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Old Man

Neil Young
ChordsKeyGbeginner
4.8(3k)

Chords in this song9

Song

Dm9 xx0560
D x00232
Dsus4 x00233
F 133211
C 332010
G 320003
Am7 002010
Em7 022030
For the intro part and the second to last instrumental part you hammer the high E string on the first D so
it's 0-hammer-2.
Any time the Dm9 is played, there is also a hammer on from the open G string to the 5th fret, in rhythm with
the song.

Intro

 
   
 
   

Refrain

Old man, look at my life
I'm a lot like you were 
Old man, look at my life
I'm a lot like you were

Instrumental

(D) F C G
    

Verse

Old man, look at my life
Twenty four
And there's so much more
Live alone in a paradise
That makes me think of two
Love lost, such a cost
Give me things
That don't get lost
Like a coin that won't get tossed
Rolling home to you

Chorus

Old man, take a look at my life
I'm a lot like you 
I need someone to love me
The whole day through 
Ah, one look in my eyes
And you can tell that's true 

Instrumental

    
    

Verse

Lullabies, 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 at last
Rolling home to you

Chorus

Old man, take a look at my life
I'm a lot like you 
I need someone to love me
The whole day through 
Ah, one look in my eyes
And you can tell that's true 

Instrumental

 
   

Refrain

Old man, look at my life
I'm a lot like you were 
Old man, look at my life
I'm a lot like you were

Outro

(D) FM7 C G
 

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