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Verse 1: Power chords of course
E5 F#5
I don’t know too much about too much of my old man
B5 E5 F#5
I know he walked right out the door and we never saw him again
B5 E5 F#5
Last I heard he was at the bar doin’ himself in
B5 E5 F#5
I know I got that same disease I got stuck with it from him
Chorus: Guitar 1
G#5 F#5 E5
This is the story of my old man
G#5 F#5 E5
Just like his father before him
G#5 F#5 E5
I’m tellin’ you do anything you can
G#5 F#5 E5
So you don’t end up just like them....like them
Chorus: Guitar 2
G--8-8-8886-6-6664-4-4444-4-444-
D--x-x-xxxx-x-xxxx-x-xxxx-x-xxx-
A--6-6-6664-4-4442-2-2222-2-222- PLAY 4X DURING CHORUS
Verse 2: Clean picking (regular chords, not power chords)
B G#m E
Monday he woke up and hated life
B G#m E
Drank until Wednesday and left his wife
B G#m E
Thursday through Saturday lost everything
B G#m E(stop)
Woke up on Sunday miserable again
Interlude between verses 2 and 3:
G--4-4-4444-4-444-
D--x-x-xxxx-x-xxx-
A--2-2-2222-2-222- PLAY 3X
Verse 3:
Interlude E5 F#5
I remember baseball games and working on the car
B5 E5 F#5
He told me that he loved me and that I would go far
B5 E5 F#5
He taught me how to work hard and stick up for myself
B5 E5 F#5
I wish it wasn’t too hard to listen to himself
REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT VERSE 2 but instead of stopping at the end, keep the chord
progression going a couple more times.
Break: Just play the chorus the same way with both guitars
Verse 4:
B5 G#5 E5
Someday he’ll wish that he’d made things right (made things right)
B5 G#5 E5
Long for his family and miss his wife (miss his wife)
B5 G#5 E5
Remember the days he had everything (everything)
B5 G#5 E5(stop)
Now he’s alone and miserable again
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