Neil Young – Old Man (Guitar Solo)

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Song: Old Man - Live at the BBC 1971 Artist: Neil Young https://youtu.be/An2a1_Do_fc?t=12 Backing Track: https://youtu.be/haVmmYQRPUE Define: Dm7 xx0560 (hammer on/off 'G' string) [Intro] Dm7 Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D Dm7 Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D [Refrain]
Dm7
Old man look at my life,

               Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
I'm a lot like you   were.

Dm7
Old man look at my life,

               D
I'm a lot like you were.
[Instrumental] Fmaj7/C C/G G D Fmaj7/C C/G Fmaj7/C [Verse]
D        Fmaj7/C
 Old man look at my life,

C/G                       G
 twenty four, and there's so much more.

D                Fmaj7/C
 Live alone in a paradise,

     C/G               Fmaj7/C Fmaj7sus2/C Fmaj7/C
that makes me think of two.

D           Fmaj7/C
 Love lost, such a cost,

C/G                  G
 give me things that don't get lost.

D                 C/G
 Like a coin that won't get tossed,

Fmaj7/C         G
rolling home to you.
[Instrumental] D Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Am7 A7sus2 Em G [Chorus]
D
 Old man take a look at my life,

      Am7 A7sus2 Em   G
I'm a lot like   you.

D
 I need someone to love me

    Am7   A7sus2 Em       G
the whole day    through.

D
 Ah, one look in my eyes,

            Am7  A7sus2 Em    G
and you can tell that's true.
[Instrumental] D Fmaj7/C C/G G D Fmaj7/C C/G Fmaj7/C [Verse]
D           Fmaj7/C
 Lullabies, look in your eyes,

C/G             G
 run around the same old town.

D                  Fmaj7/C
 Doesn't mean that much to me,

   C/G               Fmaj7/C Fmaj7sus2/C Fmaj7/C
to mean that much to you.

D          Fmaj7/C
 I've been first and last,

C/G              G
 look at how the time goes past.

D             C/G
 But I'm all alone at last,

Fmaj7/C         G
rolling home to you.
[Instrumental] D Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Am7 A7sus2 Em G [Chorus]
D
 Old man take a look at my life

      Am7 A7sus2 Em   G
I'm a lot like   you.

D
 I need someone to love me

    Am7   A7sus2 Em       G
The whole day    through.

D
 Ah, one look in my eyes,

            Am7  A7sus2 Em    G
and you can tell that's true.
[Instrumental] Dm7 Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D [Refrain]
Dm7
Old man look at my life,

               Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
I'm a lot like you   were.

Dm7
Old man look at my life,

               D
I'm a lot like you were.
[Outro] Fmaj7/C C/G G D/F#