"My Old Man" By Joni Mitchell D E7sus4(002435) D/E(0xx232) A D/A(x0x232) My old man, he's asinger (x02210@1) in the park D (xx0232@1) E7sus4(002435) He's a walker in the rain D/E(0xx232) A7sus(002233) Am7(002010) (shuffle, you know how it goes!) he's a dancer in the dark D (xx0232@1) A7sus4 (002033@1) A7 (x02020@1) D/Ebass We don't need no piece of paper from the City Hall E7 (020130@1) DKeeping (xx0232@1)us tight(tied?)and true D/A (x00232@1)E7sus4 (020200@1)D/E (000232@1) A (x02220@1) D/A (x00232@1) A (x02220@1) My old man, keeping away my blues D (xx0232@1) He's my sunshine..... etc ....until Abm7(004444) Bbm (x13321@1)F#maj7(004321) but when he's gone, me and them lonesome blues collide C#(xx3121) C#m7(002424) B The bed's too big, the frying pan's too wide D/A (x00232@1) D7 (xx0212@1) E (022100@1)D/E (000232@1)A (x02220@1) D/A (x00232@1)Lyrics: My old man He's a singer in the park He's a walker in the rain He's a dancer in the dark We don't need no piece of paper From the city hall Keeping us tied and true My old man Keeping away my blues He's my sunshine in the morning He's my fireworks at the end of the day He's the warmest chord I ever heard Play that warm chord, play and stay baby We don't need no piece of paper From the city hall Keeping us tied and true My old man Keeping away my blues But when he's gone Me and them lonesome blues collide The bed's too big The frying pan's too wide Then he comes home And he takes me in his loving arms And he tells me all his troubles And he tells me all my charms We don't need no piece of paper From the city hall Keeping us tied and true No, my old man Keeping away my blues But when he's gone Me and them lonesome blues collide The bed's too big The frying pan's too wide My old man He's a singer in the park He's a walker in the rain He's a dancer in the dark We don't need no piece of paper From the city hall Keeping us tied and true No, my old man Keeping away my lonesome blues
