Ed Cunningham - The Old Man
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Intro]
E G#m C#m A
[Verse 1]
E G#m
Caught the train to Port McKee
C#m A
There's an old man I need to see
E G#m
A man of steel, he once fought the Swede
C#m A
to hold the scrap down, turn it into sheets.
E C#m
The fires of Hell just don't compare
Dsus2 A
A steel mill body ain't got no hair
E C#m
Eight ton hammer gonna rise and fall
D A
That's why the Old Man can't hear y'all
D A
But the Old Man's walkin' tall
E G#m C#m A
inside of me
[Verse 2]
E G#m
1915 set him free
C#m A
His old man done left the scene
E G#m
His Ma and sister Ethel felt the need
C#m A
to raise him up with a backbone creed
E C#m
A girl named Merle pulled an honest man
Dsus2 A
out of the pool halls, held his hand
E C#m
She said, "You ain't like your Pop at all
D A
You a family man, that's all"
D A
But the Old Man's walkin' tall
F#m
inside of me
[Bridge]
B
I recall a silent man
C#m E
always fixin' things, tool in hand
F#m B
Ol' Merle ran him ragged with her honey-dos
A
He didn't mind at all
Am
Was at her beck and call
[Solo]
E G#m C#m A
E G#m C#m A
E C#m Dsus2 A
E C#m D A
D A
[Verse 3]
E G#m
Clearin' out the house in Port McKee
C#m A
Wanna save all this history
E G#m
Merle got somethin' in heaven she need
C#m A
A doo-hickey need fixin' apparently
E C#m
My own Daddy always used to say
Dsus2 A
Don't do like me, take the old man's way
E C#m
So I'm sittin' in the grass hopin' hawks will call
D A
'Cause that's how the Old Man greets us all
D A
Yeah the Old Man's walkin' tall
E G#m C#m D A E
inside of me
How to play Ed Cunningham - The Old Man
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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