6 Chords used in the song: Dsus4, F, C, G, Dsus2, D
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Transpose chords:
CHORDS:
Dsus,F,C,G,Dsus2
# INTRO:F Dsus2 <-2x
F
Old man look at my life,
Dsus2
I'm a lot like you were.
F
Old man look at my life,
Dsus2
I'm a lot like you were.
CHANGE: Dsus, F, C, G, Dsus, F,
F,
Dsus2 F
Old man look at my life,
C
Twenty four
G
and there's so much more
Dsus2 F
Live alone in a paradise
G
That makes me think of two.
Dsus 2 F
Love lost, such a cost,
C
Give me things
G
that don't get lost.
Dsus2 F
Like a coin that won't get tossed
C G
Rolling home to you.
CHOURUS:
Dsus2
Old man take a look at my life
C G
I'm a lot like you
Dsus2
I need someone to love me
C G
the whole day through
Dsus2
Ah, one look in my eyes
C G
and you can tell that's true.
CHANGE: D F C G D F C
<- SAME AS THE FIRST CHANGE
Dsus2 F
Lullabies, look in your eyes,
C G
Run around the same old town.
Dsus2 F
Doesn't mean that much to me
C G
To mean that much to you.
Dsus2 F
I've been first and last
C F
Look at how the time goes past.
Dsus F
But I'm all alone at last.
C G
Rolling home to you.
CHOURUS:
Dsus2
Old man take a look at my life
C G
I'm a lot like you
Dsus
I need someone to love me
C G
the whole day through
Dsus2
Ah, one look in my eyes
C G
and you can tell that's true.
F Dsus2 <-2x
F
Old man look at my life,
Dsus2
I'm a lot like you were.
F
Old man look at my life,
Dsus2
I'm a lot like you were.
THE END
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About this song: Old Man
"Old Man" is a song written and performed by Neil Young on his 1972 album Harvest. The song was written for the caretaker of the northern-California Broken Arrow Ranch, which Young purchased for $350,000 in 1970. The song compares a young man's life to an old man's and shows that the young man has, to some extent, the same needs of the old one. James Taylor played six-string banjo (tuned like a guitar) and sang on the song, and Linda Ronstadt also contributed vocals. In the movie Heart of Gold, Young introduces the song as follows: