G (320003@1)                C/G1. (3x555x@1)He wore starched white shirts buttoned at the neck,
         G (320003@1)                            D/Aand (x00232@1)he'd sit in the shade and watch the chickens peck.
          G (320003@1)                C/GAnd (3x555x@1)his teeth were gone, but what the heck,
G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)DI (xx0232@1)thought that he walked on water.

G (320003@1)                  C2. (x32010@1)He said he was a cowboy when he was young.
          G (320003@1)                      DHe (xx0232@1)could handle a rope and he was good with a gun.
    G (320003@1)                       CAnd (x32010@1)my mama's daddy was his oldest son,--
    G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)          Gand (320003@1)I thought that he walked on water.

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C (x32010@1)                 GIf (320003@1)the story's told,  only heaven knows.
                      D (xx0232@1)              GBut (320003@1)his hat seemed to me like an old halo.
G7 (320001@1)                     C (x32010@1) And although his wings,  they were never seen.
               D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)    C/D (x5555x@1)D/F#I (200232@1)thought that he walked on water.

G (320003@1)                   C3. (x32010@1)Then he tied a cord to the end of a mop,
           G (320003@1)                  Dand (xx0232@1)said, "Son, here's a pony, keep her at a trot."
    G (320003@1)                                 CAnd (x32010@1)I'd ride in circles while he laughed  alot.
     G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)   GThen (320003@1)I'd flop down beside him.

Em (022000@1)                DAnd (xx0232@1)he was ninety years old in sixty-three
    C (x32010@1)             Dand (xx0232@1)I loved him and he loved me.
     C (x32010@1)                 DAnd (xx0232@1)lord, I cried the day  he died,
       G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)'cause I thought that he walked on water.

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