Old Troubador Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays498

Old Troubador by George Strait is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Em, C and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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Intro 
 G Em C G 

Verse 
G                Em 
I still feel 25, most of the time. 
         C                          G 
I still raise a little Cain with the boys. 
G                                    Em 
Honkytonk and pretty woman. Lord I'm still right there with them. 
C                               G 
Singing above the crowd and the noise. 

      G                                  Em 
Sometimes I feel like Jesse James, Still trying to make a name. 
        C                           G 
Knowing nothings gonna change what I am. 
G                                  Em 
I was a young troubadour, when He rode in on a song. 
              C                        G 
and I'll be an old troubadour, when I'm gone. 

Interlude 
G   Em   C G 

Verse 
G                                         Em 
Well, the truth about a mirror, Is that a damn old d marrow.. 
      C                      G 
Don't really tell the whole truth, 
 G                                    Em 
It don’t show what's deep inside. OH, read between the lines, 
           C                      G 
it's really is no reflection of my youth. 
 
      G                                  Em 
Sometimes I feel like Jesse James, Still trying to make a name. 
        C                           G 
Knowing nothings gonna change what I am. 
G                                  Em 
I was a young troubadour, when He rode in on a song. 
              C                        G 
and I'll be an old troubadour, when I'm gone. 
               G                                Em 
I was a young troubadour, when He rode in on a song. 
               C         E             G 
and I'll be an old troubadour, when I'm gone. 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

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