Biography:
Harry Chapin (December 7, 1942 – July 16, 1981) was an American singer and songwriter. Chapin's debut album, Heads and Tales (1972), was a success thanks to the single "Taxi". His follow-up album, Sniper and Other Love Songs, was less successful; but his third, Short Stories, was a major success. Verities & Balderdash, released soon after, was even more successful, bolstered by the chart-topping hit single "Cat's in the Cradle". He also wrote and performed a Broadway musical, The Night That Made America Famous.
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Other songs:
- Cats In The Cradle
- Circle
- Dreams Go By
- Tangled Up Puppet
- Cat’s In The Cradle
- 30000 Pounds Of Bananas
- A Better Place To Be
- A Better Place To Be Version 2
- All My Lifes A Circle
- Any Old Kind Of Day
- Better Place To Be
- Copper
- Coreys Coming
- Coreys Coming Long
- Could You Put Your Light On Please
- Flowers Are Red
- I Wanna Learn A Love Song
- I Wonder What Happened To Him
- I Wonder What Would Happen To This World
- Jenny
- Last Of The Protest Singers
- Last Stand
- Let Time Go Lightly
- Mail Order Annie
- Mr Tanner
- November Rains
- Old Folkie
- Poor Damned Fool
- Remember When The Music
- Saturday Morning
- Sequel
- She Is Always Seventeen
- Shooting Star
- Six String Orchestra
- Story Of A Life
- Stranger With The Melodies
- Sunday Morning Sunshine
- Taxi
- The Rock
- The Shortest Story
- What Made America Famous
- Wold
- You Are The Only Song
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[Intro]
D5 D4 (2x)
[Verse 1]
D5
He's the man with the banjo
And the twelve string guitar
D4
And he's singin' us a song
To tell us who we are
D5
When you look in his eyes
D4
You know that somebody's in there
[Verse 2]
D5
Yeah he knows where we're going
And where we been
D4
And how the fog is gettin' thicker
Where the future should begin
D5
When you look at his life
D4
You know that he's really been there
[Chorus]
A C
Still what is that name that they're callin' that man
Em
What is that name that they're callin' that man
A A/G - A/F# - A/E
You know...
D G
He's always the old folkie
D G
They say he's always bleedin'
D G
But whenever somebody's needin' him
Em A
He's the one who cares
D G
He's always the old folkie
D G
Whenever somethin's burnin'
D G
Or a lesson needs some learnin'
D D/C# Bm
Or a tide that needs some turnin'
Bm/A Em A
To some better world somewhere
Em A D
Yeah the old folkie's there...
[Instrumental]
D - G - D - G
[Verse 3]
D Dsus4 D
Yeah for forty years now he's been pushin' on
G Gsus G
Carryin' the dream 'cause Woody's long gone
D Dsus4 D G Gsus - G - Gsus
He's the last voice singing that bound for glory song
D Dsus4 D
And if you've never seen him you might take a look
G Gsus G
He's the man that put the meanin' in the music book
D Dsus4 D G Gsus - G
Yeah the world may be tired but Pete's still goin' strong
[Chorus]
A C
Still what is that name that they're callin' that man
Em
What is that name that they're callin' that man
A A/G - A/F# - A/E
You know...
D G
He's always the old folkie
D G
They say he's always bleedin'
D G
But whenever somebody's needin' him
Em A
He's the one who cares
D G
He's always the old folkie
D G
Whenever somethin's burnin'
D G
Or a lesson needs some learnin'
D D/C# Bm
Or a tide that needs some turnin'
Bm/A Em A
To some better world somewhere
Em A D
Yeah the old folkie's there...
[Instrumental]
D - G - Gsus (4x's)
[Chorua]
A C
Still what is that name that they're callin' that man
Em
Still what is that name that they're callin' that man
A Asus4 - Emaj7/11/A
You know...
D G
He's always the old folkie
D G
Singin' for some hopeless cause
D G
Shoutin' down the mountain top
Em A
The wind is his only applause
D G
He's always the old folkie
D G
We don't know what we're missin'
D G
'Cause nobody ever listens
D D/C# Bm
'Cept the lovers as they're kissin'
Bm/A Em A
Aw he's singin' for them somewhere
Em A D
Yeah the old folkie's there
Em A D
The old folkie's there...
[Outro]
G - D - G - Gsus - D
D5 D4 (2x)
[Verse 1]
D5
He's the man with the banjo
And the twelve string guitar
D4
And he's singin' us a song
To tell us who we are
D5
When you look in his eyes
D4
You know that somebody's in there
[Verse 2]
D5
Yeah he knows where we're going
And where we been
D4
And how the fog is gettin' thicker
Where the future should begin
D5
When you look at his life
D4
You know that he's really been there
[Chorus]
A C
Still what is that name that they're callin' that man
Em
What is that name that they're callin' that man
A A/G - A/F# - A/E
You know...
D G
He's always the old folkie
D G
They say he's always bleedin'
D G
But whenever somebody's needin' him
Em A
He's the one who cares
D G
He's always the old folkie
D G
Whenever somethin's burnin'
D G
Or a lesson needs some learnin'
D D/C# Bm
Or a tide that needs some turnin'
Bm/A Em A
To some better world somewhere
Em A D
Yeah the old folkie's there...
[Instrumental]
D - G - D - G
[Verse 3]
D Dsus4 D
Yeah for forty years now he's been pushin' on
G Gsus G
Carryin' the dream 'cause Woody's long gone
D Dsus4 D G Gsus - G - Gsus
He's the last voice singing that bound for glory song
D Dsus4 D
And if you've never seen him you might take a look
G Gsus G
He's the man that put the meanin' in the music book
D Dsus4 D G Gsus - G
Yeah the world may be tired but Pete's still goin' strong
[Chorus]
A C
Still what is that name that they're callin' that man
Em
What is that name that they're callin' that man
A A/G - A/F# - A/E
You know...
D G
He's always the old folkie
D G
They say he's always bleedin'
D G
But whenever somebody's needin' him
Em A
He's the one who cares
D G
He's always the old folkie
D G
Whenever somethin's burnin'
D G
Or a lesson needs some learnin'
D D/C# Bm
Or a tide that needs some turnin'
Bm/A Em A
To some better world somewhere
Em A D
Yeah the old folkie's there...
[Instrumental]
D - G - Gsus (4x's)
[Chorua]
A C
Still what is that name that they're callin' that man
Em
Still what is that name that they're callin' that man
A Asus4 - Emaj7/11/A
You know...
D G
He's always the old folkie
D G
Singin' for some hopeless cause
D G
Shoutin' down the mountain top
Em A
The wind is his only applause
D G
He's always the old folkie
D G
We don't know what we're missin'
D G
'Cause nobody ever listens
D D/C# Bm
'Cept the lovers as they're kissin'
Bm/A Em A
Aw he's singin' for them somewhere
Em A D
Yeah the old folkie's there
Em A D
The old folkie's there...
[Outro]
G - D - G - Gsus - D
Harry Styles
Harry Woods
Hart
Harvey Beaks
Harvey Danger