Tonart: A major
Verse 1
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Gm
C
F#aug
Gm
C
F#aug
I won der
Gm
C
what he'll think of me.
F#aug
Gm
I guess he'll call
Bb
Gm
C
me the old man.
F#aug
Gm
Bb
I guess he'll think I can lick
every other fella's father.
Eb
Db
F
Bb
Dm
Bb
F#aug
Gm
Well, I can.
Dm
Gm
Bb
Gm
C
I bet that he'll turn out to be
Gm
C
the spittin' image of his dad,
Gm
Bb
but he'll have more common sense
than his puddin' headed
Dbaug
Bb
father ever had.
Gm
I'll teach him to wrestle and
Edim
Bb
dive through a wave
Gm
D
C
when we go in the mornings for a swim.
F
His mother can teach him
Caug
C
G
but she won't make a sissy out of him.
Gaug
C
Not him!
Dbaug
Bb
F
Dbaug
Bb
Not Bill! Bill!
Bb
Ab
Bb
Eb
I will see that he's named after me.
Edim
Bb
I will!
Ab
Bb
he'll be tall and as tough as a tree
Eb
Edim
Fm
Bb
Will Bill, like a tree,
Eb
Gaug
G
he'll grow with his head held high
Ab
C
And his feet planted firm on the ground
Cm
F
Bb
Eb
Bb
An d you won't see nobody dare
Eb
Bb
F
to try to boss him
Ab
Eb
Fm
Bb
No pot -bellied, baggy -eyed bully
Eb
will boss him around
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
Gb
with a hammer, a hammer and spikes
He can ferry a boat on a river
or pedal a pack on his back
Bb
Or work up and down the
Bb
Eb
with a whip and a horse and a hack
Ebm
F
He can haul a scow along a canal,
Ebm
F
run a cow around a corral,
Dm
E
or maybe bark for a carousel.
Dm
Bb
Of course it takes talent to do that well.
Eb
He might be a champ of the heavyweights,
or a fella that sells you glue,
Cm
F
Or President of the United States,
Ab
Fm
E
that'd be alright too.
Eb
Ab
His mother would like that,
Bb
but he wouldn't be President
Eb
Bb
unless he wanted to be. Not Bill!
Ab
Bb
he'll be tall and as tough as a tree.
Eb
Fm
Bb
We'll build like a tree,
Eb
G
he'll grow with his head held high
Ab
Cm
C
and his feet planted firm on the ground
Cm
Bb
Eb
Bb
And you won't see nobody dare
Eb
Bb
to try to boss him
F
Bb
or toss him around
Ab
Eb
Fm
No fat -bottomed flabby -faced
Gm
Fm
Bb
pot -bellied baggy -eyed bully will
F
Fm
boss him around
F
And I'm damned if he'll marry
his boss's daughter
A skinny -lipped virgin
with blood like water
Bbm
Who'll give him a peck
Eb
Bb
C
s through a lorgnette
Ab
C
Why am I taking on like this?
Bbm
Fm
My kid ain't even been born yet!
Db
Bbm
Db
I can see him when he's
seventeen or so,
Bbm
Db
Bbm
Db
Ab
Db
Ab
and starting in to go with a girl.
Db
Bbm
I can give him lots of pointers,
Bbm
Dm
A
on the way to get round any girl.
D
Db
Well, I can tell him.
Wait a minute.
Gb
Ebm
Ab
C
Bb
Caug
What if he is a girl?
Fm
Db
Bbm
Bb
Caug
Fm
Bb
Oh, Bill, what would I do with her,
Fm
what could I do for her,
Bb
a bum with no money?
Ab
You can have fun with a son,
Db
Eb
B
but you got ta be a father to a
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Ebaug
Ab
E
Caug
girl.
C
F
Fm
Bb
She mightn't be so bad at that,
Fm
F
Fm
Bb
a kid with ribbons in her hair.
Cm
Ab
A kind of neat an d petite little
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Bbm
Eb
tintype of her mother.
B
Eb
Ab
Abm
Ab
What a pair!
Dbaug
F
Gb
Ink and white as peaches and cream,
Fm
Db
Gb
My little girl is half again
Edim
Ab
Db
Ebm
D
as bright as girls are meant to be.
Ab
Fm
Db
Gb
Dozens of boys pursue her,
Ab
Db
Gm
C
F
Am
F
many a likely lad does what he can
Gm
C
F
Dbaug
to woo her from her faith
Bb
Eb
Ebaug
Abm
ful dad.
Ab
Db
Dbaug
She has a few pink an
F
Ebm
d white young fellas,
Db
Gb
but my little girl gets hungry
Edim
Fm
Ab
Eb
every night.
Db
Ab
Db
B
Dbaug
A
And she comes home to me.
F
A
I gotta get ready before she comes.
Ab
C
I gotta make certain that she
G
Em
won't be dragged up in slums
C
B
with a lot of bums like me.
E
She's gotta be sheltered and
fed and dressed
E
E
in the best that money can buy.
A
E
I never knew how to get money,
Em
F#m
Em
but I'll try, by God, I'll try.
B
G#
A
I'll go out and make it,
E
A
E
Em
E
Or steal it, or take it, or die!
E
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