Tom Paxton – Old Friends (Guitar Intro Tab)
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This song is in the key of E
Capo II to play along in G at:
[Intro] e|---------------|-----------------| B|-------0-------|-2-3-0---0---0---| G|---0-2---2-0---|-----0-2---2-----| D|-0-----------0-|---------------0-| A|---------------|-----------------| E|---------------|-----------------| e|-------------------2-| B|-------------------3-| G|-2-0---0-2-0-------2-| D|-4---4---4---4-2-0-0-| A|-------------------0-| E|---------------------|
[Verse]
D G Red and I go way back to the start of 2nd Grade A7 We met in the schoolyard D where all the games are played D I was It, I tagged him G I guess I tagged too hard A7 He slugged me and there we were D rolling around the yard D You know we got over that G I don’t remember how A7 We became the best of friends D That’s all that matters now D Red’s the only one still here G of all my childhood friends A7 One by one they pass away A D D7 Every good thing ends
[Chorus]
D7 G Old friends (Old friends) D last forever e|--2--3--5--| B|--3--5--7--| G|--2--------| D A7 Old friends (Old friends) e|--0--0--2--3--|-- B|--2--2--3--5--|-- G|--0-----------|-- D|--2-----------|-- A|--0-----------|-- E|--------------|-- A7 D don’t fade away e|--3--2--2--| B|--5--3--3--| G|--------2--| D|--------0--| A|--------0--| E|-----------|
[Verse]
D Red and I played baseball G We sang tenor in the choir A7 We dated two Smith sisters D Living high but aiming higher G We were close as brothers, and then one awful day A7 The Draft Board called his number D Dsus4 D D9 D and the war took Red away D Red came back from Viet Nam G a completely different man A7 He’d seen things he didn’t D think I’d ever understand D For a couple years we seemed G to go our separate ways A7 Till on tearful, beerful D night we remembered better days
[Chorus]
D7 G Old friends (Old friends) D last forever e|--2--3--5--| B|--3--5--7--| G|--2--------| D A7 Old friends (Old friends) e|--0--0--2--3--|-- B|--2--2--3--5--|-- G|--0-----------|-- D|--2-----------|-- A|--0-----------|-- E|--------------|-- A7 D don’t fade away e|--3--2--2--| B|--5--3--3--| G|--------2--| D|--------0--| A|--------0--| E|-----------| [Instrumental]
D A A7 D
[Verse]
D Red’s been sinking slowly G We’re not young men anymore A7 A D Memories seem sweeter than they ever did before D We’re back there on that playground G We both remember when A7 A I touch him on the arm and whisper, A D “Tag, you’re It again,
[Outro]
(Repeat three times)
D7 G Old friends (Old friends) D last forever e|--2--3--5--| B|--3--5--7--| G|--2--------| D A7 Old friends (Old friends) e|--0--0--2--3--|-- B|--2--2--3--5--|-- G|--0-----------|-- D|--2-----------|-- A|--0-----------|-- E|--------------|-- A7 D don’t fade away e|--3--2--2--| B|--5--3--3--| G|--------2--| D|--------0--| A|--------0--| E|-----------|
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