Chords for THE CHAPMANS - THE OLD MAN IN THE SHANTY live 2013

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_ _ _ _ _ _ Up the road that leads by [Eb] Machine Hall _ [Bb] Stands a shanty in the field there [F] all alone
One [Bb] old black sack hanging over [Eb] the window _ [Bb] And a smoke from another burning stove
In the shanty lives an old man [Eb] from yore Well [Bb] the only name they ever knew [F] was Lee
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Mama said he was a drunkard in [Eb] her childhood She wished [Gm] that he'd [F] just pack his [Bb] things and leave _
Don't you come near the [Eb] shanty son, your man's got a gun [Bb] And when he gets to drinking, he'll shoot it just [F] for fun
But they never knew that I was the [Eb] old man's only friend The old man in the shanty, how I still remember him _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Some of the mornings I'd slip out of [Eb] my window He'd [Bb] be waiting at the shanty room by [F] the boat
[Bb] Laid up home in bed, baking eggs [Eb] and butters Said he'd wait on his old burning stove
Well he told me how he came about living there How [Bb] his family had died that [F] awful day
Now [Bb] the only thing he'd turn to was [Eb] a bottle And [Bb] little Chance has he left the bottle late _
Don't you come near the shanty [Eb] son, your man's got a gun [Bb] And when he gets to drinking, he'll shoot it just [F] for fun
But they never knew that I was [Eb] the old man's only friend The old man in the shanty, how I still remember him _ _ _ _ _
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Well today was the last time [Eb] that I saw him [Bb] So I guess the bottle will [F] finally burn _
[Bb] Then with dying [Fm] breath he turned up [Eb] to the ceiling Said [Gm] God forgive me for all that [F] I have done _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ So I laid him in the place [Eb] that he showed me I [Bb] said a prayer, sang a song [F] as a dove
[Bb] But I knew what had happened [Eb] to his stranger [Bb] They thought that [F] he'd just packed his things and gone
Don't you come near the [Eb] shanty son, your man's got a gun [Bb] And when he gets to drinking, he'll shoot it just [F] for fun
But [Bb] they never knew that I [Eb] was the old man's only friend The old man in the [Bb] shanty, how I still remember [Gm] _
him
He's [Eb] just an old man [Bb] in the shanty, how I still remember [Gm] him
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