The Young And The Old Chords

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The Young And The Old by Madness is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A, G, F and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Whoa oh 

Verse:E A G E 

Staggering home everybody sings 
All the old songs the cockney routines 
All the old women, all the young men 
Try changing places then back again 

A              G       
Old man in the morning, 
A            G 
Young man at night 
F                 G 
Breakfast full of wisdom 
          D      E     D E 
Until you hit the lights 

Knock back the drinks , hitch up your skirt 
Fall over backwords undo your shirt 
Everyone shouting what a terrible state 
Age creeping backwards as it gets late 

Chorus 
Old man in the morning, 
Young man at night 
Breakfast full of wisdom 
Until you hit the lights 

Have a quick short, forget about work 
Have a couple more then you go beserk 
Who cares about this morning, Wise old man 
The wisdom comes up later and goes down the pan 

Chorus 
Old man in the morning, 
Young man at night 
Breakfast full of wisdom 
Until you hit the lights 

Then another round, forget whos turn 
Waking up to feel your stomach churn 
Whos in the chair and whos on the floor 
Incoherants knocking on the Door 

Chorus 
Old man in the morning, 
Young man at night 
Breakfast full of wisdom 
Until you hit the lights 
Hit the Lights 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante