Ray Stevens 1987 – – – – Bill plays this in C
Now, [G] many many years ago when [D] I was twenty three, I was married to a widow who was [G] pretty as could be. This widow had a grown-up daughter [C] had hair of red. My [A] father fell in love with her and [D] soon the two were wed
This [G] made my dad my son-in-law, and [D] really changed my life. My daughter was my mother ’cause she [G] was my father’s wife. To complicate the matters, even [C] though it brought me joy, I [A] soon became the father of a [D] bouncing baby boy.
My [G] little baby then became a [D] brother-in-law to dad, and so became my uncle, though it [G] made me very sad. For if he was my uncle, that [C] also made him the brother of the [A] widow’s grown-up daughter; who, of course, was my [D] step-mother.
My [G] father’s wife then had a son that [D] kept them on the run; And he became my grandchild for he [G] was my daughter’s son. My wife is now my mother’s mother, and [C] it makes me blue, [A] because, she is my wife – She’s [D] my grandmother too
Now, [G] if my wife is my grandmother, than [D] I am her grandchild. And every time I think of it, it [G] nearly drives me wild. For now I have become the strangest [C] case you ever saw: As [A] husband of my grandmother I [D] am my own grandpa.
[G] I am my [D] own [G] grandpa.
[G] I’m my [G7] own [D] grandpa.
It sounds [G] funny I know, but it [C] really is so:
[G] I am my [D] own grand [G] pa
