Old Man Chords

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Old Man by Neil Young is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords Dm7/9, Dm7add2, D, F, C, G, A, B, Dsus4, Am7 and Em7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			
Dm7/9 (xx0560) 

Intro: 
    Dm7add2 
  E|---------0--0--0--|----------0--0--0--| 
  B|------6--6--6--6--|---6---6--6--6--6--| 
  G|----0h5--5--5--5--|-0h5-0h5--5--5--5--| 
  D|--0---------------|-------------------| 
  A|------------------|-------------------| 
  E|------------------|-------------------| 

    Dm7add2 
  E|---------0--0--0--|----------0--0--0--| 
  B|------6--6--6--6--|---6---6--6--6--6--| 
  G|----0h5--5--5--5--|-0h5-0h5--5--5--5--| 
  D|--0---------------|-------------------| 
  A|------------------|-------------------| 
  E|------------------|-------------------| 

    D 
  E|-----0h2--------|--2--3p2-----0h2-----| 
  B|----------3--3--|----------3-------3--| 
  G|----------2--2--|----------2-------2--| 
  D|--0-------------|---------------------| 
  A|----------------|---------------------| 
  E|----------------|---------------------| 

  (Repeat above) 

  Dm7/9 
  Old man look at my life, I'm a lot like 

  D 
  you were. 

  Dm7/9 
  Old man look at my life I'm a lot like 

  D        F      C     G 
  you were. 

  D        F      C      F 

Verso 1: 
  D       F               C                                G 
  Old man look at my life, twenty four and there's so much more. 

  D               F             C                 F 
  Live alone in a paradise that makes me think of two. 

  D          F           C                              G 
  Love lost, such a cost, give me things that won't get lost. 

  D                C                F               G 
  Like a coin that won't get tossed rolling home to you 

 (base run from G into D of Chorus, notes: G A B C D) 

 
  D   D Dsus4 D Am7 Em7 

  D                                    Am7      Em7  G 
  Old man take a look at my life I'm a lot like you. 

  D                             Am7       Em7    G 
  I need someone to love me the whole day through. 

  D                                   Am7         Em7  G 
  Ah, one look in my eyes and you can tell that's true. 

  D   F   C   G 
  D   F   C   F 

2nd Verse: 
  Lullabys, look in your eyes, run around the same old town. 
  Doesn't mean that much to me to mean that much to you. 
  I've been first and last, look at how the time goes past. 
  But I'm all alone alone at last, rolling home to you. 

(repeat chorus and go immediately into intro again 
but on the last "you were" finish as below...) 

D        F      C     G     D 
you were. 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante