Ronnie Milsap - Old Folks Chords

[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] He's always up and out of bed [Bb] before the morning comes.
[C] He mumbles and he grumbles about all that [F] must be done. _
There's 80 years of memories [Bb] that rattle [Gm] in his head.
[C] Whiskey and cigars that he keeps stashed beside [F] his bed.
[Bb] He believes the world went straight to hell [F] when Brooklyn lost the Dodgers.
[Gm] Some say that [F] he's lost his mind.
[Bb] Some call him an old codger.
[C] Oh, but [Bb] he's just old folks, [C] old [F] folks.
[C] Blessed is the child of yesterday.
[F] _
_ _ Love [Bb] those [C] old [F] folks.
Cause [C] we're the little luck [A] and the Lord to see [Dm] us through.
[G] _ [C] One day we will be old [F] folks too.
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[C] _ [F] She used to bake the sweetest pies [Bb] I swear I [Gm] ever ate.
[C] I'd steal the batter from the bowl cause I could [F] never wait.
But now her hands are bent and sore, [Bb] arthritis rages wild.
[C] But you would never know she hurts the way she [F] always smiles.
[Bb] She believes the world is good and kind, [F] but would love warmer weather.
[Gm] And her grandkids [F] are perfect, [Bb] though sometimes they [Gm] forget [C] her.
Oh, because [Bb] she's old folks, [F] she's old folks.
[C] Blessed is the child of [F] yesterday.
_ _ [Bb] _ Love those [F] old [Dm] folks.
Cause [C] we're the little luck and [A] the Lord to see [D] us through.
[G] _ [C] One day we will be old [F] folks too.
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[Dm] _ _ [C] And the Lord to see [D] us through.
[G] _ [C] One day we will be old [C] folks [F] too.
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