My Fathers Fiddle

A Bm A D C G E ----------- B --------2-- G --2--4----- D ----------- A ----------- E ----------- A Bm A D C G E ----------- B --------2-- G --2--4----- D ----------- A ----------- E ----------- D A G D Country music was the backbone of his life A Any song you choose it, G D He’d play anything you liked. A Most every evening, G A You could find me by his side. Bm Em A Where I’d lend the third part harmony to mom and dad’s duets. Bm Em A Unill lullabies hung from my eyes and I wandered off to bed. D C G A And I can see my mother in this country home D C G I got a sister and two brothers all my own D C G A And believe me family unity was ever so strong D C G When I heard my father’s fiddle play, A D Some good old country songs. C G (When my father’s fiddle played) A D Some good old country songs. C G (When my father’s fiddle played) D A G D Country neighbors, they say that he’s the best around A To play their favorites G D A At every Friday night hoe-down, and late in the evening G A With the neighbors homeward bound Bm Em A His closings were as customary as turning out the lights Bm Em A A quarter for my pocket, a love song for his wife. D C G A And I can see my mother in this country home D C G I got a sister and two brothers all my own D C G A And believe me family unity was ever so strong D C G When I heard my father’s fiddle play, A D Some good old country songs. C G (When my father’s fiddle played) A D Some of those good old country songs. C G (When my father’s fiddle played) INSTRUMENTAL: D C G D C G A Bm F#m Ah, but where oh where has the time gone? G A Bm It’s been years since my ears have been played upon. A G I heard the fiddler lost his tune in some bar room A Bm And his family’s to another town, it must be lonesome Em A Wishing all of us could somehow find you now D C G A And I can see my mother, she lives all alone D C G I got a sister and two brothers but they’re all grown D C G A And believe me family unity was ever so strong D C G A D When I heard my father’s fiddle play some good old country songs. C G A D (Heard my father’s fiddle play) some good old country songs. C G A D (Heard my father’s fiddle play) some good old country songs. C G A D (Heard my father’s fiddle play) some of those good old country songs. C G When I heard him, playing, playing, playing on, A D Some good old country songs C G A D When I heard his fiddle play, hey-heeey, C G A D That fiddle when he’d play, some good old country songs. C G (When my father’s fiddle played) A D Awe, some country songs, C G (When my father’s fiddle played) G A D How I just love those good old country songs. C G A (When my father’s fiddle play-aaaed) D C G (When my father’s fiddle played) FADE OUT