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TABBY CAT MUSIC ARCHIVES
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Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net Alice Franceschini
Date: May 12, 2003
Album:
Written by:
Note: If you guitar is tuned to standard tuning, you can play along with
the recording which is the best way to learn songs.
n.c. means play no chord A# is also a Bb if that notation is more helpful
to you.
You can capo the first fret and play these chords ignoring the sharp symbol
with the following chord changes.
When capoed,G becomes F#
Cm becomes Bm
Fm becomes Em
MY OLD MAN Rodney Atkins
INTRO Listen to recording for timing play this twice
D# G#
--6-6-6-4-3----------------------
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D# G#
I got a picture of him bare foot in the mud
D# G#
Behind his grandpa's plow and two gray mules
D# G#
When he turned ten years old in May 'fifty three
D# G# A#
He grew up fearin God in Wash-burn, Tenne-see
A# Cm Fm A#
The closest thing that he had to a dad was his uncle Bob
A# Cm G# G
And he could only dream of things like little league base-ball
G# A# Cm D#
That little boy with big blue eyes and callused hands
A# D#
"mm" became My Old Man
play intro once
D# G#
She was a Kentucky girl born on Valentine's day
D# G#
A fourth child of five to my grandma Uma-May
D# G#
So shy and beautiful with sunset hair and emerald eyes
D# G#
Daddy spent his life workin in the coal mines
A# Cm G# Cm
And in my eyes, all of my life, my dad's beena saint
A# Cm G# G
But even saints need angels to show them the way
G# A# Cm D#
And over thirty-seven years ago he asked for Margaret Lynn's hand
G# A# D#
And that angel married My Old Man
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F# A#m G#
There were times I tried to buck the truthful things they said
F# A#m G#
Now I'm glad that more than once they rattled my stubborn head
D# F A#
Cause my folks are just like mountains I look at from afar
G# Cm A#
But now the closer I get to them the bigger they are
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n.c. D# G# A#
Time seens to fly anymore and the holidays are so far apart
A# Cm G# G
There's no way a phone call could express what's in my heart
G# Cm A# Cm
So this is just a song to say How thankful I am
G# A# Cm G# n.c. A# D# G# D# G#
For momma and My Old Man For momma and dad (play intro)
ENDING RUN
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-----------0---- <----turn this string down to D# or end on a D# chord
standard tuning makes this an E
