Artist: Loudon Wainwright Iii
[INTRO]
[D] [G] [A] [G] [D]
[VERSE 1]
[D] Last week I attended a family a[G]ffair
And a [A]few remarked upon my recent [G]growth of facial [D]hair
[D]You look just like your father did with that beard someone [G]said
I a[A]nswered back I am him even [G]though my old man's [D]dead
I [A]didn't want to be [G]him[D] well at first I [A]did
[A]When I loved and looked [G]up to him[D] as a [A]little [D]kid
[VERSE 2]
[D]He sent me to his old school I was a numeral with his [G]name
And he [A]gave me this gold signet ring and he [G]wore one just the [D]same
[D]And I guess that I believed him and probably it was [G]true
When he [A]told me I was just like him, that's [G]what some fathers [D]do
But a [A]father's always [G]older and my [D]dad was rather [A]tall
[A]Who says size [G]doesn't matter, he was [D]big and [A]I was [D]small
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[D] [G] [A] [G] [D]
[VERSE 3]
[D]I needed to be big enough to be someone some[G]day
And I [A]learned I had to beat him and that [G]was the only [D]way
[D]I learned I had to fight him, my own flesh, blood, bone and [G]kin
But I [A]felt I was just like him can a [G]man's son be his [D]twin
First [A]we fought for my [G]mother, that af[D]forded little [A]joy
[A]When he left she was heart [G]broken and I was [D]still their [A]little [D]boy
[VERSE 4]
[D]But I started to get bigger and to win the ugly [G]game
When I [A]made a little money and I [G]got a bit of [D]fame
[D]And I saw how this could wound him, yes this could do the [G]trick
And if [A]I made it big enough I could [G]kill him off [D]quick
But how [A]can you murder [G]someone in a [D]way that they don't [A]die
[A]I didn't want to [G]kill him, that would [D]be s[A]uic[D]ide
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[D] [G] [A] [G] [D]
[VERSE 5]
[D]I got frightened so I backed off I let up and I was [G]through
And in the [A]end he did himself in usual[G]ly that's what we [D]do
[D]I'm alive and he is dead and neither of us [G]won
It's [A]spoiled for the victor once the [G]vanquishing is [D]done
A [A]man becomes im[G]mortal through his [D]daughter or his [A]son
[A]But when he fears his [G]legacy, a [D]man can [A]come un[D]done
[OUTRO]
[D]And the beard is a reminder I'm a living part of [G]him
Al[A]though my father's dead and gone I'm [G]his surviving [D]twin
[D] [G]
Al[A]though the old man's dead and gone I'm [G]his surviving [D]twin
[D] [G] [A] [G] [D]
[VERSE 1]
[D] Last week I attended a family a[G]ffair
And a [A]few remarked upon my recent [G]growth of facial [D]hair
[D]You look just like your father did with that beard someone [G]said
I a[A]nswered back I am him even [G]though my old man's [D]dead
I [A]didn't want to be [G]him[D] well at first I [A]did
[A]When I loved and looked [G]up to him[D] as a [A]little [D]kid
[VERSE 2]
[D]He sent me to his old school I was a numeral with his [G]name
And he [A]gave me this gold signet ring and he [G]wore one just the [D]same
[D]And I guess that I believed him and probably it was [G]true
When he [A]told me I was just like him, that's [G]what some fathers [D]do
But a [A]father's always [G]older and my [D]dad was rather [A]tall
[A]Who says size [G]doesn't matter, he was [D]big and [A]I was [D]small
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[D] [G] [A] [G] [D]
[VERSE 3]
[D]I needed to be big enough to be someone some[G]day
And I [A]learned I had to beat him and that [G]was the only [D]way
[D]I learned I had to fight him, my own flesh, blood, bone and [G]kin
But I [A]felt I was just like him can a [G]man's son be his [D]twin
First [A]we fought for my [G]mother, that af[D]forded little [A]joy
[A]When he left she was heart [G]broken and I was [D]still their [A]little [D]boy
[VERSE 4]
[D]But I started to get bigger and to win the ugly [G]game
When I [A]made a little money and I [G]got a bit of [D]fame
[D]And I saw how this could wound him, yes this could do the [G]trick
And if [A]I made it big enough I could [G]kill him off [D]quick
But how [A]can you murder [G]someone in a [D]way that they don't [A]die
[A]I didn't want to [G]kill him, that would [D]be s[A]uic[D]ide
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[D] [G] [A] [G] [D]
[VERSE 5]
[D]I got frightened so I backed off I let up and I was [G]through
And in the [A]end he did himself in usual[G]ly that's what we [D]do
[D]I'm alive and he is dead and neither of us [G]won
It's [A]spoiled for the victor once the [G]vanquishing is [D]done
A [A]man becomes im[G]mortal through his [D]daughter or his [A]son
[A]But when he fears his [G]legacy, a [D]man can [A]come un[D]done
[OUTRO]
[D]And the beard is a reminder I'm a living part of [G]him
Al[A]though my father's dead and gone I'm [G]his surviving [D]twin
[D] [G]
Al[A]though the old man's dead and gone I'm [G]his surviving [D]twin
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