Old Man In The Mirror

Intro 
                              C     F 
Saw my old man in the mirror today, 
                    G            C 
He had my face and not much to say 
            Am 
Same tired eyes, same crooked grin, 
           F 
Look like he'd been here a while, 
       C                     G 
just wait'in on me to come in 


[Verso 1]
 
             Am 
I shaved my chin he cleared his throat, 
                     F                                     C 
like he knew all the punch lines to joke's I never wrote 
               Am 
I said how ya been? He shruged it off, 
                    F 
like time's just someth'in ya cough and walk through 
                G                                           F 
He leaned back quiet arms crossed tight, like he'd already lived this part of my life 
 


[Refrão]
 
                    C                          Am 
I'm turn'in into my Dad bit by bit wear'in his years like a hammy down fit 
            F                                               G                                     C 
Sayin'in it "is what it is" when I can't explain, yeah I'm learn'in his lessons the hard way again 
 


[Verso 2]
 
                                                          Am 
I complain about prices at the grocery store, talk to the TV like it's keep'in score 
       F                                    G 
Fall asleep half way thru the news, wake up mad about noth'in I can use 
           Am                                  F 
I fold my shirts like he always did, leave the porch light on for the kids 
      C                                           G 
Got a tool box full of almost right plans, and a heart that breaks but still understands. 
 


[Refrão]
 
                    C                              Am 
Yeah Im turnin into my dad clear as day, same bad jokes just told a different way, 
                F                                       G                   C 
I don't run as fast but I stand my ground, and I listen more than I used to now. 
 


[Ponte]
 
Am                                 F 
He never talked much bout love and fear, 
Am                             F 
Showed up steady year after year, 
Am                  G                F 
Fixed what he could, let the rest be, 
        C              G            C 
and somehow that was enough for me. 
 


[Verso 3]
 
C                                               Am 
Catch myself humm'in a old sad tune, Talk'in to God in the afternoon, 
           F                                     G 
wav'in at folks that I barely know, like every stranger is an old frind tho, 
               Am                                 F 
If he's still there lookin back at me, I hope he knows what I finally see, 
           C                                    F 
He wasn't perfect, but he stayed, and that's a choice I hope I make. 
 


[Refrão]
 
                      C                            Am 
Yeah I'm turn'in into my dad I guess, carry'in his calm through the mess 
              F                           G 
If thats the road Im walk'in on, I don't mind where I'm headed from. 
 

Outro (Slow Down, one strum per chord) 
                     Am 
Saw my ol'man in the mirror today, 
          F                      C 
He nodded once, and he went away 
F   C