Old Man - Neil Young
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This is one of my favourite Neil Young songs and is relatively easy to play, but
mastering all the embellishments in Neil's chord picking (not shown here) is more tricky.
Intro
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B|---------6
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E|-----0h2--
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G|--2-------
D|--0-------
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(Repeat abov
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2--2--|-------2-------2--2--|
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(play as intro)
Old man look
at my life, I
'm a lot like
you were.
Old man look
at my life ,
I'm a lot like
you were
Verse
Old man look
at my life, t
wenty four and
there's so mu
ch more.
Live alone i
n a paradise t
hat makes me t
hink of two.
Love lost, s
uch a cost, gi
ve me things t
hat don't get
lost.
Like a coin
that won't get
tossed rollin
g home to you
Bass run into chorus
Chorus
Intro
Old man take
a look at my
life I'm a lot
like you.
I need someo
ne to love me
the whole day
through.
Ah, one look
in my eyes an
d you can tell
that's true.
Bridge to verse
2nd Verse
Lullabies, l
ook in your ey
es, run around
the same old
town.
Doesn't mean
that much to
me to mean tha
t much to you.
I've been fi
rst and last,
look at how th
e time goes pa
st.
But I'm all
alone at last,
rolling home
to you.
Run into chorus
Repeat chorus
Repeat intro
But on the last "you were" finish with...
you were.