Tuning: Standard
No Capo
Strumming pattern will be added later on :)
[Chords]
Basically, all Chords found in these Sheet can are explained here !
G G/F# G/E Em Em7 C C7 D Dsus4
e|---3----|--2-----|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-2------|---3----|
B|--------|--------|--------|--------|----3---|-1------|----3---|---3----|---3----|
G|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-2------|-2------|
D|--------|--------|--------|-2------|-2------|---2----|--2-----|--------|--------|
A|-2------|--2-----|-2------|-2------|-2------|-----3--|----3---|X-------|X-------|
E|---3----|--2-----|--------|--------|--------|X-------|X-------|X-------|X-------|
Note: You can replace single D strums with Dsus4 for modulation.
[Intro] x2
G Em C D
[Verse 1]
G Em7
Was tryin' to make a buck playing on the street
C7 D
When I met this man from India
G Em7
He startet telling me 'bout his life
C7 D
And why he left home so young
G Em7
Found a new home in the British Empire
C7 D
For which he served over fourty years
G Em7
And would jump from planes with a parachute
C7 D
Knowing that he might die
[Pre Chorus]
C
He was standing there right in front of me
G G/F# G/E
Listening while I sing
C
He should know now much he's given me
D
Where do I begin
[Chorus]
G Em7
Old man you've been blessed
C7 D
A life with tears and with happiness
G Em7
Who you met, who you loved
C7 D
Your story needs to be told
G Em7
There ain't much you've missed
C7 D
Some were killed and some were kissed
C7 D
From Singapore to London
C7 D G Em7 C7
You hitchhiked in nineteen sixty nine
D G Em7 C7 D
In nineteen sixty nine
[Verse 2]
G Em7
Some of the countries he was stationed in
C7 D
Have ever since even changed their name
G Em7
Where the weather was hot and where it was cold
C7 D
He'd go where ever he was told
G Em7
Had a beautiful girl in Sweden
C7
By the look in his eyes
D
She must have been nice
G Em7
Wonders sometimes how his life would have been
C7 D
If he had stayed with her
[Pre Chorus]
C
He was standing there right in front of me
G G/F# G/E
Listening while I sing
C
He should know now much he's given me
D
Where do I begin
[Chorus]
G Em7
Old man you've been blessed
C7 D
A life with tears and with happiness
G Em7
Who you met, who you loved
C7 D
Your story needs to be told
G Em7
There ain't much you've missed
C7 D
Some were killed and some were kissed
C7 D
From Singapore to London
C7 D C7
You hitchhiked in nineteen sixty nine
[Solo]
Em7 C7 Em7 C7 Em7 D
[Chorus]
G Em7
Old man you've been blessed
C7 D
A life with tears and with happiness
G Em7
Who you met, who you loved
C7 D
Your story needs to be told
G Em7
There ain't much you've missed
C7 D
Some were killed and some were kissed
C7 D
From Singapore to London
C7 D C
You hitchhiked in nineteen sixty nine.
[Outro]
Em7 C7 Em7 C7 Em7
