• Song:

    Old King

  • Artist:

    Neil Young

  • Album:

    Harvest Moon

mike pettersson [robin_hood88@hotmail.com]
 
Song:   old king
Artist: by Niel Young.  He play'd it on "Harvest moon".Enjoy!!!

It all starts with a banjo(?)intro.Any way-I tab it for guitar.
tune:DADGBD(low to high). that's drop D' tuning, folk's!
I don't claim this to be a 100% right tab, but it's not wrong!
But as always-corrections welcome! This tab was made by "the great 
beyond".


 f=full note           A=10
 h=halv note           B=11 
 q=quarter note        C=12   
 e=eight note          s=slide
 b=break

oh!-the Chords!

    D5 (xx023x@1)    G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)    F5 (133xxx@1)D---0-------0-------x------x-----------------------
B---3-------0-------1------x-----------------------
G---2-------0-------0------x-----------------------
D---0-------0-------2------3-----------------------
A---0-------5-------3------3-----------------------
D---0-------5-------x------3-----------------------
 
 into:

     D5 (xx023x@1)      q      e (022000@1)  e (022000@1)  h (x2444x@1)          e (022000@1)e (022000@1)e (022000@1) e+ h (x2444x@1)D---|------------------C----------|-----------C---------------------|-
B---|-b------6----8---------------|-6--8--6-------------------------|-
G-4-|------------------B----------|-----------B---------------------|-
D-_-|--------7----9---------------|-7--9--7-------------------------|-
A-4-|-(5)-------------------------|---------------------------------|-
D---|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|-
    |
bass

    | f (133111@1)                           h (x2444x@1)                q     q   
G---|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|-
D---|--b--------------------------|-b-------------------------------|-
A---|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|-
D---|-----------------------------|--------------------3-----0------|-     q     e   e  e   e+q           e   e   e   e+h
   
D--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
B--|-b-----8---A--6---B-----------|-8---A---6---B-------------------|-
G--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
D--|-------9---A--7---C-----------|-9---A---8---C-------------------|-
A--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
D--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
   |
   | h (x2444x@1)           h (x2444x@1)              q      q      h (x2444x@1)G--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
D--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
A--|---------------5--------------|---------------5-----------------|-
D--|-0----------------------------|-3--s---0------------------------|-

      q      e (022000@1)  e (022000@1)  h (x2444x@1)          e (022000@1)e (022000@1)e (022000@1) e+ h (x2444x@1)D---|------------------C----------|-----------C---------------------|-
B---|-b------6----8---------------|-6--8--6-------------------------|-
G-4-|------------------B----------|-----------B---------------------|-
D-_-|--------7----9---------------|-7--9--7-------------------------|-
A-4-|-(5)-------------------------|---------------------------------|-
D---|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|-
    |
    | h (x2444x@1)            h (x2444x@1)            q      q           h (x2444x@1) 
G---|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|-
D---|----------------0------------|---------------------------------|-
A---|-----------------------------|--------------------5------------|-
D---|-0---------------------------|-3------0------------------------|-

     q     e (022000@1) e (022000@1)e (022000@1) e+q           e (022000@1) e (022000@1) e (022000@1) e+h
   
D--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
B--|-b-----8---A--6---B-----------|-8---A---6---B-------------------|-
G--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
D--|-------9---A--7---C-----------|-9---A---8---C-------------------|-
A--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
D--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
   |
   | h (x2444x@1)           h (x2444x@1)              e (022000@1)(e) q       h (x2444x@1)G--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
D--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
A--|---------------5--------------|----------------5----------------|-
D--|-0----------------------------|-3--(3)-0------------------------|-


SORRY! The strumming is totally up to your self!

but im sort'a kind. Bass notes are included(small letters)!

chorus:

 G (320003@1)        g (355333@1)     g (355333@1)     d (xx0231@1)  g (355333@1)                                              
 King went arunnin' after adeer (x02210@1)was'nt scared                                
    f (133111@1)     d (xx0231@1)           d (xx0231@1)name="chord_xx023x@1">D5   d (xx0231@1) d (xx0231@1)to jumpin' of the truck in high gear.

 G (320003@1)        g (355333@1)          g (355333@1)      g (355333@1)                                       
 King went asniffin' and he would go. 
 d (xx0231@1)     g (355333@1)      g (355333@1)   g (355333@1)name="chord_xx023x@1">D5        C (x32010@1)   G5 (355xxx@1)F5 (133xxx@1) d (xx0231@1)
 Was the best old hound I ever did know- ow- ow.
   

vers1:
 D5 (xx023x@1)                         f (133111@1)  d (xx0231@1)I had a dog and his name was king.
 d (xx0231@1)        d (xx0231@1)       C (x32010@1)   g (355333@1)  g (355333@1)I told the dog about ev'ry thing.
 D5 (xx023x@1)        d (xx0231@1)            d (xx0231@1) c (x3101x@1) d (xx0231@1) There in my truck, the dog and I.
 d (xx0231@1)      d (xx0231@1)     C (x32010@1)  G5 (355xxx@1)   F5 (133xxx@1) Then one day the King up and died. 

