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