I'm My Own Grandpa — Steve Goodman

Chords and lyrics for I'm My Own Grandpa by Steve Goodman (key of C).

Verse 1

[C]Many many years ago [G]when I was twenty [G7]three
I was married to a widow who was [C]pretty as could [C7]be
This [F]widow had a grown-up daughter [C]who had [C/B]hair of [A7]red
My [D7]father fell in love with her and [G]soon these two were [G7]wed

Verse 2

This [C]made my dad my son-in-law and it [G]changed my [G7]life
My daughter was my mother cause [C]she's father's [C7]wife
Just to [F]complicate the situation, [C]though it [C/B]brought me [A7]joy
I [D7]soon became the father of a [G]bouncing baby [G7]boy

Verse 3

And [C]this little baby then became a [G]brother-in-law to [G7]dad
And this made him my uncle though it [C]made me [C7]sad
Cause [F]if he was my uncle then he [C]also [C/B]was a [A7]brother
To [D7]the widow's grown-up daughter who was [G]my [G7]step-mother

Verse 4

[C]Father's wife then had a son [G]who kept him on the [G7]run
And he became my grandchild cause [C]he was my daughter's [C7]son
My [F]wife is now my mother's mother [C]and that [C/B]makes me [A7]blue
[D7]Because although she is my wife she's [G]my grandmother [G7]too

Verse 5

And [C]if my wife is my grandmother [G]then I am her [G7]grandchild
And every time I think of that, it [C]almost drives me [C7]wild
For [F]now I have become the strangest [C]case you [C/B]ever [A7]saw
As [D7]husband of my grandmother I [G]am my own [G7]grandpa

Chorus

[C]Well I'm [G7]my own [C][C7]grandpa
[F]I'm my own [G]grandpa[G7]
That [C]may [F]sound [C]funny I [C7]know, but it [F]really is [F7]so
[C]I'm my [G7]own [F]grandpa[C]
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