xThe Black Crowes Song Title: Young Man, Old Man TBC Original? Yes Written By: Chris and Rich Robinson Recording Session: Lions Record: Lions Live Debut: 02/03/2001 Shows: 59 times played live Related Song: Old Man Of The Midnight Sea Notes: This song evolved from the Young Man Old Man Jam, which was played only during shows. The funky main riff became the foundation for the unreleased "Old Man In The Sea", which was recorded in late 1997, but dropped from consideration for By Your Side as a b-side. Four years later the main riff was resurrected to serve as the foundation of this which gets the extended treatment when played live. --------------------------------------- The above information was taken from www.crowesbase.com Tuning: CFCFAC (Open F- open G a full step down) This song was a little bit tougher to figure out because on both the studio and live Rich's guitar is drenched with a Hughes and Kettner Rotosphere. What little video exists this song live doesn't offer very many shots of Rich's hand, so I had to go pretty much ear on this one. Verse: C--------------------2--| A--------------------0--| F-----------------------| C--------------------2--| F------------3p0--------| C--2-2-3-5-2-----3-3-2--| This is the main riff, but every once in a while, one of these is thrown in: C------------------------| A---------------------9--| F---------------------7--| C---------------------9--| F------------3p0---------| C--2-2-3-5-2-----3-3-----| As with most Black Crowes songs, the verse riff features a lot of little variations that not going to sit here and tab out. Have fun with it. Chorus: C--------------------------------------------------| A----------------0-------------------1-0----1-0----| F--5-5--5-5----3---x-x---3-3--3-3--------0------0--| x4 C--x-x--x-x--------------x-x--x-x------------------| F--5-5--5-5--0-----x-x-0-3-3--3-3--0---------------| C--------------------------------------------------| Interlude: C---------------------------------------------| A---------------------------------------------| F--5-3--5-3--5-3----5-5-5-5--3-5/6\5-3-5p3-0--| x4 C--5-3--5-3--5-3----5-5-5-5--3-5/6\5-3-5p3-0--| F--5-3--5-3--5-3----5-5-5-5--3-5/6\5-3-5p3-0--| C---------------------------------------------| Outro: As with the intro, there are many little variations to this riff. Here are two slightly ways to play it: C-------------------------------------------| A-------------------------------------------| F------3p0-----5-3p0-----3p0----------------| C--3-5-----3-5-------3-5-----5-3-5-3-5------| F--------------------------------------3b4--| C-------------------------------------------| C-------------------------------------------| A-------------------------------------------| F------3p0-----5-3p0-----3p0-------------0--| C--3-5-----3-5-------3-5-----5-3-5-3--------| F------------------------------------3p0----| C-------------------------------------------|
