Tonart: A major
Verse 1
G#m
C#m
F#
Caug
C#m
F#
Caug
I won der
C#m
F#
what he'll think of me.
Caug
C#m
I guess he'll call
E
C#m
F#
me the old man.
Caug
C#m
E
I guess he'll think I can lick
every other fella's father.
A
G
B
E
G#m
E
Caug
C#m
Well, I can.
G#m
C#m
E
C#m
F#
I bet that he'll turn out to be
C#m
F#
the spittin' image of his dad,
C#m
E
but he'll have more common sense
than his puddin' headed
Gaug
E
father ever had.
C#m
I'll teach him to wrestle and
A#dim
E
dive through a wave
C#m
G#
F#
when we go in the mornings for a swim.
B
His mother can teach him
F#aug
F#
C#
but she won't make a sissy out of him.
C#aug
F#
Not him!
Gaug
E
B
Gaug
E
Not Bill! Bill!
E
D
E
A
I will see that he's named after me.
Bbdim
E
I will!
D
E
he'll be tall and as tough as a tree
A
Bbdim
Bm
E
Will Bill, like a tree,
A
C#aug
C#
he'll grow with his head held high
D
F#
And his feet planted firm on the ground
F#m
B
E
A
E
An d you won't see nobody dare
A
E
B
to try to boss him
D
A
Bm
E
No pot -bellied, baggy -eyed bully
I don't give a damn what he does,
as long as he does what he likes
He can sit on his tail or work on a rail
C
with a hammer, a hammer and spikes
He can ferry a boat on a river
or pedal a pack on his back
E
Or work up and down the
E
A
with a whip and a horse and a hack
Am
B
He can haul a scow along a canal,
Am
B
run a cow around a corral,
G#m
A#
or maybe bark for a carousel.
G#m
E
Of course it takes talent to do that well.
A
He might be a champ of the heavyweights,
or a fella that sells you glue,
F#m
B
Or President of the United States,
D
Bm
Bb
that'd be alright too.
A
D
His mother would like that,
E
but he wouldn't be President
A
E
unless he wanted to be. Not Bill!
D
E
he'll be tall and as tough as a tree.
A
Bm
E
We'll build like a tree,
A
C#
he'll grow with his head held high
D
F#m
F#
and his feet planted firm on the ground
F#m
E
A
E
And you won't see nobody dare
A
E
to try to boss him
B
E
or toss him around
D
A
Bm
No fat -bottomed flabby -faced
C#m
Bm
E
pot -bellied baggy -eyed bully will
B
Bm
boss him around
B
And I'm damned if he'll marry
his boss's daughter
A skinny -lipped virgin
with blood like water
Em
Who'll give him a peck
A
E
F#
s through a lorgnette
D
F#
Why am I taking on like this?
Em
Bm
My kid ain't even been born yet!
G
Em
G
I can see him when he's
seventeen or so,
Em
G
Em
G
D
G
D
and starting in to go with a girl.
G
Em
I can give him lots of pointers,
Em
Abm
Eb
on the way to get round any girl.
Ab
G
Well, I can tell him.
Wait a minute.
C
Am
D
F#
E
F#aug
What if he is a girl?
Bm
G
Em
E
F#aug
Bm
E
Oh, Bill, what would I do with her,
Bm
what could I do for her,
D
You can have fun with a son,
G
A
F
but you gotta be a father to a
C#aug
Aaug
D
Bb
F#aug
girl.
F#
B
Bm
E
She mightn't be so bad at that,
Bm
B
Bm
E
a kid with ribbons in her hair.
F#m
D
A kind of neat an d petite little
Bm
Em
A
tintype of her mother.
F
A
D
Dm
D
What a pair!
Gaug
B
C
Ink and white as peaches and cream,
Bm
G
C
My little girl is half again
Bbdim
D
G
Am
Ab
as bright as girls are meant to be.
D
Bm
G
C
Dozens of boys pursue her,
D
G
C#m
F#
B
D#m
B
many a likely lad does what he can
C#m
F#
B
Gaug
to woo her from her faith
E
A
Aaug
Dm
ful dad.
D
G
Gaug
She has a few pink an
B
Am
d white young fellas,
G
C
but my little girl gets hungry
Bbdim
Bm
D
A
every night.
G
D
G
F
Gaug
D#
And she comes home to me.
B
Eb
I gotta get ready before she comes.
D
F#
I gotta make certain that she
C#
Bbm
won't be dragged up in slums
F#
F
with a lot of bums like me.
Bb
She's gotta be sheltered and
fed and dressed
Bb
Bb
in the best that money can buy.
Eb
Bb
I nev er knew how to get money,
Bbm
Cm
Bbm
but I'll try, by God, I'll try.
F
D
Eb
I'll go out and make it,
Bb
Eb
Bb
Bbm
Bb
Or steal it, or take it, or die!
Bb
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