TAB BY: DON CZARSKI


                        OLD MAN TIME
                         KATE RUSBY


INTRO: Play the following 4x's or a
       variation of this based on
       the C chord

E --------------------------------- | 
B --------------------------------- | 
G ------0--------------0-------0--- | 
D ----2----2---------2----2h3------ | 
A --3------------------------------ | 
E --------------------------------- | 


VERSE:
 C5       G5         F5       C5
Old man time is a rare old man
       A5              C5      G5
For a young man he'll ever remain
          F5          C5             A5          G5
With his long grey beard and his clothes are plain
    F5       G5           C5
Oh Old Man Time is his name.

    A5         G5
As one flower dies
     F5          A5
The old man he cries
      C5                             G5
The young man he plants the seeds again
        A5      F5        C5         G5
With a careful hand, he tends the sand,
     F5       G5           C5     (play INTRO 2x's)
Oh, Old Man Time is his name.


VERSE:
 C5       G5           F5    C5
This old man has an hourglass
     A5    C5           G5
For every soul on the land.
     F5       C5       A5        G5
Oh, Old Man Time, I have seen mine,
          F5            G5       C5
It's the one with the fastest sand.

     A5           G5
No sooner is it turned,
       F5                      A5
Back through the glass it's churned,
     C5                                G5
I'm wishing i could have each hour again,
         A5     F5        C5         G5
With a careful hand, he tends the sand,
     F5       G5           C5
Oh, Old Man Time is his name.

INSTRUMENTAL: I PLAY THE CHORDS FROM THE 2nd HALF OF THE VERSE
              A5  G5   F5  A5  C5  G5  
 F5  A5  C5  G5  F5  G5   C5  A5
              then play INTRO 2x's time....

VERSE:
   C5        G5         F5       C5
To me, Old Man, your time is rare,
     A5      C5               G5
Did God not give you all my sand?
    F5     C5     A5       G5
Or maybe mine I had to share
              F5       G5        C5
Or is there some left in your hand?

      A5              G5          F5               A5
They tell me time is gold, well maybe it's been sold,
   C5                             G5
Or was it simply washed away in rain?
         A5      F5       C5         G5
With a careful hand, he tends the sand,
     F5       G5           C5
Oh, Old Man Time is his name.

       A5           G5
If I brought him a sack,
        F5                   A5
Do you think he'd put some back?
   C5                                 G5
I know one day across my path he'll come,
    A5     F5       C5         G5
But as for now, I can't say how,
    F5                  G5                C5   A5
I know that old man's work is far from done.
     F5       G5              C5    PLAY INTRO 3x's
For Old Man Time has just begun