Introdução: Bm E9 Bm E9 Bm E9 Bm E9 I wonder what he'll think of me! I guess he'll call me the old man D A7 D A7 D F#7 I guess he'll think I can lick ev'ry other feller's father well, I can Bm E9 Bm E9 I bet that he'll turn out to be the spittin' image of his dad D But he'll have more common sense A7 D A7 D Than his pudding headed father ever had Bm I'll teach him to wrassle, and dive through Bm7 E9 A wave when we go in the mornin's for our swim Am His mother can teach him the way to behave, Am7 B7/13- But she won't make a sissy out o' him E7/9- Am9 D7M E5-/7 A7/9- D6 Not him! Not my boy! Not Bill! Bill! G G6 Am7 D7 G6 G#dim D7 My boy Bill! I will see that he is named after me, I will G G6 Am7 D7 G6 Bdim Am7 My boy, Bill! He'll be tall and tough as a tree, will Bill, D7 G B7 Like a tree he'll grow with his head held high Em A9 And his feet planted firm on the ground D G7M D G6 D A7 D And you won't see nobody dare to try to boss or toss him around! D9 G Am7 G7M D7 G C6 G C6 G C6 G C6 No pot-bellied, baggy-eyed bully'll boss him around G C6 G C6 I don't give a damn what he does G C6 G C6 As long as he does what he likes! G C6 G C6 He can sit on his tail or work on a rail G C6 Bb Eb6 Bb Eb6 With a hammer a hammering spikes Bb Eb6 Bb Eb6 He can ferry a boat on a river Bb Eb6 Bb Eb6 D7 Or peddle a pack on his back or work up and down G D7 The streets of a town with a whip and a horse G Gm A7 And a hack he can haul a scow along a canal Gm A7 F#m Ab7 Run a cow around a corral or maybe bark for a carrousel F#m D7 Of course it takes talent to do that well G C6 G C6 He might be a champ of the heavyweights G C6 G C6 Or a feller that sells you glue Em7 A7 C D5-/7 G Or President of the United States that'd be all right, too Am7 D7 His mother would like that G6 Ddim D7 But he wouldn't be President unless he wanted to be not Bill! G G6 Am7 D7 G6 Ddim Am7 My boy, Bill! He'll be tall and as tough as a tree, will Bill! D7 G B7 Like a tree he'll grow with his head held high Em A9 And his feet planted firm on the ground D G D G6 D A7 D And you won't see nobody dare to try to boss or toss him around! D9 G Am7 G No fat bottomed, flabby-faced, pot-bellied, Am7 G7M D7 Am7 Baggy-eyed bastard'll boss him around! Am And I'll be damned if he'll marry the boss' Am7 Daughter a skinny-lipped virgin with blood like water F6 Who'll give him a peck and call it a kiss E7 Gm6 G And look in his eyes through a lorgnette E7 Am Am7 Dm C E7 Am Say, why am I talkin' on like this? My kid ain't even been born, yet! F7 F6 F7 F6 I can see him when he's seventeen or so F7 F6 F7 F6 And startin' to go with a girl! F7 F6 F7 F6 I can give him lots of pointers, very sound Gb6 Abm6 Gb6 On the way to get 'round any girl F7 F6 F7 I can tell him wait a minute! Could it be? Gm7 C7 Am D9 Am D9 What the hell! What if he is a girl? Bill, oh Bill Am D9 What would I do with her? What could Am D9 I do for her? A bum with no money! C You can have fun with a son, G7 C G7 C E7 But you got to be a father to a girl Am D9 Am D9 She mighn't be so bad at that a kid with ribbons in her hair! C G7 C A kind o' neat and petite little tin-type G7 C Bb C7 Of her mother! What a pair, I can just hear myself bragging about her! F A7 Gm C7/13 C7 My little girl pink and white as peaches and cream is she F Bb F Gm Gm7 C5-/7 C7 My little girl is half again as bright as girls are meant to be! Am7 F Bb C7 Am7 F E7/A E7 Dozens of boys pursue her, many a likely lad A Bm9 E7 A7 D7 G7/13 C7 Does what he can to woo her from her faithful dad F A7 Gm C7/13 C7 She has a few pink and white young fellers of two and three F Bb F G9 F C7 F But my little girl gets hungry ev'ry night and she come home to me! B Eb I got to get ready before she comes! Bb7M Gb Bbm I got to make certain that she won't be dragged up in slums Bbm7 Gb Ebm F Bb Dm Bb With a lot o' bums like me she's got to be sheltered and fed and dressed Dm Bb Dm Bb Eb7M Ebm Bb In the best money can buy! I never knew how to get money Bbdim F7 Bdim Bbm F But, I'll try, by God! I'll try! Bb Eb F Bb7M Eb Bb Db F7 Bb I'll go out and make it or steal it or take it or die!