EB7E
I miss my old man tonight
EB7E
I wish he was here with me
A
With his corny jokes, and his cheap cigars
E
He could look you in the eye, and sell you a car
EB7EA
That’s not an easy thing to do, but no one ever knew
AEA more charming creature on this earth
EB7E
Than my old man
EB7E
He was a pilot in the big war
EB7E
In the US Army Air Corp
A
In a C-47, with a heavy load
E
Carried combat cargo o’er Burma Road
EB7EA
And after they dropped the bomb, he came home and married mom
AE
And not too long after that
EB7E
He was my old man
EB7E
And all the fights that we had
EB7E
When my brother and I got him mad
A
He’d get all choked up, and start to shout
E
I knew what was coming, and I tuned him out
EB7EA
And now the old man is gone, and I’d give all I own
AE
Just to hear what he said, when I wasn’t listing
EB7E
To my old man
EB7E
I miss the old man tonight
EB7E
I can almost see his face
A
He was always trying to watch his weight
E
His heart only made it to fifty-eight
EB7EA
For the first time since he died, late last night I cried
AE
I was wondering when I was gonna go and do that
EB7E
For my old man
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