I Am my Own Grandpa

Ray Stevens 1987 – KEY OF G BELOW – Bill plays this in C

Now, [C] many many years ago when [G] I was twenty three, I was married to a widow who was [C] pretty as could be. This widow had a grown-up daughter [F] had hair of red. My [D] father fell in love with her and [G] soon the two were wed

This [C] made my dad my son-in-law, and [G] really changed my life. My daughter was my mother  ’cause she [C] was my father’s wife. To complicate the matters, even [F] though it brought me joy, I [D] soon became the father of a [G] bouncing baby boy.

My [C] little baby then became a [G] brother-in-law to dad, and so became my uncle, though it [C] made me very sad. For if he was my uncle, that [F] also made him the brother of the [D] widow’s grown-up daughter; who, of course, was my [G] step-mother.

My [C] father’s wife then had a son that [G] kept them on the run; And he became my grandchild for he [C] was my daughter’s son. My wife is now my mother’s mother, and [F] it makes me blue, [D] because, she is my wife – She’s [G] my grandmother too

Now, [C] if my wife is my grandmother, than [G] I am her grandchild. And every time I think of it, it [C] nearly drives me wild. For now I have become the strangest [F] case you ever saw: As [D] husband of my grandmother I [G] am my own grandpa.

[C] I am my [G] own [C] grandpa.
[C] I’m my [C7] own [G] grandpa.
It sounds [C] funny I know, but it [F] really is so:
[C] I am my [G] own grand [C] pa

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Now, [G] many many years ago when [D] I was twenty three, I was married to a widow who was [G] pretty as could be. This widow had a grown-up daughter [C] had hair of red. My [A] father fell in love with her and [D] soon the two were wed

This [G] made my dad my son-in-law, and [D] really changed my life. My daughter was my mother  ’cause she [G] was my father’s wife. To complicate the matters, even [C] though it brought me joy, I [A] soon became the father of a [D] bouncing baby boy.

My [G] little baby then became a [D] brother-in-law to dad, and so became my uncle, though it [G] made me very sad. For if he was my uncle, that [C] also made him the brother of the [A] widow’s grown-up daughter; who, of course, was my [D] step-mother.

My [G] father’s wife then had a son that [D] kept them on the run; And he became my grandchild for he [G] was my daughter’s son. My wife is now my mother’s mother, and [C] it makes me blue, [A] because, she is my wife – She’s [D] my grandmother too

Now, [G] if my wife is my grandmother, than [D] I am her grandchild. And every time I think of it, it [G] nearly drives me wild. For now I have become the strangest [C] case you ever saw: As [A] husband of my grandmother I [D] am my own grandpa.

[G] I am my [D] own [G] grandpa.
[G] I’m my [G7] own [D] grandpa.
It sounds [G] funny I know, but it [C] really is so:
[G] I am my [D] own grand [G] pa

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