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THE OLD MAN DOWN THE ROAD John Fogerty
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------| |-----------------------------|---------------------------------------| |-----------------------------|---------------------------------------| |-5-7-7b(8)-5-----------------|-5-7-7b(8)-(8)-b(8)7-5-----------------| |-------------7--0-----7---7--|-----------------------7--0-----7---7--| |------------------3-0---0----|----------------------------3-0---0----|
He take-a [E7]thunder from the mountain
He take-a [G]lightnin' from the sky
He bring the [A]strong man to his beggin' knees
He make the [E7]young girl's mama cry
CHORUS:
You got to [E7]hidey-hide
You got to [G]jump and run
You got to [A]hidey-hidey-hide
The [C]old man [D] is down the [E7]road
Verse 2:
He got the voices speakin' riddles
He got eyes as black as coal
He got a suitcase covered with rattlesnake hide
And he stands right in the road
(chorus, with "away" added to end of 2nd line)
(instrumental, same pattern as chorus)
Verse 3:
He make the river call your lover
He make the barking of the hound
Put a shadow 'cross the window
When the old man comes around
(chorus; this time, add "again" to end of 2nd line
and sing 4th line twice)
there's alot of this:
|----16----16-16---16-16---------------| |---------------------------------------| ---(mute this string) |-/16---16------16----------------------| |---------------------------b(8)7--5----| |------------------------------------7--| |---------------------------------------|
and this bass run:
|----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-0------------------| |-----------2-0--------------| |---------------0------------|
I'm still working on this one:
|----------------------------------| |---b2(2.5)---------b2(2.5)--------| |---b2(2.5)-0-----0-b2(2.5)-0------| |-2-----------2---------------2----| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------|
You may not be able to play all these parts by yourself; I know I can't.
Fogerty MUST have had multiple guitars/tracks doing them (that's my story and
I'm sticking with it).
Tab notes:
--8b(9)-- play fret eight, bend the string (at fret eight) to reach the
pitch of fret nine
--b(9)8-- play fret eight already bent to the pitch of fret nine,
releasing until it reaches the normal pitch of fret eight
-8b(8.5)- play fret eight, bend the string (at fret eight) to reach the
pitch a half note higher than the normal pitch of fret eight
---15--- play fret 15, slide down (the ending fret of the slide is
undefined, judge by ear)
Rob Keister
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