Neil Young Song facts: “Old Man” compares an old man’s life to a young man’s. It was written by Young for the caretaker of a Northern Californian ranch that he owned.
Harmonica type: diatonic
-5 -5 6 -5 -4 -4 Old man look at my life -5 -5 -4 4 -4 -4 I’m a lot like you were -5 -5 6 -5 -4 -4 Old man look at my life -5 -5 -4 4 -4 -4 I’m a lot like you were 6 6 -5 -4 -4 -4 Old man look at my life 4 4 4 4 -3 -4 4 -2 Twenty-four and there’s so much more 6 6 6 6 6 -5-4 -4 Live alone in a paradise -3 4 -3 4 -3 -4 That makes me think of two 6 6 -5 -4 -4 Love lost, such a cost 4 -3 4 Give me things -3 -4 4 -2 That don’t get lost -2 -2 -3 4 -4 4 -2" Like a coin that won’t get tossed -2" 2 -2" -2"-2 Rolling home to you -8 -8 7 -7 7 -7 6 6 Old man take a look at my life 6 6 7 -7 6 I’m a lot like you -8 -8 -8 7 -7 6 6 I need someone to love me 6 7 -7 6 The whole day through -8 -8 -8 7 -7 6 Ah, one look in my eyes 6 6 6 7 -7 6 And you can tell that’s true 6 6 6 -5 -4 -4 -4 Lullabies, look in your eyes 4 4 4 -3 -4 4 -2 Run around the same old town 6 6 6 6 -5 -4 -4 Doesn’t mean that much to me -3 4 -3 4 -3 -4 To mean that much to you 6 6 -5 -4 -4 I’ve been first and last 4 -3 4 -3 -4 4 -2 Look at how the time goes past -2 -2 -3 4 -4 4 -2" But I’m all alone at last -2" -2" -2" 2 -2 Rolling home to you -8 -8 7 -7 7 -7 6 6 Old man take a look at my life 6 6 7 -7 6 I’m a lot like you -8 -8 -8 7 -7 6 6 I need someone to love me 6 7 -7 6 The whole day through -8 -8 -8 7 -7 6 Ah, one look in my eyes 6 6 6 6 7 -7 6 And you can tell me that’s true -5 -5 6 -5 -4 -4 Old man look at my life -5 -5 -4 4 -4 -4 I’m a lot like you were -5 -5 6 -5 -4 -4 Old man look at my life -5 -5 -4 4 -4 -4 I’m a lot like you were
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