Old Man

Written by Neil Young
Played live by Bob Dylan during the fall tour 2002
Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem

The Fs are generally embellished by Fmaj7s (133210). the whole think could/should also be played xx0560 – that's how Young does it.
There are some lyric variations from Neil Young's version.

[intro]

  F (mixed with Fmaj7)                                  D                 Dsus4-D Dsus2-D
  :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
|-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2-------2-------|-3-2-----0-2-----|
|-1-------1-------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-3-3-----3-3-----|
|-2---0h2----- etc in a similar ----|-----------------|-2-------2-------|-2-2-----2-2-----|
|-3----------- fashion          ----|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

[repeat]

F
 Old man, take a look at my life,
               D
I'm a lot like you were.
F
 Old man take a look at my life,
               D . . .  |
I'm a lot like you were.

F . . . | C . . . | G/d . .     . | D . . . |
F . . . | C . . . | F   . Fmaj7 F | D

    D          F
Old man take a look at my life,
C                        G
 Twenty four and there's so much more
D              F
 Live alone in paradise
C                     F  . C/e . |
 makes me think of two.

D           F
 Love lost, such a cost,
C                      G
Give me something that don't get lost.
D                C
Like a coin that won't get tossed
F               D G/d . .
Rolling home to you.

D . . . | Dsus4-D Dsus2-D | Am . . Em | . . . .
D . . . | Dsus4-D Dsus2-D | Am . . Em | . . . .

D
 Old man take a look at my life
      Am       Em
I'm a lot like you
D
 I need someone to love me
    Am        Em         G
the whole day through
D
 Just one look in my eyes
    Am                  Em
and you can tell that's true.

D . . . | F . . . | C . . . | G . .   . |
D . . . | F . . . | C . . . | F . C/e . |

D           F
 Lullabies, look in your eyes,
C                   G
 Hang around in the same old town.
D                  F
 Doesn't mean that much to me
        C                 F    C
Does it mean that much to you?     [or: Doesn't mean . . . ]

D                    F
 I've been first and I've been last
C               G
Look at how the time goes past.
D            C
Now I'm all alone at last.
F               Gsus4 G
Rolling home to you.

D . . . | Dsus4-D Dsus2-D | Am . . Em | . . . .
D . . . | Dsus4-D Dsus2-D | Am . . Em | . . . .

Old man take a look at my life
I'm a lot like you
I need someone to love me
the whole day through
Ah, one look in my eyes
and you can tell that's true.

[intro] x2

F(maj7)
Old man take a look at my life,
               D
I'm a lot like you were.
F(maj7)
Old man take a look at my life,
               D
I'm a lot like you were.

F   C  G  D