Old Cifras

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                Old – Paul Simon
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Written by: Paul Simon
From: “You’re The One” (2000)
 
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
 
If you’re playing with a bass player, leave out the split chords and play
straight chords instead (leaving out the bass strings E and A) altogether).
 
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[Verse] Whatever your strumming pattern, change the chords as indicated.
 
  A       D   A   A/E  E A          A       D   A   A/E  E A
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0-------2---0---|0---0-0---------|0-------2---0---|0---0-0---------|
B|2-------3---2---|2---0-2---------|2-------3---2---|2---0-2---------|
G|2-------2---2---|2---1-2---------|2-------2---2---|2---1-2---------|
D|2-------0---2---|2---2-2---------|2-------0---2---|2---2-2---------|
A|0-----------0---|----2-0---------|0-----------0---|----2-0---------|
E|----------------|----0-----------|----------------|----0-----------|
  A       D        E       A       F#m      D6 Dmaj7 A/E E A
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0-------2-------|0---------------|2-------2---2---|0---0-0---------|
B|2-------3-------|0-------2-------|2-------3---2---|2---0-2---------|
G|2-------2-------|1-------2-------|2-------4---2---|2---1-2---------|
D|2-------0-------|2-------2-------|4-------0---0---|2---2-2---------|
A|0---------------|2-------0-------|4---------------|----2-0---------|
E|----------------|0---------------|2---------------|----0-----------|
 
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CHORDS
         E-A-D-G-B-e
A/E      x-x-2-2-2-0
D6       x-x-0-4-3-2
Dmaj7    x-x-0-2-2-2
A/D      x-x-0-2-2-0
 
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[Intro]
| N.C. |  %  |
 (percussion)
 
| A   D A | A E A   |
| A   D A | A E A   |
 
 
[Verse 1]
    A                   D     A
The first time I heard “Peggy Sue”
      A/E    E     A
I was twelve years old
A              D      A
Russians up in rocket ships
        A/E E   A
And the war was cold
    A              D
Now many wars have come and gone
E        A
Genocide still goes on
      F#m              D6 Dmaj7
Buddy Holly still goes on
        A/E       E   A
But his catalogue was sold
 
 
 
[Verse 2]
A            D            A
First time I smoked guess what?
A/E E   A
    Paranoid.
A                   D    A
First time I heard “Satisfaction”
      A/E       E   A
I was young and unemployed
A                D
Down the decades every year
E                    A
Summer leaves and my birthday’s here
    F#m                  D      A/D
And all my friends stand up and cheer
          A/E  E      A
And say, “Man, you’re old”
 
 
[Chorus]
        D
Getting old ...
G
Old ...
               C      |  F  E  |
You’re getting old ...
 
 
[Interlude]
| A  D A   | A  D A   |
| A D A D | A  D A   |
 
 
[Verse 3]
   A             D        A        A/E   E   A
We celebrate the birth of Jesus on Christmas Day
    A               D     A        A/E E  A
And Buddha found Nirvana along the lo- tus way
      A     D             E           A
About 1,500 years ago the messenger Mohammed spoke
        F#m           D     A/D
And his wisdom like a river flowed
        A/E   E  A
Through hills of gold
 
 
[Chorus]
          D
Wisdom is old
             G
The Koran is old
             C
The Bible is old
         F          E
Greatest story ever told
 
 
[Interlude]
| A  D A   | A  D A   |
| A D A D | A  D A   |
                  Disagreements?
 
| A  D A   |          | A  D A   |
         Work ‘em out
| A D A D | A  D A   |
 
 
[Verse]
    A              D          A        A/E E A
The human race has walked the earth for 2.7  million
       A            D  A        A/E E  A
And we estimate the universe at 13– 14 billion
     A                 D           E         A
When all these numbers tumble into your imagination
   F#m            D        A/D     A/E  E A
Consider that the Lord was there before creation
 
 
[Chorus]
       D
God is old
          G
We’re not old
       C
God is old
           |  F  E  |
He made the mold
 
 
[Coda]
| A  D A   | A  D A   |
| A D A D | A  D A   |
                   Take your clothes off!
| A  D A   |          | A  D A   |
         Adam and Eve ...
| A D A D | A D A D | A
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