Neil Young – The Old Laughing Lady (Guitar Acoustic)
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Song: The old laughing lady
(Debut solo album version)
Artist: Neil Young
Composer: Neil Young
Album: Neil Young
Tabbed by DJ 18th April 2023
To hear the original album track,
copy and paste this link:
Solo acoustic version from the 'Heart of gold'
documentary film's closing credit sequence:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzkrXyhQAns
This live version uses the original chord sequence
but does not include the Bridge section that
appears on the debut album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hKG7zHG8gk
DOUBLE DROPPED 'D' TUNING Tune both the high and the low E strings down to D D-A-D-G-B-d [Optional riff on bars of D5) D5 d|----0---0-0-------------| B|----3---3-3-------------| G|----2---2-2-------------| D|----0---0-0-------0-h3--| h = hammer-on notes A|--------------0-h3------| D|--0---------0-----------|
IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
options for a particular chord progression.
Just use the voicings suggested in the text
column numbers below.
VERY IMPORTANT NOTE:
The site does not have 'Double Dropped D tuning' in
it's software and will only display standard tuning
chord boxes. Please detune as mentioned above,
and use the authentic voicings suggested below in
the text column numbers...
C6add9 = x32230 D6sus2 = 000450 Gm7 = 553333
Am/D = 000210 Dmaj7 = 000670 Am7 = 775555
D5 = 000230 Dsus4 = 000780 Cadd9 = x32030
Dsus4 * = 000030 Dm7 = 000560 Bb6 = x13030
G5 = 550030
N.C. = No chords ^ = Emphasise the beats
Note the two variations of the Dsus4, the higher one
is part of the Verse progression, the other (with an
asterisk) can be used in any of the D5 breaks.
You can lift off on the 3rd string and hammer-on
back for the D5, as in the Intro section.
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[Intro]
C6add9 Am/D | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | D5 Dsus4 * D5 Dsus4 * | / / / /__/ | / / / /__/ |
[Verse 1]
Dsus4 * D5 Don't call pretty Peggy, D6sus2 Dmaj7 D6sus2 She can't hear you no more, D5 Don't leave no message... D6sus2 Dmaj7 Dsus4 'Round her back door, G5 They say the 'Old Laughing Lady'... D5 D6sus2 Been here ...before, Dmaj7 Dm7 G5 N.C She don't keep time, ...she don't count score
[Link]
D5 Gm7 Am7 D5 | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 2]
D5 You can't have a cupboard... D6sus2 Dmaj7 D6sus2 ...If there ain't no wall, D5 You got to move, D6sus2 Dmaj7 Dsus4 There's no time left to stall, G5 They say the 'Old Laughing Lady'... D5 D6sus2 ...Dropped by to call, Dmaj7 Dm7 G5 N.C. When she leaves,...she leaves nothing at all
[Link]
Dmaj7 Dm7 Dmaj7 Dm7 Dsus4 ||: /__/ /__/ / /__/ | /__/ / / / :||[x2]
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 3]
D5 See the drunkard of the village... D6sus2 Dmaj7 D6sus2 ...Falling on the street, D5 Can't tell his ankles... D6sus2 Dmaj7 Dsus4 ...From the rest of his feet, G5 He loves his 'Old Laughing Lady', D5 D6sus2 'Cause her taste is so sweet, Dmaj7 His Laughing Lady's loving... Dm7 G5 N.C. ...Ain't the kind you can keep
[Bridge]
D5 Woh - hah! (Woh - oh, oh, hoh!) Cadd9 Woh - hah! (Woh - oh, oh, hoh!) Bb6 Woh - hah! (Woh - oh, oh, hoh!) Cadd9 Woh - hah! (Woh - oh, oh, hoh!) D5 Cadd9 Woh-hah----------------, hah------------------! (Woh - oh, oh, hoh!) (Woh - oh, oh, hoh!) Bb6 Cadd9 Hah-------------------, hah-------------------!
(Woh - oh, oh, hoh!) (Woh - oh, oh, hoh!)
D5 Cadd9 Hah-------------------, hah------------------!
(Woh - oh, oh, hoh!) (Woh - oh, oh, hoh!)
Bb6 Cadd9 Hah-------------------, hah------------------!
(Woh - oh, oh, hoh!) (Woh - oh, oh, hoh!)
Dmaj7 Dm7 Dmaj7 Dm7 Dsus4 Hah-------------------------------------! ||: /__/ /__/ / /__/ | /__/ / / / :|| [x2] ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Dmaj7 Dm7 Dmaj7 Dm7 Dsus4 Oh-------------------------------------! ||: /__/ /__/ / /__/ | /__/ / / / :|| [x2] ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Bb6 Woh - hah! (Woh - oh, oh, hoh!) Cadd9 Woh - hah! (Woh - oh, oh, hoh!) Dmaj7 Dm7 Dmaj7 Dm7 Dsus4 D5 Oh-------------------------------------! Hah!
||: /__/ /__/ / /__/ | /__/ / / / :||[x2]
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 4]
D5 There's a fever on the freeway, D6sus2 Dmaj7 Blacks out the night, D6sus2 D5 There's a slipping on the stairway, D6sus2 Dmaj7 Dsus4 Just don't feel right, G5 And there's a rumbling in the bedroom, D5 D6sus2 And a flashing of light, Dmaj7 There's the 'Old Laughing Lady', Dm7 C6add9 ...Everything is al - right