This is one of my favourite Neil Young songs and is relatively easy to play, but
mastering all the embellishments in Neil's chord picking (not shown here) is more tricky.
Intro
[Dm9]
E|------------0--0--|----------0--0--0--|------------0--0--|
B|---------6--6--6--|-------6--6--6--6--|---------6--6--6--|
G|--5----0h5--5--5--|--5--0h5--5--5--5--|--5----0h5--5--5--|
D|--0--0------------|--0----------------|--0--0------------|
A|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
E|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
[D]
E|-----0h2--------|--3p2-----0h2--0--0--|
B|----------3--3--|-------3-------3--3--|
G|--2-------2--2--|-------2-------2--2--|
D|--0-------------|---------------------|
A|----------------|---------------------|
E|----------------|---------------------|
(Repeat above)
(play as intro)
[Dm9]Old man look at my life, I'm a lot like [D]you were.
[Dm9]Old man look at my life , I'm a lot like
[D]you wer[Fmaj7]e[C][G]
[D] [Fmaj7] [C] [F]
Verse
[D]Old man [Fmaj7]look at my life, [C]twenty four and there's [G]so much more.
[D]Live alone in a [F]pa[maj7]radise that [C]makes me think of [F]two.
[D]Love lost, [Fmaj7]such a cost, [C]give me things that [G]don't get lost.
[D]Like a coin that [C]won't get tossed [F]rolling home to you[G]
Bass run into chorus G A B C D
Chorus
Intro D Dsus4 D Am7 Em7 G
[D]Old man take a look at my life I'm a [Am7]lot like [Em7]you.[G]
[D]I need someone to love me the [Am7]whole day [Em7]through.[G]
[D]Ah, one look in my eyes and you can [Am7]tell that's [Em7]true.
Bridge to verse
[D] [Fmaj7] [C] [G]
[D] [Fmaj7] [C] [F]
2nd Verse
[D]Lullabies, [Fmaj7]look in your eyes,[C] run around the [G]same old town.
[D]Doesn't mean that [Fmaj7]much to me to [C]mean that much to [G]you.
[D]I've been [Fmaj7]first and last,[C] look at how the [G]time goes past.
[D]But I'm all a[C]lone at last, [F]rolling home to [G]you.
Run into chorus G A B C D
Repeat chorus
Repeat intro
But on the last "you were" finish with...
[D]you were.[Fmaj7][C][G][D]
mastering all the embellishments in Neil's chord picking (not shown here) is more tricky.
Intro
[Dm9]
E|------------0--0--|----------0--0--0--|------------0--0--|
B|---------6--6--6--|-------6--6--6--6--|---------6--6--6--|
G|--5----0h5--5--5--|--5--0h5--5--5--5--|--5----0h5--5--5--|
D|--0--0------------|--0----------------|--0--0------------|
A|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
E|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
[D]
E|-----0h2--------|--3p2-----0h2--0--0--|
B|----------3--3--|-------3-------3--3--|
G|--2-------2--2--|-------2-------2--2--|
D|--0-------------|---------------------|
A|----------------|---------------------|
E|----------------|---------------------|
(Repeat above)
(play as intro)
[Dm9]Old man look at my life, I'm a lot like [D]you were.
[Dm9]Old man look at my life , I'm a lot like
[D]you wer[Fmaj7]e[C][G]
[D] [Fmaj7] [C] [F]
Verse
[D]Old man [Fmaj7]look at my life, [C]twenty four and there's [G]so much more.
[D]Live alone in a [F]pa[maj7]radise that [C]makes me think of [F]two.
[D]Love lost, [Fmaj7]such a cost, [C]give me things that [G]don't get lost.
[D]Like a coin that [C]won't get tossed [F]rolling home to you[G]
Bass run into chorus G A B C D
Chorus
Intro D Dsus4 D Am7 Em7 G
[D]Old man take a look at my life I'm a [Am7]lot like [Em7]you.[G]
[D]I need someone to love me the [Am7]whole day [Em7]through.[G]
[D]Ah, one look in my eyes and you can [Am7]tell that's [Em7]true.
Bridge to verse
[D] [Fmaj7] [C] [G]
[D] [Fmaj7] [C] [F]
2nd Verse
[D]Lullabies, [Fmaj7]look in your eyes,[C] run around the [G]same old town.
[D]Doesn't mean that [Fmaj7]much to me to [C]mean that much to [G]you.
[D]I've been [Fmaj7]first and last,[C] look at how the [G]time goes past.
[D]But I'm all a[C]lone at last, [F]rolling home to [G]you.
Run into chorus G A B C D
Repeat chorus
Repeat intro
But on the last "you were" finish with...
[D]you were.[Fmaj7][C][G][D]
