TAB by Song : 233651
Tab List Area
1 Pages 1 Results
Old Folks Boogie by Little Feat
Old Folks Boogie
C7 F7
Off Our Rockers, Actin' Crazy
C7
With the Right Medication We Won't Be Lazy
F7
Doin' the Old Folks Boogie
Ab7
Down On the Farm
C7
Wheelchairs, They Was Locked Arm in Arm
G7 F7
Paired Off Pacemakers With Matchin' Alarms
C7 Bb C7
Gives Us Jus' One More Chance To Spin One More Yarn
C7 F7
And You Know That You're Over the Hill
C7 Bb A Bb A Bb A Bb C7 *
When Your Mind Makes a Promise That Your Body Can't Fill
F7
Doin' the Old Folks Boogie
Ab7
And Boogie We Will
G7
'cause to Us the Thought's As Good As a Thrill
C7
Back At the Home,
F7
No Time Is Your Own,
C7
Facillities There, They're All Out On Loan
F7 Ab7
The Bank Forclose, and Your Bankruptcy Shows
C7
And Your Credit Creeps to An All-time Low
G7 F7
So You Know, That You're Over the Hil
C7 Bb A Bb A Bb A Bb C7
When Your Mind Makes a Promise That Your Body Can't Fill.
Bridge: C7 F7 C7 Bb A Bb A Bb A Bb C7 Repeat x3
C C7
Try and Get a Rise From An Atrophied Muscle,
F7 Ab7
And the Nerves in Your Thigh Just Quivers and Fizzles
G7 F7
So You Know, That You're Over the Hill
C7 Bb A Bb A Bb A Bb C7
When Your Mind Makes a Promise That Your Body Can't Fill
To play this part:
C7 Bb A Bb A Bb A Bb C7
When your mind Makes a Promise That Your Body Can't Fill
Start with C barre chord playing strings 3,4,5 on 5th fret, then play Bb and A chords
the same way on frets 3 and 2
5th Fret- C
-----------|
---x-------|
---X-------|
---X-------|
-----------|
-----------|
3rd Fret- Bb
-----------|
---x-------|
---X-------|
---X-------|
-----------|
-----------|
2nd Fret- A
-----------|
---x-------|
---X-------|
---X-------|
-----------|
-----------|
------------------
version 2
Nice to play the F#dim as 2x121x or 2x1212.
[Intro]
B7 sliding up to C7. They play the B7 as x212xx sliding up to C7 as x323xx.
[Verse]
C7 [E] F7
Off our rockers, actin' crazy
C7
And with the right medication we won't be lazy
[E] F7 F#dim
Old folks boogie, down on the farm
C7
Wheelchairs, they was locked arm in arm
G7 F7 G7
Paired off pacemakers with matchin' alarms
C7 G7
Gives us just one more chance to spin one more yarn
C7 [E] F7
And you know that you're over the hill
C7
When your mind makes a promise that your body can't fill
[E] F7 F#dim
Old folks boogie, and boogie we will
G7
'Cause to us the thought's as good as a thrill
C7 [E] F7
Back at the home, no time is your own,
C7
Facillities there, well they're all out on loan
[E] F7 F#dim
The bank forclose, and your bankruptcy shows
C7
And your credit creeps to an all-time low
G7 F7 G7
So you know, that you're over the hill
C7 G7
When your mind makes a promise that your body can't fill
[Instrumental break]
C7 | % | F7 | % |
C7 | % | % | % | [x3]
C7 | % | F7 | G7 |
[Verse]
C7
Try and get a rise from an atrophied muscle,
F F#dim
And the nerves in your thigh just quivers and fizzles
G7 F7 G7
So you know, that you're over the hill
C7 G7
When your mind makes a promise that your body can't fill
--------------