This Old Dog Tab
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The spine of the song is here, all the rest is Neil Young-kinda licks all the time.
Difficulty: | intermediate |
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Capo: | 3rd fret |
Mac is tuned (as usual) slightly above a regular E tuning. Capo 3rd fret
Here are the main licks he is using, but he loves to play around, remove a finger here and there. Follow
your guts on that.
Let ring all the notes he plays by themselves.
[Verse]
e|-----0------0--------0-----------------1--------1--|
B|-----1---1-----------0-----0--3-----1--------1-----|
G|-----2-----------2-----2--------2--------2---------|
D|-----3--------0--------0--------3--------3---------|
A|-----3--------2--------2--------3--------3---------|
E|(0)--1--------3--------3--------1--------1---------|
[Chorus]
e|--------0-----------------0--0-----1-----1-------|
B|--5--------------0--3--3-----1--1-----1--1-------|
G|--5--5-----4--4-----3--------2--------2----------|
D|--4--------5--------2--------3--------3----------|
A|--5--------5--------3--------3--------3----------|
E|-----------3-----------------1--------1----------|
e|--------0-----------------0--0-----1-----1-------|
B|--5--------------3--3--3-----1--1-----1--1-------|
G|--5--5-----4--4-----3--------2--------2----------|
D|--4--------5--------2--------3--------3----------|
A|--5--------5--------3--------3--------3----------|
E|-----------3-----------------1--------1-----(0)--|
Sometimes he palm-mutes the first chord of the chorus if he plays the 0 on the E string right before
starting over the chorus riff.
The layers of electric guitar are just the chords done in the chorus with a volume pedal, an auto-pan and
delay.
For the effects part, he only uses some reverb.
Have fun, glad to see more acoustic guitar in his songs.
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7 comments

If your tuner has the option to change the frequency, change it to A=452hz from A=440hz to get the same tone as Mac (or as close as can be approximated).
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Loving those chords in the chorus. Wonderful melody too. Nicely tabbed!
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dude thanks
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