Chords for Steve Goodman: I'm My Own Grandpa
Tempo:
86.725 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
F
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] [B] [C] [Bm] [G]
[F#] [G] [C]
[F] [D] [C] [G] [A]
[D] [G] [B] [Em] [G]
[C] [G]
[Am] [D] [C] [F]
[D] [G] [A] [G] [D]
[Em] [Am] [C] [F] [G] It's many, [C] many years [G] ago when I was [F#] 23.
[G] I was married to a [C] widow who was pretty as could be.
[F] This widow [Fm] had a grown up [G] daughter whose [A] hair was red.
[D] My father fell in love [G] with her.
Soon these two were wed.
[C] This made dad my son [F#m]-in-law [G] and changed my very life.
My daughter was my mother [C] cause she was my father's wife.
[F] To complicate the situation [C] though [A#] it brought [A] me joy.
[D] I soon became the father of [G] a bouncing baby boy.
[C] This little [G] baby then became a brother-in-law to [G] dad.
That made him my uncle [C] though it made me kinda sad.
[F] Cause if he was my uncle [C] then he [F#] also [A] was a brother to [D] the widow's grown up daughter
who of [G] course was my stepmother.
[C] Father's wife [G] then had a son who kept him on the run.
He became my grandchild [C] cause he was my daughter's son.
[F] My wife is now my [G] mother's mother and that makes [A] me blue.
[D] Because although she is my [G] wife she's my grandmother too.
[C] And if my wife is my [D] grandmother [G] then I'm her grandchild.
Every time I think of that [C] it nearly drives me wild.
[F] Now I [D] have become the [C] strangest [G] case you [A] ever saw.
[D] As husband to my grandmother [G] I am [G] my own grandpa.
[C] Well I'm [G] my own [C] grandpa.
[F] I'm my [G] own grandpa.
That [C] may sound funny I know [F] but it really [D] is so.
[C] [G] I'm my own [C] grandpa.
Picket fellas.
[A] [F#m] [F#] [G] [C] [G] [F#] [C]
[F#] [G] [C]
[F] [D] [C] [G] [A]
[D] [G] [B] [Em] [G]
[C] [G]
[Am] [D] [C] [F]
[D] [G] [A] [G] [D]
[Em] [Am] [C] [F] [G] It's many, [C] many years [G] ago when I was [F#] 23.
[G] I was married to a [C] widow who was pretty as could be.
[F] This widow [Fm] had a grown up [G] daughter whose [A] hair was red.
[D] My father fell in love [G] with her.
Soon these two were wed.
[C] This made dad my son [F#m]-in-law [G] and changed my very life.
My daughter was my mother [C] cause she was my father's wife.
[F] To complicate the situation [C] though [A#] it brought [A] me joy.
[D] I soon became the father of [G] a bouncing baby boy.
[C] This little [G] baby then became a brother-in-law to [G] dad.
That made him my uncle [C] though it made me kinda sad.
[F] Cause if he was my uncle [C] then he [F#] also [A] was a brother to [D] the widow's grown up daughter
who of [G] course was my stepmother.
[C] Father's wife [G] then had a son who kept him on the run.
He became my grandchild [C] cause he was my daughter's son.
[F] My wife is now my [G] mother's mother and that makes [A] me blue.
[D] Because although she is my [G] wife she's my grandmother too.
[C] And if my wife is my [D] grandmother [G] then I'm her grandchild.
Every time I think of that [C] it nearly drives me wild.
[F] Now I [D] have become the [C] strangest [G] case you [A] ever saw.
[D] As husband to my grandmother [G] I am [G] my own grandpa.
[C] Well I'm [G] my own [C] grandpa.
[F] I'm my [G] own grandpa.
That [C] may sound funny I know [F] but it really [D] is so.
[C] [G] I'm my own [C] grandpa.
Picket fellas.
