Key: D
Introduction:
D
He didnt have much
F
A pair of hard working hands
C
Everything that I needed
G
I got it from the old man
D
With a nine second dream
F
He drove the Redlight Bandit
C
And the grease on his hands
F
Was the way he commanded
D
And the life he demanded
F
It kept us all in a struggle
C
When he ruled with his fist
G
It kept us all out of trouble
D
Even though he would leave
F
He wore his heart on his sleeve
C
And by the way that he walked
F
He taught me how to believe
D Am7
Old man look at my life
Em7 G
Take a look, take a look
D Am7
Old man look at my life
Em7 G
cause I?m a lot like you
D/F# Am7 G
Old man, old man take a look at my life
D/F# Am7 G
Old man, old man take a look at my life
F C D
cause I?m a lot like you
D
Growin? up at the track
F
He had a reason for being fast
C
His heart felt like breaking
G
He?d look right up at the ceiling and
D
Start again,
F
never breathe a word of his loss
C
Cause it?s not about winning
G
It?s the rivers you cross
D
And the pain that you feel
F
Could be the fuel that you use
C
And if you?re in need of direction
G
Be it the path that you choose
D
My old man is a legend
F
He cast a shadow so great
C
I think of how he is watchin?
G
With every move that I make
D Am7
Old man look at my life
Em7 G
Take a look, take a look
D Am7
Old man look at my life
Em7 G
cause I?m a lot like you
D/F# Am7 G
Old man, old man take a look at my life
D/F# Am7 G
Old man, old man take a look at my life
F C D
cause I?m a lot like you
Now there?s no slowin? down