Kate Rusby – Old Man Time (Ukulele)

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SONG: OLD MAN TIME ARTIST: KATE RUSBY TAB BY: DON CZARSKI EMAIL: [email protected] INTRO: Play the following 4x's or a variation of this based on the C chord

E ---------------------------------|
B ---------------------------------|
G ------0--------------0-------0---|
D ----2----2---------2----2h3------|
A --3------------------------------|
E ---------------------------------|

VERSE:

 C       G         F       C
Old man time is a rare old man

       Am              C      G
For a young man he'll ever remainI

          F          C             Am          G
With his long grey beard and his clothes are plain

    F       G           C
Oh Old Man Time is his name.

    Am         G
As one flower dies

     F          Am
The old man he cries

      C                             G
The young man he plants the seeds again

        Am      F        C         G
With a careful hand, he tends the sand,

     F       G           C     (play INTRO 2x's)
Oh, Old Man Time is his name.

VERSE:

 C       G           F    C
This old man has an hourglass

     Am    C           G
For every soul on the land.

     F       C       Am        G
Oh, Old Man Time, I have seen mine,

          F            G       C
It's the one with the fastest sand.

     Am           G
No sooner is it turned,

       F                      Am
Back through the glass it's churned,

     C                                G
I'm wishing i could have each hour again,

         Am     F        C         G
With a careful hand, he tends the sand,

     F       G           C
Oh, Old Man Time is his name.

INSTRUMENTAL: I PLAY THE CHORDS FROM THE 2nd HALF OF THE VERSE Am G F Am C G

              Am  F  C  G  F  G   C  Am
              then play INTRO 2x's time....

VERSE:

   C        G         F       C
To me, Old Man, your time is rare,

     Am      C               G
Did God not give you all my sand?

    F     C     Am       G
Or maybe mine I had to share

              F       G        C
Or is there some left in your hand?

      Am              G          F               Am
They tell me time is gold, well maybe it's been sold,

   C                             G
Or was it simply washed away in rain?

         Am      F       C         G
With a careful hand, he tends the sand,

     F       G           C
Oh, Old Man Time is his name.

       Am           G
If I brought him a sack,

        F                   Am
Do you think he'd put some back?

   C                                 G
I know one day across my path he'll come,

    Am     F       C         G
But as for now, I can't say how,

    F                  G                C   Am
I know that old man's work is far from done.

     F       G              C    PLAY INTRO 3x's
For Old Man Time has just begun