_ [F] That arm across [C] his back
_ [F] He said goodbye
[C] Then shuffled [G] out [C] the door
_ He _
_ _ [F] said goodbye
[C] Then shuffled [G] out [C] the door _ _ _ _
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