Old Folkie Chords by Harry Chapin

[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [D] Anyway, I wrote this _ [Abm] song for Pete and [F] I'd like to sing it for you. _
_ _ A one, a two, a one, two, three, four.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ He's [F] the man with the banjo and the twelve string [Bb] guitar
And he's singing us a song to tell us who we [F] are
When you look in his eyes you know that [Bb] somebody's in there
_ [F] Yeah, he knows where we're going and where we've been
And [Bb] how the fog is getting thicker where the future should begin
[F] When you look at his life you know that he's [Bb] really been there
_ [C] Still, what is the name [G] that they're calling [Eb] that man?
_ What [G] is the name [Bb] that they're calling that man?
[C] You know [Bb] _ [Am] [Gm] it's always [F] that old [Bb] folk [F] care
They say he's [Bb] always bleeding
[F] But whenever [Bb] somebody's needed [Gm] him
He's the one [C] who cares
It's always [F] that old folk [Bb] care
[F] Whenever [Bb] something's burning
[F] Or unless I need [Bb] some learning
[F] Or I die [A] to need [Dm] some turning to
[Gm] Some better, better world [C] somewhere
[Gm] Yeah, the [F] old folk is there
_ [Bb] Yeah, _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [F] for forty [F] years now he's been pushing [Bb] on
Carrying [Bb] the dream cause what is [F] long gone
He's the last voice singing that bound for glory [Bb]
song
_ [Eb] [F] And if [Bb] you've never seen [F] him you might take a look
[Bb] He's the man who put the meaning in the music book
[Fm] Yeah, the [Bb] world may be [F] tired but he's still [Bb] going strong
[Eb] _ [Dm] [C] Still, what is the name that they're [Eb] calling that man?
_ _ [G] What is the name that they're [Bb] calling that [C] man?
You [Bb] know [Am] [Gm] it's [F] always that [Bb] old folk [F] care
They say he's [Bb] always bleeding
[F] But whenever [Bb] somebody's needed [Gm] him
He's the [C] one who [F] cares
It's always that [Bb] old folk [F] care
Whenever [Bb] something's burning
[F] Or unless I [Bb] need some learning
[F] Or I [A] die to [Dm] need some turning [Gm] to
Some better, better [C] world somewhere
[Gm] Yeah, the [C] old [F] folk is there _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] What is the [Eb] name that they're calling that man?
_ _ [G] What is the name that they're [Bb] calling that [C] man?
You know [Bb] _ _ [C] _ [Gm] it's [F] always that old [Bb] folk [F] care
Singing [Bb] for some hopeless [F] cause
[Bb] Shouting at the mountain [Gm] top
The wind is [C] his only applause
[F] It's always that old [Bb] folk [F] care
We don't [Bb] know what we're missing
[F] Cause nobody [Bb] ever listens
[F] Except [A] the lovers [Dm] as they're kissing
[Gm] Or he's singing for [C] them [Gm] somewhere
[C] Yeah, the old folk [F] is there
_ _ [Gm] The [C] old [F] folk is there
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