Old Man Chords

...OLD MAN... by Randy Newman
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*from 'Sail Away' (1972)*


*CAPO 4th FRET*

(Original Key: E)


Verse 1:

C      F/C            C
 Every-one has gone a-way;
G7                Em      C
 Can you hear me? Can you hear me?

C       F/C             C
 No one cared enough to stay.
Bb/F              Em      C
 Can you hear me? Can you hear me?

Chorus 1:

    F             C
You must remember me, old man,
  Dm7/C                    F
I know that you can if you try.
        C    F/C     D7sus     D7
So just open up your eyes, old man,
F                   F/G      C
 Look who's come to say good-bye.

Interlude:

G7  C/G  C7/E, F  D7  F/C  C (x2)

Verse 2:

    C                Gm       F
The sun has left the sky, old man,
    C                  F9
The birds have flown a-way.
    Csus   C       D7sus    D7
And no one came to cry, old man,
     F        F/G       C
Good-bye, old man, good-bye.

Verse 3:

    C               Gm       F
You want to stay, I know you do,
       C               F9
But it ain't no use to try.
     Csus    C             D7sus     D7
'Cos I'll be here, and I'm just like you,
     F        F/G       C
Good-bye, old man, good-bye.

Chorus 2:

      F/G          C
Won't be no God to comfort you,
              G7                  C
You taught me not to believe that lie.
          F                C          F
You don't need anybody, no-body needs you;
C#dim7          Em         Ebmaj7
 Don't cry, old man, don't cry;
C#dim7 Dm6  C/Eb
 Every-body dies.


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   C       F/C     G7      Em     Bb/F    Dm7/C

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x32010  x33210  323000  022000  113331  x30211

  D7sus    D7      F/G     C/G    C7/E     Gm

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0013  xx0212  303210  332010  012010  3x330x

  Csus   C#dim7  Ebmaj7    Dm6    C/Eb

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x30011  xx4545  x68786  xx0201  xx1010


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)