Wide Mouth Mason - Old guitar tab

11. Old (3:46)

Tabbed by Steve Proulx (Stevie99@usa.net)

Chords:

C - X3201X

D5 - XX023X

Riff A:

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|------3--3------3--3-|

|------2--2------0--0-|

|-0--0-0--0------0--0-|

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|-----------1--1------|

Riff B:

|-2--2--3--0--0-------------------|

|-3--3--3--3--3----3--3--5--1--1--|

|------------------2--2--2--2--2--|

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Intro: Riff A

Riff A

An old man sat at the edge of a bed

And worried about the shape that he was in

People came around and opened up the ground

And pleaded with him just to take the hint

His next of kin couldn't make the ride in

What with work and bills to pay

So he stood at the back of a funeral shack

As they lay his body down to waste

C G Riff A

Old It shouldn't be that way

C G C G

Old Old

Riff A

Well I hope I die before I get old

But not because I want to stop living

Because we take away the freedom from the people

Who gave us all that we've been given

C G Riff A

Old It shouldn't be that way

C G C

Old Old

Riff B

Riff B

When I was a little boy

You'd take my hand and lead me home

Now I'm telling you what to do and where to go

C D

It's the young who forget, not the

C G Riff A

Old It shouldn't be that way

C G Riff A

Old It could be you some day

C G C G C

Old Old Old

Riff A

Riff B