Soliloquy Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
When [G]I found out that we
were playing
with the fantastic Phil[D]harmonic,
there was a piece of music
[Am]that I would like to [D]do.
It's about, like, being a father[G].
Alan, if you would, [D]please.
Some [Am]Carousel.[D][Am][D]
I [Am]wonder what he'll think [D]of me
I bet he'll [A]call me [Am]the old [D]man
And I'll bet he'll [G]think I can lick [C]any [D]other
[Dm]fella's father [Gm]well I [C]can[E][Eaug]
[E]And I bet that [Am]he turns out to[D] be
the spittin' image [Am]of his da[D]d
And he'll have [G]more common sense
[C]than [D]his puddin' headed
[Dm]father [G]ever [C]had
And [Am]I'll teach him to wrestle
and dive through wave
When we go in the mornings for a [D]swim
His [Gm]mother can teach him
the way to behave
But she won't make a sissy out of him
[A]Not him[D], not my boy,
[Baug]not Bill[G][C][D][C]
[D]Cause my boy [G]Bill,
I [Am]will see [D]that he's named after [G]me I [D]will
[G]My boy Bill, [C]he'll be [Am]tall
[D]and as tough as a [G]tree Will [Am]Bill
An[D]d like a t[G]ree he'll grow
with his [B]head held high
And his [Em]feet planted firm on the ground
[A]And you won[D]'t see nob[G]ody dar[D]e to try
[G]To for[D]ce him or tos[A]s him aro[D]und[Am]
No [G]pop -bellied, [C]baggy -eyed bully
[D]Will force him [G]around
I don't give a damn what he does
Just as long as he does what he likes
He can sit on his tail or work on a rail
With a [Gm]hammer and hammer and [Bb]spikes
He can ferry a boat on a river
Or pedal a pack on his back,
or just [D]walk up and down
the [G]streets of a town
with a [Am]whip and [D]a horse and [G]a hack.
He can [Gm]hold [Bb]a scowl along a canal,
[Bb]or r[Gm]un a cow ar[A]ound the corral,
or [Am]maybe [D]sing [F#dim]an d play t[Ab]he guitar.
Of [Adim]course, doing [D]that,
you can't get too far.
He [G]might be champ of the heavyweights,
or a fella that sells you glue.
A [Em]president of the [A]United States,
[C]that'd [Am]be al[Ab]l ri[G]ght, too
But he wouldn't be [D]president
unless he wanted to be, [G]not my [D]Bill
Cause [G]my boy Bill, he'll be [C]tall
[D]and as tough as a [G]tree will build
[D]And like a tre[G]e he'll grow
with his [B]head held high
and his [Em]feet planted firm on the ground
[A]An d you [D]won't see [G]nobody [D]dare to try
To boss him or toss [A]him [D]around
[C]No!
[G]Potbellied, [Am]flabby -faced,
[G]baggy -eyed, pot[Am] -bellied bully
[D]Don't boss him aro[A]und[Am]
And I'm damned if you'll
[E]marry [Am]his boss's daughter
A skinny -lipped virgin with
blood like water
We'll [D]give him [Dm]a peck and call it a kiss
and [E]look in his [Em]eyes [D]through a [E]lorn yet
But say [C]what am I talking about?
My [F]kid [D]ain't even been born [Am]yet,
but [F]I can see him when he's 17 or so
And just starting in to go with a girl
And I can give him lots
of pointers very sound
On the [F#]way to get [Abm]round any [F#]girl,
[F]I can tell him.
Yeah, Dad can tell him.
[Gm]But what if him turns out
[C]to [Cm]be a [C]girl?[Am]
[D]What do you say to a girl
[E]tha[D]t you[Am] can't say to the boy?[D]
You can have [G]fun with a [C]son,
but [D]you've got to be a [Dm]father
[Gm]to a g[C]irl[Eaug]
[E]She [Am]mightn't be so bad at [D]that,
a kid with [Am]ribbons in [D]her hair
A kind of [G]neat an[C]d petite,
little [D]tin type of [Dm]her mother,
[G]what a [C]pair![Fm][Bbsus4][Bb]
[Eb]My little gi[Baug]rl, pink and[G] bright,
[Ab]as peaches and cream as sh[Bbsus4]e
[Bb]And my l[Eb]ittle girl is half a[Ab]gain
as [Gm]bright [Fm]as girls were meant to[E] be
[Eb]Yes, dozens of [Gm]boys
[Ab]pursue [Gm]her
There's many a likely [Am]lad,
[D]does [G]what he [Em]can to [Am]woo her,[D]
[G]from [C]her fateful [F]dad.[Bb]
[Eb]Yes, she has a few,
[Baug]pink and bright young fe[Fm]llas,
[Ab]Of two a[Bb]nd three
Oh, [Gm]but my [Eb]little girl
Gets [Ab]hungry every [Bb]night
[Eb]And she comes [Bb]home to [Eb]me[Db][Ebsus4][Eb]
I got[B]ta get ready be[Eb]fore she comes
Got[Bb]ta ma[Dm]ke certain t[Bb]hat sh[Gb]e
Won't [Bbm]be dragged up in slums
With a [Gb]lot of bums like [F]me
She's [Bb]gotta be sheltered
and fed and dressed
In the best that money can buy
I [Eb]never knew how to get [Bb]money
But I'll [Ab]try, [Cdim]my God, [Bdim]I'll try[Bb]
[F]I'll [Bb]go out and ma[Eb]ke it, or st[Bb]eal it,
or [Eb]take it, or [Bb]die![Fm][Eb][Bb]
Thank you very much.
What a great man.