Midplay:
    D5 (xx023x@1)    q      q    e (022000@1)q     e (022000@1)    e (022000@1)e (022000@1)q    e (022000@1) e+q            
D-|----------------------------|------------------------|-
B-|----------------------------|------------------------|-
G-|---------0----0--2-----2----|-4--2--0----0---2-------|-
D-|--b------0----0-------------|-0-----0----0-----------|-
A-|----------------------------|------------------------|-
D-|--0-------------------------|------------------------|-
  | 

  | h (x2444x@1)          h (x2444x@1)            h (x2444x@1)         q      q              
G-|---------------------------|-------------------------|-
D-|--------------0------------|-------------0------0----|-
A-|---------------------------|-------------------------|-
D-|-0-------------------------|-0-----------------------|-

    D5 (xx023x@1)                                    C (x32010@1)     q      q    e (022000@1)q     e (022000@1)    e (022000@1)e (022000@1)q    h (x2444x@1)          
D-|----------------------------|------------------------|-
B-|----------------------------|------------------------|-
G-|---------0----0--2-----2----|-4--2--0----0-----------|-
D-|--b------0----0-------------|-0-----0----2-----------|-
A-|----------------------------|------------3-----------|-
D-|--0-------------------------|------------------------|-
  | 

  | h (x2444x@1)          h (x2444x@1)            q     q     q      q              
G-|---------------------------|-------------5-----------|-
D-|--------------0------------|-------0-----------------|-
A-|---------------------------|--------------------3----|-
D-|-0-------------------------|-0-----------------------|-

    D5 (xx023x@1)    q      q    e (022000@1)q     e (022000@1)    e (022000@1)e (022000@1)q    e (022000@1) e+q            
D-|----------------------------|------------------------|-
B-|----------------------------|------------------------|-
G-|---------0----0--2-----2----|-4--2--0----0---2-------|-
D-|--b------0----0-------------|-0-----0----0-----------|-
A-|----------------------------|------------------------|-
D-|--0-------------------------|------------------------|-
  | 

  | h (x2444x@1)          h (x2444x@1)            h (x2444x@1)         q      q              
G-|---------------------------|-------------------------|-
D-|--------------0------------|-------------0------0----|-
A-|---------------------------|-------------------------|-
D-|-0-------------------------|-0-----------------------|-

    D5 (xx023x@1)                         C (x32010@1)       D5 (xx023x@1)     q      e (022000@1) e (022000@1)e (022000@1)e (022000@1)e (022000@1)e (022000@1)  q    q    h (x2444x@1)          
D-|----------------------------|------------------------|-
B-|----------------------------|-----------3------------|-
G-|---------0--2---4--2--0-----|-0----0----2------------|-
D-|--b------0------0-----0--3--|-2----2----0------------|-
A-|----------------------------|-3----3-----------------|-
D-|--0-------------------------|------------------------|-
  | 

  | h (x2444x@1)          h (x2444x@1)            q     q     q      q              
G-|---------------------------|-------------------------|-
D-|--------------0------------|--------------------0----|-


A-|---------------------------|-3-----------------------|-
D-|-0-------------------------|-------5-----0-----------|-

vers:
  D5 (xx023x@1)   d (xx0231@1)                d (xx0231@1)     f (133111@1)  g (355333@1)2 Then I thought about the  time we had;
3 That old king was a friend of mine,
4 I had a dog and his name was king,
 
d (xx0231@1)         d (xx0231@1)        d (xx0231@1)  C (x32010@1)    g (355333@1)  gonce (355333@1)when I kicked him when he was bad.
never knew a dog that was   half as fine
I told the dog ablout       every thing
D5 (xx023x@1)      d (xx0231@1)          d (xx0231@1)       d (xx0231@1)Old King sure meant a lot to me
 I may find one,but i never do know
 Old king sure meant a lot to me
     d (xx0231@1)        d (xx0231@1)    C (x32010@1) G5 (355xxx@1)  F5 (133xxx@1)but that hound dog is his-to -  ry (play intro+chorus)
'cause I still got a long way to go (play intro)
 ut that hound dog is his -to   -ry (play intro+chorus)

(play midplay*2 and improvise)
end on D5
That's it pal.
Oh!- the bass tab well- play half note's and additional fourthnotes.

 But most of all- get the rythm right!-this is country.

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