C G
Now many, many years ago, when I was twenty-three,
G7 C
I was married to a widow who was pretty as could be.
C7 Dm
This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red,
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my father fell in love with her, and soon the two were wed.
[Verse 2]
C G
This made my dad my son-in-law and changed my very life,
G7 C
my daughter was my mother, cause she was my father's wife.
C7 Dm
To complicate the matter, even though it brought me joy,
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I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy.
[Verse 3]
C G
My little baby then became a brother-in-law to Dad,
G7 C
and so became my uncle, though it made me very sad.
C7 Dm
For if he was my uncle, that also made him brother
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of the widow's grown-up daughter, who, of course, was my stepmother.
[Chorus]
C G C F Dm G
I'm my own grandpa, I'm my own grandpa!
C C7 F D
It sounds funny, I know, but it really is so,
C G C
oh, I'm my own grandpa!
[Verse 4]
C G
My father's wife then had a son who kept him on the run,
G7 C
and he became my grandchild, for he was my daughter's son.
C7 Dm
My wife is now my mother's mother, and it makes me blue,
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because she is my wife, she's my grandmother, too.
[Chorus]
C G C F Dm G
I'm my own grandpa, I'm my own grandpa!
C C7 F D
It sounds funny, I know, but it really is so,
C G C
oh, I'm my own grandpa!
[Verse 5]
C G
Now if my wife is my grandmother, then I'm her grandchild,
G7 C
and every time I think of it, it nearly drives me wild.
C7 Dm
For now, I have become the strangest case you ever saw,
D D7 G G7
as the husband of my grandmother, I am my own grandpa!
[Chorus]
C G C F Dm G
I'm my own grandpa, I'm my own grandpa!
C C7 F D
It sounds funny, I know, but it really is so,
C G C
oh, I'm my own grandpa!
[Chorus]
C G C F Dm G
I'm my own grandpa, I'm my own grandpa!
C C7 F D
It sounds funny, I know, but it really is so,
C G C
oh, I'm my own grandpa!
