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My Old Man Chords

(ver. 2)
Joni Mitchell
[VERSE 1]

D        E7sus                       D   A   D   A
  My old man, he's a singer in the park

D                      E7sus
  He's a walker in the rain,

                        D   A7sus  Am7
he's a dancer in the dark

D                         A7sus          A7        D
We don't need no piece of paper from the City Hall 

            E7      D
Keeping us tied and true

D        E7sus                  D   A   D   A
  My old man, keeping away my blues


[VERSE 2]

D        E7sus                                                     D   A   D   A
He's my sunshine in the morning, he's my fireworks at the end of the day

D                         E7sus
He's the warmest chord I ever heard

                          D   A7sus  Am7
Play that warm chord, play and stay baby

D                         A7sus          A7        D
We don't need no piece of paper from the City Hall 

            E7      D
Keeping us tied and true

D        E7sus                  D   A   D   A
  My old man, keeping away my blues


[BRIDGE*]
              Abm7                          Bbm  Gbmaj7
But when he's gone, me and them lonesome blues    collide

    Db         Dbm7     B
The bed's too big, the frying pan's too wide

(*Reminder: bridge chords:
Abm7: 004444   --   Bbm: 003321  --  Gbmaj: 004321
Db: xx3121     --   Dbm7: 002424 --  B: 004442)

[BRIEF INTERLUDE]
D   D7      A   D  A


[VERSE 3]

D             E7sus                         D   A   D   A
Then he comes home, and he takes me in his loving arms

D                         E7sus
And he tells me all his troubles

                          D   A7sus  Am7
And he tells me all my charms

D                         A7sus          A7      D
We don't need no piece of paper from the City Hall 

            E7      D
Keeping us tied and true, no

D        E7sus                  D   A   D   A
  My old man, keeping away my blues


[BRIDGE 2 (same as the first)]
              Abm7                          Bbm  Gbmaj7
But when he's gone, me and them lonesome blues  collide

    Db         Dbm7     B
The bed's too big, the frying pan's too wide

[BRIEF INTERLUDE]
D   D7      A   D  A


[VERSE 4 (same as the first)]

D        E7sus                        D   A   D   A
  My old man, he's a singer in the park

D                      E7sus
  He's a walker in the rain,

                        D   A7sus  Am7
he's a dancer in the dark

D                         A7sus          A7        D
We don't need no piece of paper from the City Hall 

            E7      D
Keeping us tied and true

D        E7sus                  D   A   D   A
  My old man, keeping away my lonesome blues

[END BIT]
[This mimics the piano outro]

A       D      A       D        A  D     A
/__/__  /__/__ /__/__/ /__/__ | /__/__  /--

(repeat twice)            
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