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Oldman by John Butler Trio
Oldman
|-------------7--7-----|
|-------9-9-9--9--9----|
|-------7-7-7--7--7----|*4
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|---0------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-------2----------------------------|
|-----------------------2---0--2-----|*4
|-----4---4-----2-----2---2----------|
|---2--------------------------------|
|-------------3-----0----------------|
That basically the start of it.
then during the singing it goes like this.
|-------------7--7-----|
|-------9-9-9--9-------|
|-------7-7-7--7-------|*4
|----------------9-9---|
|----------------7-7---|
|---0------------------|
Old man, he looks out the window
You know, he gets quite a fright
Whole world has gone and changed on him
Feels like it was overnight
He saw a world war, yeah, it came and went
The man walked on the moon right there in his living room
Saw that TV become a religion
The wall came down and Big Mac beat the communists
Feels like it was overnight
Old man looks out the window
You know, he cannot open it anymore
The air outside it's gone to rancid
And the doctor said for him, you know it wouldn't be so good for
He saw a hole start opening up in the sky
He's buying water, man, he doesn't even know why
The smog alerts don't let him even go outside
And then he start, he start to think
When the Earth it start to die, feel like it was overnight
Enjoy your last
Last taste of freedom
Old man, he looks out the window
You know, he does not feel so safe anymore
He come from those supposed good ole days
When you did not even have to go lock your doors
He saw security man look police man
Saw the police start looking like the army man
He saw army start acting like the C.I.A
And guess what, the C.I.A was the president
Feels like it was overnight
Enjoy your last
Last taste of freedom
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version 2
Tuning:C G C G C E
Capo:no capo
Tuning- Open C
Capo - 4th
Intro
e------------------------------|
c--------------5---------------|
g---10-10-10---5------0--------|
c---10-10-10---5----0---0------| x2
g-0----------8------------3-5--|
c-----------------0------------|
e------------------------------|
c---9-9-9------5---------------|
g---7-7-7------5------0--------|
c--------------5----0---0------|
g-0----------8------------3-5--|
c-----------------0------------|
"Felt like is was overnight" bit
e------------------------|
c------------------------|
g---2------0----0--------|
c----0------0----0-------|
g-0---0-----------0-3-5--|
c--------3----0----------|
Play Intro and Overnight bits again.
Chorus (1)
e-----------------|
c-----------------|
g--------------0--|
c-9-9-12--5-5--0--|
g--------------0--|
c-7-7-10--3-3--0--|
Modified intro
e--------------------------------------------------6-5-3-5-3-1-|
c--------------5---------------------9-9-9----5----------------|
g---10-10-10---5------0-----5-3-2----7-7-7----5----------------|
c---10-10-10---5----0---0---------------------5----------------|
g-0----------8---------------------0--------8------------------|
c-----------------0-------0----------------------0-------------|
e---------------------6-----6-----------------------6-6-5---5-|
c--------------5--7-9---7-9---7-9----------------5--------7---|
g---10-10-10---5----------------------10-10-10---5------------|
c---10-10-10---5----------------------10-10-10---5------------|
g-0----------8---------------------0-----------8--------------|
c-----------------0---------------------------------0---------|
Play normal Intro again along with overnight bit.
Chorus (Obviously without timing shown)
e--------------------|
c--------------------|
g---------0----------|
c-9-12-5--0----------|
g---------0--5-3-5-3-|
c-7-10-3--0----------|
"Enjoy your last..."
