Old Man Chords

by Neil Young
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author agilmoretcl [a] 61.
3 contributors total, last edit on Oct 14, 2023
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Chords

D
F
C
G
Am
Em

Strumming

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Try picking through F and D chords, F on 5th fret is same as D chord, just lift your middle finger.
 
 
[Intro]
 
F (5th fret)   D   x2
 
 
[Hook]
 
F (5th fret)
Old man look at my life,
                D
I'm a lot like you were.
F (5th fret)
Old man look at my life,
                D
I'm a lot like you were.
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
D        F
Old man look at my life,
C
Twenty four
             G
and there's so much more
D               F
Live alone in a paradise
     C                   F
That makes me think of two.
 
D            F
Love lost, such a cost,
C
Give me things
      G
that don't get lost.
D                 C
Like a coin that won't get tossed
F                 G
Rolling home to you.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
D
  Old man take a look at my life
       Am      Em    G
I'm a lot like you
D
  I need someone to love me
     Am       Em       G
the whole day through
D
  Ah, one look in my eyes
            Am          Em    G
and you can tell that's true.
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
D          F
Lullabies, look in your eyes,
C              G
Run around the same old town.
D                 F
Doesn't mean that much to me
   C                   F
To mean that much to you.
 
D         F
I've been first and last
C               G
Look at how the time goes past.
D             C
But I'm all alone at last.
F                 G
Rolling home to you.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
D
  Old man take a look at my life
       Am      Em    G
I'm a lot like you
D
  I need someone to love me
     Am       Em       G
the whole day through
D
  Ah, one look in my eyes
            Am          Em    G
and you can tell that's true.
 
F (5th fret)   D   x2
 
 
[Hook]
 
F (5th fret)
Old man look at my life,
               D
I'm a lot like you were.
F (5th fret)
Old man look at my life,
               D
I'm a lot like you were.
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Old Man – Neil Young
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3 comments
xAngelsOfHellx
If anyone wants the chords for Old Man, look at the comments on Ver 4. If that comment was deleted, msg me.
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rbowers10
The D shaped chord on the fifth fret is actually Dm9 with the open E
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