[A] [F#m] [F#] [G] [C] [G] [F#] [C]
Key:
G
C
D
F
A
G
C
D
[A] _ [B] _ [C] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [F#] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [F] _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [B] _ [Em] _ [G] _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ [C] _ [F] _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ [G] _ [D] _ _
[Em] _ [Am] _ [C] _ [F] _ [G] _ It's many, [C] many years [G] ago when I was [F#] 23.
[G] I was married to a [C] widow who was pretty as could be.
[F] This widow [Fm] had a grown up [G] daughter whose [A] hair was red.
[D] My father fell in love [G] with her.
Soon these two were wed.
[C] This made dad my son [F#m]-in-law [G] and changed my very life.
_ My daughter was my mother [C] cause she was my father's wife.
[F] To complicate the situation [C] though [A#] it brought [A] me joy.
[D] I soon became the father of [G] a bouncing baby boy.
[C] This little [G] baby then became a brother-in-law to [G] dad.
_ That made him my uncle [C] though it made me kinda sad.
[F] Cause if he was my uncle [C] then he [F#] also [A] was a brother to [D] the widow's grown up daughter
who of [G] course was my stepmother.
_ [C] Father's wife [G] then had a son who kept him on the run.
_ He became my grandchild [C] cause he was my daughter's son.
[F] My wife is now my [G] mother's mother and that makes [A] me blue.
[D] Because although she is my [G] wife she's my grandmother too.
[C] And if my wife is my [D] grandmother [G] then I'm her grandchild.
Every time I think of that [C] it nearly drives me wild.
[F] Now I [D] have become the [C] strangest [G] case you [A] ever saw.
[D] As husband to my grandmother [G] I am [G] my own grandpa.
[C] Well I'm [G] my own [C] grandpa. _ _ _
[F] _ I'm my [G] own grandpa. _
That [C] may sound funny I know [F] but it really [D] is so.
_ _ [C] _ [G] I'm my own [C] grandpa.
Picket fellas.
[A] _ [F#m] _ [F#] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [F#] _ [C] _
_ _ [F#] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [F] _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [B] _ [Em] _ [G] _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ [C] _ [F] _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ [G] _ [D] _ _
[Em] _ [Am] _ [C] _ [F] _ [G] _ It's many, [C] many years [G] ago when I was [F#] 23.
[G] I was married to a [C] widow who was pretty as could be.
[F] This widow [Fm] had a grown up [G] daughter whose [A] hair was red.
[D] My father fell in love [G] with her.
Soon these two were wed.
[C] This made dad my son [F#m]-in-law [G] and changed my very life.
_ My daughter was my mother [C] cause she was my father's wife.
[F] To complicate the situation [C] though [A#] it brought [A] me joy.
[D] I soon became the father of [G] a bouncing baby boy.
[C] This little [G] baby then became a brother-in-law to [G] dad.
_ That made him my uncle [C] though it made me kinda sad.
[F] Cause if he was my uncle [C] then he [F#] also [A] was a brother to [D] the widow's grown up daughter
who of [G] course was my stepmother.
_ [C] Father's wife [G] then had a son who kept him on the run.
_ He became my grandchild [C] cause he was my daughter's son.
[F] My wife is now my [G] mother's mother and that makes [A] me blue.
[D] Because although she is my [G] wife she's my grandmother too.
[C] And if my wife is my [D] grandmother [G] then I'm her grandchild.
Every time I think of that [C] it nearly drives me wild.
[F] Now I [D] have become the [C] strangest [G] case you [A] ever saw.
[D] As husband to my grandmother [G] I am [G] my own grandpa.
[C] Well I'm [G] my own [C] grandpa. _ _ _
[F] _ I'm my [G] own grandpa. _
That [C] may sound funny I know [F] but it really [D] is so.
_ _ [C] _ [G] I'm my own [C] grandpa.
Picket fellas.
[A] _ [F#m] _ [F#] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [F#] _ [C] _