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Old Man Tab

by Randy Newman


...OLD MAN... by Randy Newman
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*from 'Sail Away' (1972)*


*CAPO 4th FRET*

(Original Key: )


Verse 1:

                  
 Every-one has gone a-way;
                      
 Can you hear me? Can you hear me?

                    
 No one cared enough to stay.
                    
 Can you hear me? Can you hear me?

Chorus 1:

                 
You must remember me, old man,
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I know that you can if you try.
                      
So just open up your eyes, old man,
                         
 Look who's come to say good-bye.

Interlude:

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Verse 2:

                           
The sun has left the sky, old man,
                      
The birds have flown a-way.
                  
And no one came to cry, old man,
                    
Good-bye, old man, good-bye.

Verse 3:

                          
You want to stay, I know you do,
                      
But it ain't no use to try.
                           
'Cos I'll be here, and I'm just like you,
                    
Good-bye, old man, good-bye.

Chorus 2:

                
Won't be no God to comfort you,
                                
You taught me not to believe that lie.
                                    
You don't need anybody, no-body needs you;
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 Don't cry, old man, don't cry;
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 Every-body dies.


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