Chords/Tabulature for
Old Man

Submitted by: Malc Brookes (malc@malbro.demon.co.uk)

Notes about this song:

• I'm not sure what the correct name for the first chord is but I've had a guess at Dm7/add2.
• Comment from David Katz (djk0921@geopsun.tamu.edu): One thing I noticed - I think there's a quick G thrown at the end of the chorus verse after the Em7 before going back to the D. Also, isn't the name of the that intro chord on the 5th and 6th some sort of F?
• The detailed Intro Tab at the end was submitted by Nicolas Menard (mhmenard@nordnet.fr).
• As of the 1999 Solo Tour, Neil has begun playing this with Dropped Standard tuning (DGCFAD).

Dm7/add2: (xx0560)

Intro:
    Dm7add2
  E|---------0--0--0--|----------0--0--0--|
  B|------6--6--6--6--|---6---6--6--6--6--|
  G|----0h5--5--5--5--|-0h5-0h5--5--5--5--|
  D|--0---------------|-------------------|
  A|------------------|-------------------|
  E|------------------|-------------------|

    Dm7add2
  E|---------0--0--0--|----------0--0--0--|
  B|------6--6--6--6--|---6---6--6--6--6--|
  G|----0h5--5--5--5--|-0h5-0h5--5--5--5--|
  D|--0---------------|-------------------|
  A|------------------|-------------------|
  E|------------------|-------------------|

    D
  E|-----0h2--------|--2--3p2-----0h2-----|
  B|----------3--3--|----------3-------3--|
  G|----------2--2--|----------2-------2--|
  D|--0-------------|---------------------|
  A|----------------|---------------------|
  E|----------------|---------------------|

  (Repeat above)

  Dm7/add2
  Old man look at my life, I'm a lot like

  D
  you were.

  Dm7/add2
  Old man look at my life I'm a lot like

  D        F      C     G
  you were.

  D        F      C      F

Verse:
  D       F               C                                G
  Old man look at my life, twenty four and there's so much more.

  D               F             C                 F
  Live alone in a paradise that makes me think of two.

  D          F           C                              G
  Love lost, such a cost, give me things that won't get lost.

  D                C                F               G
  Like a coin that won't get tossed rolling home to you

 (base run from G into D of Chorus, notes: G A B C D)

Chorus:
  D   D Dsus4 D Am7 Em7

  D                                    Am7      Em7
  Old man take a look at my life I'm a lot like you.

  D                             Am7       Em7
  I need someone to love me the whole day through.

  D                                   Am7         Em7
  Ah, one look in my eyes and you can tell that's true.

  D   F   C   G
  D   F   C   F

2nd Verse:
  Lullabys, look in your eyes, run around the same old town.
  Doesn't mean that much to me to mean that much to you.
  I've been first and last, look at how the time goes past.
  But I'm all alone alone at last, rolling home to you.

(repeat chorus and go immediately into intro again
but on the last "you were" finish as below...)

D        F      C     G     D
you were.



A very detailed intro tab:

Legend:
  h  : hammer on
  ( ): 'play it or not, as you feel it'
  p  : pull off
  /  : slide up

Dm9: xx0560

(some notes are more or less muted  -- listen to the tape.)

  Dm9
e:---------|---0--------|---------0--|------0--0--|------------|
B:---6-----|6--------6--|6--------6--|---6--6--6--|6--6-----6--|
G:5--0-h5--|5-----5-----|0-h5--5-(5)-|------------|0-h5--5--5--|
D:0--------|------0-----|------0-----|0-----------|------0-----|
A:---------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
E:---------|------------|------------|------------|------------|

               D                                                 Dm9
e:---0--------|---0-h2--|---------|3-p2--------|---0--------|----0--|
B:6--6--6--6--|---------|---------|------------|---3--------|/6--6--|
G:5--5--5--0--|2--------|2--2--2--|------2--2--|2-----2--0--|-------|
D:------------|0--------|------0--|------0-----|0-----------|-------|
A:------------|---------|---------|------------|------------|-------|
E:------------|---------|---------|------------|------------|-------|


e:---0--0--0--|------------|---0--0--0--|------------|---0-----0--|
B:---6--6--6--|6--6-----6--|---6--6--6--|6--6-----6--|6--6--6-----|
G:5-----------|0-h5--5--5--|5-----------|0-h5-----5--|5-----5-----|
D:0-----------|------------|------------|------0-----|------------|
A:------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
E:------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|

  D                                               Dm9
e:---0-h2--|---------|3-p2-----2--|---0---------|-0--0--0--0---|
B:---------|---------|3--------3--|3--3--3--/6--|(6)-----------|
G:2--------|2--2--2--|------2-----|2-----2------|(5)-----------|
D:0--------|------0--|------------|-------------|(0)-----------|
A:---------|---------|------------|-------------|--------------|
E:---------|---------|------------|-------------|--------------|
                                                        old

e:--(0)-0--0--|-------0--0--|------0--0--|------0--0--|------0--0--|
B:6-(6)(6)----|----6-(6)(6)-|-----(6)(6)-|---6-(6)(6)-|-----(6)(6)-|
G:0-h5--5-----|-------------|0-h5--------|------------|0-h5--------|
D:------------|0------------|------------|0-----------|------------|
A:------------|-------------|------------|------------|------------|
E:------------|-------------|------------|------------|------------|
  man         look at my     life         I'       m   lot    like

  D                                               Dm9
e:---0-h2--|---------|3-p2--------|---0---------|-0--0--0--0---|
B:---------|3--3-----|3--------3--|---3-----/6--|(6)-----------|
G:---------|---------|------2-----|2-----2------|(5)-----------|
D:0--------|------0--|------------|-------------|(0)-----------|
A:---------|---------|------------|-------------|--------------|
E:---------|---------|------------|-------------|--------------|
  you        were                                       old...

e:-------0--0--|------0--0--|------0--0--|------0--0--|------0--0---|
B:------(6)(6)-|-----(6)(6)-|-----(6)(6)-|-----(6)(6)-|-----(6)(6)--|
G:-0-h5--------|---5--------|0-h5--------|---5--------|0-h5---------|
D:(0)----------|0-----------|------------|0-----------|-------------|
A:-------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
E:-------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------|


  D          F   C ...etc
e:----------------|
B:----------------|
G:----------------|
D:----------------|
A:----------------|
E:----------------|
  you were