Even Strumming all the way through
About 176 beats per minute

Intro:

    (hold your fingers on C#m)
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B---------5---------------5-------|
G---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6-|
D-----6-------6-------6-------6---|
A-4---------------4---------------|
E---------------------------------|

X2

C#m (x13321@4)Verse One:

C#m (x13321@4)                   EMy (022100@1)old man is a lonely tree
B (x2444x@1)                              ESitting (022100@1)on a branch in a lonely sea
C#m (x13321@4)                           EWhen (022100@1)I first met him I thought how
B (x2444x@1)                          ECould (022100@1)he have let my mother down

Chorus One:

F#m (244222@1)                      C#mBut (x13321@4)my old man he came to see me
E (022100@1)                 BHe (x2444x@1)put his hand in mine and said he loved me
F#m (244222@1)                           C#mWell (x13321@4)I was burned up with ill feeling
        EBut (022100@1)his eyes they said it all
     BI (x2444x@1)forgave him for his fall


C#m (x13321@4)Verse Two:

C#m (x13321@4)                            EAnd (022100@1)in the summer he's a summer breeze
B (x2444x@1)                           EShooting (022100@1)at all his possibilities
C#m (x13321@4)                      EHe (022100@1)prays to god to fix him up
B (x2444x@1)                                     EBut (022100@1)he plays with the devil to fill his cup

//Chorus Two//

F#m (244222@1)                  C#mMy (x13321@4)old man is good at singing
E (022100@1)                            BHe (x2444x@1)plays the guitar like Carlos Santana should have done
F#m (244222@1)                            C#mTo (x13321@4)be a broken man it hurts his feelings
        EBut (022100@1)we are what we have done
            BSweet (x2444x@1)souls setting in the sun

C#m (x13321@4)Bridge:
E C#m
EF#m (022100@1)C#m E B
F#m C#m E B

C#m (x13321@4)Verse Three:

C#m (x13321@4)                    EMy (022100@1)old man is as soft as rain
B (x2444x@1)                                      EHumming (022100@1)through the night to forget his pain
C#m (x13321@4)                                  EIt (022100@1)runs through the family from what I hear
B (x2444x@1)                  EBut (022100@1)it only draws me near

//Chorus Two//

F#m (244222@1)                  C#mMy (x13321@4)old man is good at singing
E (022100@1)                            BHe (x2444x@1)plays the guitar like Carlos Santana should have done
F#m (244222@1)                            C#mTo (x13321@4)be a broken man it hurts his feelings
        EBut (022100@1)we are what we have done
            BSweet (x2444x@1)souls setting in the sun


C#m (x13321@4)