Ray Stevens - I'm My Own Grandpa guitar chord

I'm My Own Grandpa

Ray Stevens

Begins in the key of “G”

INTRO : Strum the G chord

VERSE ONE

G D

Now many many years ago... when I was twenty-three.

G

I was married to a widow... who was pretty as can be.

G E Am

This widow ...had a grown-up daughter... who had hair of red.

A A7 D

My father fell in love with her and soon they too were wed.

VERSE TWO

G D

This made my dad... my son-in-law and really changed my very life.

G

My daughter was my mother...'cause she was my father's wife.

G E Am

To complicate the matter...even though it brought me joy.

A A7 D

I soon became the father...of a bouncing baby boy.

INSTRUMENTAL TURNAROUND : D - A - D

VERSE THREE

G D

My little baby then became...a brother-in-law to Dad

G

And so became my uncle, ...though it made me very sad

G E Am

For if he was my uncle, ...then that also made him brother

A A7 D D slide to Eb

Of the widow's grown-up daughter...who was also my stepmother

VERSE FOUR

Ab Eb

Father's wife then had a son...who kept them on the run

Ab

And he became my grandchild,...for he was my daughter's son

Ab F Bbm

My wife is now my mother's mother...and it makes me blue

B B7 Eb Eb slide to E

Because although she is my wife,...she's my grandmother too

VERSE FIVE

A E

Now if my wife is my grandmother,...then I'm her grandchild

A

And every time I think of it,...it nearly drives me wild.

A F# Bm

For now I have become...the strangest case you ever saw

B B7 E

As husband of my grandmother,...I am my own grand-pa.

CHORUS

A E A

Oh...I'm my own grand-pa.

D E

I'm my own grand-pa.

A D

It sounds funny I know, but it really is so

A E A

Oh, I'm my own grand-pa.

A

Listen to this now

A E A

I'm my own grand-pa.

D E

I'm my own grand-pa.

A D

It sounds funny I know, but it really is so

A E A

Oh, I'm my own grand-pa.