• Song:

    This Old Guitar

  • Artist:

    Neil Young

  • Album:

    Prairie Wind

THIS OLD GUITAR

****Neil has the high 'E' tuned down to a 'D'.


INTRO AND VERSES:
	(Variations of D)           
d|---0----2-2---2--4-4-4-2-------|---0----2-2---2--4-4-4-2-------|
B|---3----3-3---3--3-3-3-3-------|---3----3-3---3--3-3-3-3-------|
G|---2----2-2---2--2-2-2?2-------|---2----2-2---2--2-2-2?2-------|
D|---0----0-0---0--0-0-0-0-------|---0----0-0---0--0-0-0-0-------|
A|-0-----------------------------|-0-----------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
"This old guitar ain't mine to keep               just taking care


	
	             Cadd9 (x32030@1)     G6 (320000@1)   
		    d|-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0------------|
		    B|-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3------------|
		    G|-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0------------| (not intro)
		    D|-2-2-2-2----0-0-0-0------------|
		    A|-3-3-3-3--0/2-2-2-2------------|
		    E|-------------------------------|
               of it now "



D (xx0232@1)                                           DThis (xx0232@1)old guitar ain't mine to keep
                              Cadd9 (x32030@1)G6 (320000@1)Just taking care of it now
D (xx0232@1)				  DIt's (xx0232@1)been around for years and years
                               Cadd9 (x32030@1)G6Just (320000@1)waiting in its old case
D (xx0232@1)				       DIt's (xx0232@1)been up and down the country roads
		 	      Cadd9 (x32030@1)G6 (320000@1)It's brought a tear and a smile
D (xx0232@1)                                                     DIt's (xx0232@1)seen its share of dreams and hopes
			   Cadd9 (x32030@1)G6And (320000@1)never went out of style
D (xx0232@1)                                                   DThe (xx0232@1)more I play it, the better it sounds
                                  Cadd9 (x32030@1)G6It (320000@1)cries when I leave it alone
D (xx0232@1)                             DSilently (xx0232@1)it waits for me
			  Cadd9 (x32030@1)G6Or (320000@1)someone else I suppose



D (xx0232@1)                       DThis (xx0232@1)old guitar
                Cadd9 (x32030@1)G6This (320000@1)old guitar
D (xx0232@1)                  G6This (320000@1)old guitar
                Cadd9 (x32030@1)G6 (320000@1)BRIDGE:
d|---0---0--0----0--0--0--0----|--0--0--0---0--0--0--0---------|
B|---10--12-12---10-10-10-12---|--10-10-10--10-10-10-10--------|
G|---11--11-11---11-11-11-11---|-/12-11-11--12-12-12-11--------|
D|---12--12-12---12-12-12-12---|--12-12-12--12-12-12-12--------|  2X
A|-0---------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|

D (xx0232@1)			     DThis (xx0232@1)old guitar has caught some breaks
                           Cadd9 (x32030@1)G6But (320000@1)it never searched for gold
D (xx0232@1)		         DIt (xx0232@1)can't be blamed for my mistakes
                      Cadd9It (x32030@1)only does what it's told
D (xx0232@1)			        DIt's (xx0232@1)been a messenger in times of trouble
			 Cadd9 (x32030@1)	DIn (xx0232@1)times of hope and fear
D (xx0232@1)			 DWhen (xx0232@1)I get drunk and seeing double
                                              Cadd9It (x32030@1)jumps behind the wheel and steers
D (xx0232@1)                                          DThis (xx0232@1)old guitar ain't mine to keep
                      Cadd9 (x32030@1)G6It's (320000@1)mine to play for a while
D (xx0232@1)		       DThis (xx0232@1)old guitar ain't mine to keep
Cadd9 (x32030@1)  G6It's (320000@1)only mine for a while

(and so on )

This old guitar
This old guitar
This old guitar
This old guitar
This old guitar
This old guitar
This old guitar


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