This Old Man Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]Now dedicate this one to all the children
In Jamaica and all over the world
Coming from king Yellowman, you know?
(Watch this)

[Verse 2]
Yellowman, he played [C]one
He played knick- knack [G]on my drum
With a [C]knick- knack, paddy whack,
give a dog a bone
[G]Yellowman come rolling hom[C]e

[Verse 3]
Yellowman, he played two [C]Me
tell you no lie,
man, me [G]tell you the truth
Me [C]favorite color is yellow and blue
You love [G]me and I love [C]you

[Verse 4]
Yellowman, he played [C]three
All of the girls them [G]say they love me
So me [C]left from Jamaica
and go a Miami
Me live in a the [G]town and not the
coun[C]try

[Verse 5]
Yellowman, he played four [C]Me
left from Jamaica and [G]gone pon tour
Fe go [C]sing fe the rich and sing fe the poor
[G]Yellowman him a go tell
you the [C]score

[Verse 6]
Yellowman, he played five [C]Me
love reggae music, me [G]keep it alive
And me [C]want fe me honey,
me go a bee hive
[G]That's why Yellowman him haf[C]fi strive

[Verse 7]
Me climb from the bottom
then me reach to the top
Tell you Yellowman him
a the king of the crop
Nuff a talk 'bout me slim
but me know me no fat
Right a now man me hot pon the spot
1 o'clock, 2 o'clock, 3 o'clock rock
4 o'clock, 5 o'clock, me
rock non- stop
Tell you Yellowman he just a work
round the clock
Everybody know say me
hot 'pon the spot

[Verse 8]
Yellowman, he played [C]six
Me is a teacher with a [G]lot apprentice
And [C]everybody says that me full of lyrics
Some a talk 'bout that [G]but
listen to [C]this

[Verse 9]
Yellowman, he played seven [C]No
one wanna die but they
[G]want go heaven
And you [C]step on me foot I
beg your pardon
Sometimes [G]things happen fe
a reas[C]on

[Verse 10]
Yellowman, he played [C]eight
Great is great, great [G]shouldn't underrate
Me [C]love for me cassette and me
love for me tape
Excuse me now me [G]going on
[C]a date

[Verse 11]
Yellowman, he played nine [C]Me
look pon me watch and
me [G]tell you the time
[C]You want to know it's quarter to nine
[G]All a the girls make me feel
so [C]fine

[Verse 12]
Yellowman, he played ten [C]Pass
me the paper, [G]pass me the pen
[C]I gonna write a letter to me girlfriend
[G]And tell her fe come back [C]again

[Verse 13]
Me under me roots and plus me culture
Open the bible me read up the scripture
All the children down in a Africa
All the children down in America
All the children over in a Canada
What happen to the place
what they call Cuba?
Na forget the place named Jamaica
Saint Lucia and down in a Africa

[Verse 14]
Yellowman, he played [C]one
He played knick- knack [G]on my drum
With a [C]knick- knack, paddy whack,
give a dog a bone
[G]Yellowman is rolling hom[C]e

[Verse 15]
Yellowman, he played two [C]Me
favorite color man a [G]yellow and [C]blue
And you love me and i love you
I never turn my [G]back [C]on you

[Verse 16]
Yellowman, he played [C]three
All of the girls them say they love me
So me left from Jamaica
and go a Miami
Me live a King[G]ston I don't
live a coun[C]try

[Verse 17]
Yellowman, he played four [C]Me
left from Ja[G]maica and gone pon [C]tour...