Old Man - Neil Young

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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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[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.