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.
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