Tom: D major
Verse 1
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I wonder what he'll think of me.
F#
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I guess he'll call me the old man.
B
I guess he'll think I can lick every
E
other fella's father.
Bm
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Caug
Well, I can.
G#
E
A
I bet that he'll turn out to be the
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spittin' of his dad,
but he'll have more common sense
B
than his puddin' -headed
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B
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father ever had.
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I'll teach him to wrestle and
dive through a wave
F#
when we go in the mornings for our swim.
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His mother can teach him the way to behave,
but she won't make
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a sissy out of him.
A
Not him.
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Bm
Not my boy.
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E
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Not Bill. Bill. My boy Bill,
Bm
B
E
A
E
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I will see that he's named af ter me. I will. My boy Bill,
E
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he'll be tall and as tough as a tree.
B
A
Well, Bill, like a tree he'll grow
with his head held high
F#
an d his feet planted firm on the ground.
A
E
And you won't see nobody dare
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to try to boss him
or toss him around.
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B
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No pot -bellied, baggy -eyed bully
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will boss him around.
I don't give a hang what he does,
as long as he does what he likes.
He can sit on his tail
or work on a rail
with a hammer, a hammer
C
and spikes.
He can ferry a boat on a river
or pedal a pack on his back.
E
Or work up and down
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the streets of a town
E
A
with a whip and a horse and a hack.
C
B
He can haul a scowl along a canal,
C
B
run a cow around a corral,
G#m
G
B
or maybe bark for a carousel.
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Of course,
G#m
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it takes talent to do that well.
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He might be a champ of the heavyweights,
or a fellow that sells you glue,
F#
B
or president of the United States.
Bm
B
A
that it'd be all right too.
E
His mother would like that,
but he wouldn't be president
A
unless he wanted to be.
E
A
Not Bill. My boy Bill,
Bm
E
A
he'll be tall and as tough as a tree.
B
A
Well, Bill, like a tree he'll grow
with his head held high
F#
an d his feet planted firm on the ground.
G
E
And you won't see nobody
dare to try to boss him
or toss him around.
D
Bm
No fat -bottomed, flabby -faced, pot -bellied, draggy
E
Bm
B
-eyed bully will boss him around.
Bm
And I'm hanged if he'll
marry his boss's daughter,
a skinny -lipped lady with blood like water,
B
C
Who'd give him a peck and call it a kiss,
E
A
And look in his eyes through a lorgnette?
F#
B
G
C
Say, why am I taking on like this?
Bm
G
B
C
My kid ain't even been born yet.
G
I can see him when
Em
G
he's seventeen or so,
Em
G
And starting in to go with a girl.
Em
G
Em
I can give him lots of pointers
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Em
G
F
very sound on the way to get
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around any girl
Fm
F
G
I can tell him wait a minute
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could it be what the what
Am
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C
F
C
B
if he is a girl
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Em
B
F#
Em
Oh, Bill. Bill.
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F#
What would I do with her?
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G
F#
Em
What could I do for her?
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G
A bum with no money.
F#
G
A
You can have fun with a son
Em
A
F#
A
But you gotta be a father to a girl
F#
E
She mightn't be so bad at that,
G
Em
her kid with ribbons in her hair.
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What kind of sweet and petite
Em
little tintype of her mother
A
D
G
would offend my little girl?
Am
Pink and white as peaches
C
D
Bm
and cream is she.
G
C
My little girl is half again
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Em
A
Am
C
G
as bright as girls are meant to be.
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G
C
D
Dozens of boys pursue her,
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many a likely lead.
F#
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E
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Does what he can to woo her,
B
E
A
from her faithful dad.
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G
B
Em
She has a few pink and white
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Am
C
D
young fellers of two or three.
Bm
G
Bm
D
Em
But my little girl get
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G
s hungry every night,
Em
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G
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and she comes home to me.
Fm
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I gotta get ready before she comes.
Em
C
I gotta make certain that she
G#
C
Won't be dragged up in slums
G#
G
With a lot of bums like me
C
She's gotta be sheltered
and fed and dressed
In the best that money can buy
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C
I never knew how to get money
G
Em
But I'll try, I'll try
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G
C
F
I'll try, I'll go out and make it,
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F
C#dim
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or steal it, or take it, or die!
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