The Old Man And His Fiddle lyrics and chords

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The Old Man And His Fiddle
Recorded by Red Steagall
Written by Red Steagall and Richard O'Brien
[3/4 time]

C                 G7       F             C
In a trunk in the attic in Grandmother’s house
   Am       Dm              G7
An old photograph caught my eye
   C              G7           F           C
An old man with a fiddle and a cane bottom chair
   F             G7           C    G7
No name just the date that he died

          C          G7       F             C
Though he lived long ago in a world I don’t know
    Am          Dm         G7
And places that I’ve never been
    C       G7           F          C
His picture allows me to go back in time
   F            G7      C
To hear his old fiddle again

                           F          Dm
Did he fiddle the lonesome away for a while 
         F                        G7
Did they dance as he played ‘em a tune
C                    E7          F
Did the young lovers sway to the Westphalia Waltz
       D7                   G7
In the glow of the Santa Fe moon

         E7         Am            G7     C
Did they dream of a home that was so far away
        F               Dm          G7
And the loved ones that they left behind
      C                E7           F             Dm
Did a waltz across the sea from the green Ireland shores
    F             G7         C    G7
And take ’em back home for a time

  C        G7               F             C
I imagined he played as the ship rode the waves
     Am       Dm                 G7
On a sea that seemed endless and strange
      C        G7            F           C
I can hear him play now in a green river camp        
          F          G7             C
While the bush sways and beaver men sing

                  G7              F         C
And I’ll bet that he played on an old Irish jig
        Am            Dm     G7
As they camped on the Oregon Trail
   C               G7      F          C
In the candlelight glow of Kansas sod home
   F               G7           C
He drowned out the prairie with swing

Repeat #3,4

       C          G7        F          C
Did he play Faded Love on a west Texas night
         Am                Dm           G7
When the ranch folks would gather for a while
       C           G7                 F              C
Though the draught and the wind put a frown on their face
         F            G7        C
Did they dance and forget for a while 

Repeat #3,4

      C                E7           F             Dm
Did a waltz across the sea from the green Ireland shores
    F             G7         C
And take ’em back home for a time

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