Old Man Tell Me Chords by David Allan Coe

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I've seen the old men sitting round the courthouse square back home in time
[G] _ Talking about [Em] the big war _ [C] back in _ 1943
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ Saying how much good it's done, _ metals gleaming in the sun
_ [G] _ Cussing at [Em] my long hair and [C] my talk of being [A] free _
Their _ _ _ [G] vision like their battle scars [D] of other wars has faded
Like the [A] colors on the ribbons _ from the battles that they've [D] won
_ [G] If there's one thing I've learned it's this
[D] You just can't shake [Bm]
hands with a fist
[G] And [F#] I once did [Em] my talking [G] [A] with a gun _ _ _
_ _ [G] And old man I know what [Em] you've [D] seen
But yours is [Bm] not the only dream
_ [F#m] I have [Em] to [G] believe in [C] something more than [A] yesterday
Let _ _ _ _ [G] _ it die just like the [D] past
I believe [Bm] there's hope at last
[C] Old man did [Em] you ever [A] have to pray _ _
Old _ _ _ _ man can you show me [D] the way _
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_ _ _ _ Shakes his head from time to time
And ramble somewhere in his mind
[Bm] Mumbling [Em] about the Civil War [C] and how we should have [A] won
_ _ Setting _ _ [D] _ _
up his battle plans on _ checkerboards at his command
[G] _
[Bm] Watching all his [G] gallant [C] kings go falling one [A] by one _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ And son he'd say there's not much time _ for you to straighten out your mind
_ [G] _ _ _ But you never listen _ [C] to the things I try [A] to say _ _
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And I'd just turn my head and cry _ _ _ _
Never understanding why
[G] _ _ _
He'd set [Em] up that checkerboard [A] when _ he knew I couldn't play _ _ _ _ _