Phil Coulter - The Old Man Chords

It's funny that the songs that have stayed important to me at this stage in my life
are not the songs that were the big hits, not the songs that were recorded by Elvis Presley
or songs that won the Eurovision Song Contest.
The songs that have stayed important in my own
heart and soul are the songs, well maybe the songs that have a little bit of me in them.
I'd like to do one of those songs for you now.
This is a song which, well, is very special to me
and I dedicate it tonight to any of you in the audience who in recent times may have lost your
father.
This is for you.
The song's called The Old Man. _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
The _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [G] tears have [C] all been shed now _ [D] We've said our [G] last _ goodbyes
[E] His soul's been blessed [Am] He's laid to rest
[A] And it's now I [D] feel alone _ _ _ [G] He was more than [C] just my father
[D] My teacher, my [G] best friend And [E]
he'll still be heard
[Am] In the tunes we shared [A] When I play them on [D] my own
[A] _ [D] _
_ _ [C] And I never will [G]
forget him _ _ [C] For he made me [G]
what I am
[C] And though he may be [Em] gone [G] Memories linger [Em] on
_ _ And _ _ [A] I miss him, [D] _ [G] the old man _ _ [C] As _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] a boy _ [C] he'd take me walking
_ [D] By mountain, [G] field and stream _ [E] And he'd show me things [Am] not known to kings
[A] But secret _ between [D] him and me _ [G] Like the colors [C] on a pheasant
_ [D] As he rises [G] in the dawn _ _ [E]
Or how to fish [Am] or make a wish
[A] _
Beside [D] a fairy tree _ [Em] _
[D] And _ [C] I never will
[G] _ _ _ [C] For he made me [G] what I am _ [C] And though he may be [Em] gone _
[G] Memories linger [Em] on _ _ _ _ _ [Am] And I miss [D] him, [G] the old man
_ _ [C] I _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G]
thought _ [C] he'd live forever [D] He seemed so [G] big and strong
_ [E]
But the minutes fly [Am] And the years roll by
[A]
For a father [D] and a son And [G]
suddenly _ [C] when it happened
[D] There was so much left [G] _ unsaid [E] No second chance [Am] to tell him thanks
[A]
For everything [D] he'd done _ [Em] _ [D] _
_ _ [C] And I never will
[G] _ _ [C] For he made me [G] what I am [C] And though he may [Em] be gone
[G]
Memories linger [Em] on _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] God, I miss him, [D] _ _
the old man
[G] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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_ _ _ [G] God, I miss him, the old man _ _ _
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