Old Man Acoustic Live Chords

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Based on a Live Solo preformance: https://youtu.be/GpHWIMPnrxc?t=41.Was this info helpful?

Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	D
Capo:	no capo

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Chords

Dm7

Dsus2

Dsus4

Fmaj7/C

C/G

Fmaj7sus2/C

Am7

A7sus2

D/F#

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Song: Old Man - Live at the BBC 1971
Artist: Neil Young
Video: https://youtu.be/GpHWIMPnrxc?t=41
       https://youtu.be/An2a1_Do_fc?t=12
Backing Track:
       https://youtu.be/haVmmYQRPUE
 
 
Define:
Dm7  xx0560  (hammer on/off 'G' string)
 
 
[Intro]
Dm7
Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
Dm7
Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
 
[Refrain]
Dm7
Old man look at my life,
               Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
I'm a lot like you   were.
Dm7
Old man look at my life,
               D
I'm a lot like you were.
 
[Instrumental]
Fmaj7/C   C/G   G
D   Fmaj7/C   C/G   Fmaj7/C
 
[Verse]
D        Fmaj7/C
 Old man look at my life,
C/G                       G
 twenty four, and there's so much more.
D                Fmaj7/C
 Live alone in a paradise,
     C/G               Fmaj7/C Fmaj7sus2/C Fmaj7/C
that makes me think of two.
 
D           Fmaj7/C
 Love lost, such a cost,
C/G                  G
 give me things that don't get lost.
D                 C/G
 Like a coin that won't get tossed,
Fmaj7/C         G
rolling home to you.
 
[Instrumental]
D Dsus2 D Dsus4 D
Am7 A7sus2 Em   G
 
[Chorus]
D
 Old man take a look at my life,
      Am7 A7sus2 Em   G
I'm a lot like   you.
D
 I need someone to love me
    Am7   A7sus2 Em       G
the whole day    through.
D
 Ah, one look in my eyes,
            Am7  A7sus2 Em    G
and you can tell that's true.
 
[Instrumental]
D   Fmaj7/C  C/G   G
D   Fmaj7/C  C/G   Fmaj7/C
 
[Verse]
D           Fmaj7/C
 Lullabies, look in your eyes,
C/G             G
 run around the same old town.
D                  Fmaj7/C
 Doesn't mean that much to me,
   C/G               Fmaj7/C Fmaj7sus2/C Fmaj7/C
to mean that much to you.
 
D          Fmaj7/C
 I've been first and last,
C/G              G
 look at how the time goes past.
D             C/G
 But I'm all alone at last,
Fmaj7/C         G
rolling home to you.
 
[Instrumental]
D Dsus2 D Dsus4 D
Am7 A7sus2 Em   G
 
[Chorus]
D
 Old man take a look at my life
      Am7 A7sus2 Em   G
I'm a lot like   you.
D
 I need someone to love me
    Am7   A7sus2 Em       G
The whole day    through.
D
 Ah, one look in my eyes,
            Am7  A7sus2 Em    G
and you can tell that's true.
 
[Instrumental]
Dm7
Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
 
[Refrain]
Dm7
Old man look at my life,
               Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
I'm a lot like you   were.
Dm7
Old man look at my life,
               D
I'm a lot like you were.
 
[Outro]
Fmaj7/C   C/G   G   D/F#
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9 comments

Love this song, great tab. This tab seems right, but it sounds like the recorded version, at least the one uploaded to Spotify, is maybe tuned down half a step. Can someone verify this?

I love this chord chart and play it all the time - thanks. But one thing I do is play a standard F instead of Fmaj7. I think, but I'm not sure, he might be in drop D and is actually playing an F. I try it both ways and the standard F sounds better to me. (I don't play in drop D)

Great song and tab!