My Old Man
Steve Goodman

CAPO 2nd Fret

E             B7    E              B7                    E       
I miss my old man tonight - I wish that he was here with me
         A
With his corny jokes, and his cheap cigars
                                  E
He could look you in the eye, and sell you a car
E             B7            E                   A 
Thats not an easy thing to do, but no one ever knew
A                        E                     B7   E 
A more charming creature on this earth than my old man

E              B7         E             B7       E
He was a pilot in the big war in the US Army Air Corp
        A
In a C-47, with a heavy load
                          E
Carried combat cargo over Burma Road
E              B7          E                              A 
And after they dropped the bomb, he came home and married mom
A                E                    B7  E
And not too long after that he was my old man

E           B7          E                          B7        E
And all the fights that we had when my brother and I got him mad
                A
Hed get all choked up, and start to shout
                                  E
But I knew what was coming, and I tuned him out
E           B7         E                        A 
And now the old man is gone, and Id give all I own
A                    E                                   B7        E
Just to hear what he said, when I wasnt listening to my old man

E           B7       E                    B7      E
I miss the old man tonight - I can almost see his face
       A
He was always trying to watch his weight
                          E   
His heart only made it to fifty-eight
E                  B7       E                        A
For the first time since he died, late last night I cried
A                          E                           B7  E
I was wondering when I was gonna go and do that for my old man
