x...OLD MAN... by Randy Newman
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*from 'Sail Away' (1972)*
*CAPO 4th FRET*
(Original Key: E)
Verse 1:
C F C
Every-one has gone a-way;
G7 Em C
Can you hear me? Can you hear me?
C F C
No one cared enough to stay.
A# Em C
Can you hear me? Can you hear me?
Chorus 1:
F C Dm7/C F
You must remember me, old man; I know that you can if you try.
C F D7sus D7 F F/G C
So just open up your eyes, old man; look who's come to say good-bye.
Interlude:
G7 C/G, C7 F D7, F C (x2)
Verse 2:
C Gm F C F
The sun has left the sky, old man; the birds have flown a-way.
Csus C D7sus D7 F F/G C
And no one came to cry, old man; good-bye, old man, good-bye.
Verse 3:
C Gm F C F
You want to stay, I know you do, 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 G7 C
Won't be no God to comfort you; you taught me not to believe that lie.
F C F
You don't need anybody, no-body needs you;
C#dim7 Em D#maj7
Don't cry, old man, don't cry;
C#dim7 Dm6 C
Every-body dies.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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C F G7 Em A# Dm7/C D7sus D7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x32010 133211 323000 022000 x13331 x30211 xx0013 xx0212
F/G C/G C7 Gm Csus C#dim7 D#maj7 Dm6
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
303211 332010 x32310 355333 x33011 xx4545 x68786 xx0201
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 ([email protected])
