Story Of My Old Man Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

Power chords of course

I don?t know too much about too mE5uch of my old F♯5man

I kB5now he walked right out the door and we nE5ever saw him aF♯5gain

LB5ast I heard he was at the bar dE5oin? himselfF♯5 in

I kB5now I got that same disease I got sE5tuck with it from F♯5him

Chorus

Guitar 1

G♯5This is the sF♯5tory of my old E5man

G♯5Just like his F♯5father before E5him

I?m tG♯5ellin? you do F♯5anything you E5can

So G♯5you don?t end F♯5up just like tE5hem....like them

Chorus

Guitar 2

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Verse 2

Clean picking (regular chords, not power chords)

BMonday he G♯mwoke up and Ehated life

BDrank until G♯mWednesday and lEeft his wife

TBhursday through SG♯maturday lost Eeverything

WBoke up on G♯mSunday Emiserable again

Interlude between verses 2 and 3:

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Verse 3

Interlude E5 F♯5

I remember baseball games and working on the car

He tB5old me that he loved me and tE5hat I would go F♯5far

He tB5aught me how to work hard and sE5tick up for myF♯5self

I B5wish it wasn?t too hard to lE5isten to hiF♯5mself

REPEAT CHORUS

REPEAT VERSE 2 but instead of stopping at the end, keep the chord

progression going a couple more times.

Break

Just play the chorus the same way with both guitars

Verse 4

SB5omeday he?ll G♯5wish that he?d E5made things right (made things right)

LB5ong for his fG♯5amily and mE5iss his wife (miss his wife)

ReB5member the G♯5days he had eE5verything (everything)

B5Now he?s G♯5alone and E5miserable again