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