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"Old Man"
(Bryan Maclean)
Intro: D Dsus4 [8X; bass enters 3rd time]
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Verse 1:
D
I once knew a man
Em A F
Been everywhere in the world
Em
Gave me a tiny ivory ball
F#m B G
Said it would bring me good
Cm G Bm
Never believed it would until
C Bbsus2 [x13311]
I have been loving you
Verse 2:
Dear old man
He'd seen most everything
Gave me a piece of good advice
Said it would do me well
I couldn't really tell until
I have been loving you
Bridge:
Asus2 [x02200]
Now it seems
Things are not so strange
I can see more clearly
G
Suddenly I've found my way
F#m
I know the old man would laugh
B G /F#
He spoke of love's sweeter days
Em A F
And in his eloquent way
Bbm F
I think he was speaking of you
Am
You are so lovely
D
You didn't have to say a thing
Verse 3:
But I remember that old man
Telling me he'd seen the light
Gave me a small brown leather book
Insisted that he was right
Cm G
I only heard him slightly
Bm Cm G
'Til I heard you whisper
C Bm Cm G Bm Bbsus2
Took you up all in my arms
Coda:
D Dsus4 D Dsus4
Dear old man
D Dsus4 D Dsus4
Wise old man
D Dsus4 D Dsus4
Fine old man, now
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-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Jake Average |
#1 by Jake Bounds at Dec 26, 1985 at 4:52 AM EST |
| I think these lyrics are wrong and it's "love's sweeter days" not "lost sweeter days" (and some other sites have it as that). It's a nice song about love redeeming him and making him happy. It seems like the old man gave him some advice about love being what makes life worthwhile or something which he didn't believe until it really happened to him. In a certain sense I almost get the feeling that the old man is the same person as the singer projected into the future. In a way maybe he's thinking "when I'm an old man, what will I remember and will have been worth it." This is speculation but it sorta seems that way, somehow. A nice and unusual love song. | |
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Mark Wanna Be |
#2 by Mark masta at Jul 29, 1993 at 10:13 AM EST |
| Sorry about that. You're right. In my idiocy I forgot to check and see that this song has been posted already, only as "The Old Man". | |
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