e-------------------|
c---12--------------|
g---------0---------|
c-9-12-5--0---------|
g---------0---------|
c-7-10-3--0---------|
After singing
e-----------5-6-5---------------------------------------------8-10---------------|
c---12------5---5-7-5-7--repeat to * then play--4-5-7--or-----------10-9-10-9----|
g-----------5---5----------------------------------------------------------------|
c-9-12--5------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
c-7-10--3---0--------------------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------|
c----12------4-5-7---|
g---------0----------|
c--9-12-5-0----------|
g---------0----------|
c--7-10-3-0----------|
e----------8-10-------------|
c----12---------10-9-10-9---|
g---------------------------|
c--9-12-5-------------------|
g---------------------------|
c--7-10-3-------------------|
e-----------------------------|
c----12------5-5-5-5-7--------| (hold)
g---------0-------------------|
c--9-12-5-0-------------------|
g---------0-------------------|
c--7-10-3-0-------------------|
Quieter part
e---------------------------------|
c---------------------------------|
g---------------------------------|
c---9---9----5---5--3-5-3-2-------|
g---------------------------5-3-5-|
c--7---7----3---3-----------------|
e---------------------------------|
c---------------------------------|
g---------------------------------|
c----9---9----5---5--5-3-2--------|
g--------------------------3-5-7--|
c--7---7----3---3-----------------|
e---------------------------------------------|
c---------------------------------------------|
g---------------------10----------------------|
c-------9----9-----9---------5---5--5-3-2-----|
g-----7----7-----8---8--------------------3-5-|
c---7----7-----7------------3---3-------------|
Solo
e-6-5------------------------------------------------------------|
c-----7-5-----5-7-----7-5-7-----7-5---3-----2---2-3-2---0-2------|
g---------5-7-----5-7----------------5---5-5---5-------3-----3/5-|
c----------------------------------------------------------------|
g----------------------------------------------------------------|
c----------------------------------------------------------------|
e--6x9-5-3---6-5-3-1-3-3--|
c-------------------------|
g-------------------------|
c-------------------------|
g-------------------------|
c-------------------------|
{ Play many times }{ Then change to this }
e----------5------5x16--3x8------------------------------1-----1-----1-----1--|
c---7--10-----10----------------0-----0-----0-----0---------------------------|
g-7----7---5--7---5-----3---2-3---3-2---2-3---3-2---2-3---3-2---2-3---3-2-----|
c-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
c-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
{Play each of these first 4 notes for a while}{Fiddle around these frets} {End with thse three}
e----5--6--8--10------------------------------10-8--------------------------10--13--15-|
c-7--7--7--7---7-----x2----------------------------10--9-10--9-10-9-10------10--10--14-|
g--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
c--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
c--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Last Chorus
e----------------------------------------------------|
c----12------------------------7^9-7--(end on this)--|
g-----------0----------------------------------------|
c-9--12--3--0----------------------------------------|
g-----------0--3-5-3-5-3--or-------------------------|
c-7--10--5--0----------------------------------------|
Old man, he looks out the window
You know, he gets quite a fright
Whole world has gone and changed on him
Feels like it was overnight
He saw a world war, yeah, it came and went
The man walked on the moon right there in his living room
Saw that TV become a religion
The wall came down and Big Mac beat the communists
Feels like it was overnight
Old man looks out the window
You know, he cannot open it anymore
The air outside it's gone to rancid
And the doctor said for him, you know it wouldn't be so good for
He saw a hole start opening up in the sky
He's buying water, man, he doesn't even know why
The smog alerts don't let him even go outside
And then he start, he start to think
When the Earth it start to die, feel like it was overnight
Enjoy your last
Last taste of freedom
Old man, he looks out the window
You know, he does not feel so safe anymore
He come from those supposed good ole days
When you did not even have to go lock your doors
He saw security man look police man
Saw the police start looking like the army man
He saw army start acting like the C.I.A
And guess what, the C.I.A was the president
Feels like it was overnight
Enjoy your last
Last taste of freedom
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version 3
Capo:4th fret
play this in CGCGCC with power
chords. I suggest you do the same, 'cause some JBT songs are good in standard...
but others are truly better in open C.
NOTE: the song is apparently played with a capo on 4th, so the scales are E minor and B
minor with the same chords as below, but I like it without (lower pitch, deeper sound).
Scale: C minor for verse, G minor for chorus
Intro: Gm Eb Cm Cm
Verse: Cm Ab Fm Fm
Prechorus: Gm Eb Cm Cm
Chorus: Gm Bb Eb Cm
(for the second, powerful chorus, don't be afraid to batter your strings! :D )
(clean)
Cm Ab Fm
Old man he looks out the window,
You know he gets quite a fright,
The whole world has gone and changed on him,
Feels like it was overnight,
He saw a world war yeah it came and went,
The man walked on the moon right there in his living room,
Saw that TV become a religion,
The Wall came down and Big Mac beat the communists and,
(overdrive)
Gm Eb Cm
Feels like it was overnight, oh god it,
Feels like it was overnight,
Feels like it was overnight, oh god it,
Feels like it was overnight,
(clean)
Cm Ab Fm
Old man looks out the window,
You know he can not open it anymore.
The air outside its gone to rancid,
And the doctor said for him you know it wouldn't be so good for,
He saw a hole start opening up in the sky,
He's buying water man he doesn't even know why,
The smog alerts don't let him even go outside,
And then he starts to wonder when the Earth it started to die,
(overdrive)
Gm Eb Cm
Feels like it was overnight, oh god it,
Feels like it was overnight,
Feels like it was overnight, oh god it,
Feels like it was overnight,
(slow, overdrive)
Gm Bb Eb Cm
Enjoy your last.
Last taste of freedom!
(clean)
Cm Ab Fm
Old man he bars up the windows,
You know he does not feel so safe anymore,
He comes from those supposed good ole days,
When you did not even have to go lock your doors,
He saw security man look like police man,
Saw the police start looking like the army man,
He saw the army start acting like the C.I.A.,
And guess what, the C.I.A. was the president,
(overdrive)
Gm Eb Cm
Feels like it was overnight, oh god it,
Feels like it was overnight,
Feels like it was overnight, oh god it,
Feels like it was overnight,
(powerful, overdrive)
Gm Bb Eb Cm
Enjoy your last.
Last taste of freedom!
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