The Old Man Chords

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The Old Man by Kate Rusby is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G, Am and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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       C                   F 
There was an old man who lived in a wood 
    C               G 
As you can plainly see 
    C                        F 
He said he could do as much work in a day 
        C       G         C 
As his wife could do in three 
     C                             
With all my heart the woman she said 
    C                     G 
If that?s what you will allow 
    C                   F 
Tomorrow you?ll stay at home in my stead 
    C    G            C 
And I'll go drive the plow 


C                 F 
But you must milk our Tidy the cow 
C                 G 
For fear she will go dry 
C                 F      
You must feed the littlest pigs 
C         G       C 
That are within the sty 
C                        
And you must mind the speckled hen 
C                    G 
For fear she?ll lay away 
C                               F 
And then you must reel the spool of yarn 
C       G       C 
That I spun yesterday 


C                               F 
The woman she took up her staff in her hand 
Am                      G 
And she went to drive the plow 
C                       F 
The old man took up a pail in his hand 
C           G           C 
And he went to milk the cow 
Em              F 
But Tidy hinched and Tidy flinched 
C               G 
And Tidy broke his nose 
C                               F 
And Tidy she gave to him such a big blow 
C         G              Am 
That the blood ran to his toes. 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante