Old Man - Neil Young
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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
[Intro]
First chord is played as follows...
Hammer on and
down, up, down
e|-0-|---|
B|---|-6-|
G|-5-|---|
D|-0-|---|
A|-0-|---|
E|-x-|-x-| Mut
off G at 5th fret x3 then slide same chord structure down to 2nd fret doing strum
while doing hammer ons and pull offs on the high e string at frets 3 then 2.
e with thumb
[Chorus]
Old man, lo
ok at my life,
I'm a lot lik
e you were
Old man, lo
ok at my life,
I'm a lot lik
e you were
[Instrumental]
[Verse 1]
Old man, loo
k at my life
Twenty four
and there's so
much more
Live alone i
n a paradise
That makes me
think of two
[Verse 2]
Love lost, s
uch a cost
Give me thin
gs that don't
get lost
Like a coin
that won't get
tossed
Rollin' home t
o you
[Link]
DWB: (Between to D and Am7, try Dsus4->D->Dsus2->D, pulling-off the high E from the
3rd fret to 2nd fret to open E, then a quick punch on the 2nd fret again)
[Chorus]
Old man, tak
e a look at my
life I'm a lo
t like you
I need someo
ne to love me
the whole day
through
Oh, one look
in my eyes an
d you can tell
that's true
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
Lullabies, l
ook in your ey
es
Run around t
he same old to
wn
Doesn't mean
that much to
me
To mean that m
uch to you
[Verse 4]
I've been fi
rst and last
Look at how
the time goes
past
But I'm all
alone at last
Rolling home t
o you
[Link]
[Chorus]
Old man, tak
e a look at my
life I'm a lo
t like you
I need someo
ne to love me
the whole day
through
Oh, one look
in my eyes an
d you can tell
that's true
[Outro]
Old man, lo
ok at my life,
I'm a lot lik
e you were
Old man, lo
ok at my life,
I'm a lot lik
e you were
: x00560
: x00233
: x00320
: x02010
: 022030
FM7 is x00560, and you repeatedly hammer-on the third (G) string (0h5).
The mention of Dsus4 is to indicate that you should fiddle around with the
high E string, between D, Dsus4 and Dsus2.