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Old Man
Neil Young
Strum: B B D D U
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Intro: / F - - - / - - - - / - - - - / D - - - / - - - - / x2
F (3)
Old man look at my life,
D (2)
I'm a lot like you were.
F (3)
Old man look at my life,
D
I'm a lot like you were.
/ F - - - / C - - - / - - G - /
/ D - - - / F - - - / C - - - / F - - - /
D F
Old man look at my life,
C G
Twenty-four and there's so much more
D F
Live alone in a paradise
C F
That makes me think of two.
D F
Love lost, such a cost,
C G
Give me things that don't get lost.
D C
Like a coin that won't get tossed
F G
Rolling home to you.
Chorus:
/ D - - - / - - - - / Am7 - - Em7 / - - (G) - /
D (2)
Old man take a look at my life
[ Am7 Em7 G ]
I'm a lot like you
D (2)
I need someone to love me
[ Am7 Em7 G ]
the whole day through
D (2)
Ah, one look in my eyes
[ Am7 Em7 G ]
and you can tell that's true.
/D - - - / F - - - / C - - - / - - G - /
/ D - - - / F - - - / C - - - / F - - - /
D F
Lullabies, look in your eyes,
C G
Run around the same old town.
D F
Doesn't mean that much to me
C F
To mean that much to you.
D F
I've been first and last
C G
Look at how the time goes past.
D C
But I'm all alone at last.
F G
Rolling home to you.
Chorus
/ F - - - / - - - - / - - - - / D - - - / - - - - / x2
F (3)
Old man look at my life,
D (2)
I'm a lot like you were.
F (3)
Old man look at my life,
D
I'm a lot like you were.
/ F - - - / C - - - / - - G - /
End on D
This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.