Old Man Chord Chart by Neil Young

Welcome to my Old Man chord chart by Neil Young. Very cool song with some fairly simple chords, with the exception of the F chord, and a repetitive chord progression.

I really like Neil’s stuff for teaching beginner to beginner intermediate players as there’s always cool things to learn and embellish. This song uses a lot of 1/2 measures, so counting is very important to stay in time with the song.

If you are a beginner player and are not using barre chords, do not fret. You can use the Fmaj7 chord pictured below the strumming pattern as an easy fix until you become a more intermediate player and play barre chords. The timing may be a little tricky for the early stage beginners. So feel free to come back once your rhythm and timing has improved.

Now obviously this song has a pretty intricate strumming and picking pattern that we are not going to over here. I have listed a more simplified pattern that works well for this song below

Strumming 1:
1 2 + 3 4+
D DU D DU

Strumming 2:
1 + 2 +a 3 + 4 + a
B B D DU B B D DU

Chorus: |Am7 Em7 G| part

Line this up with the lyric using down strums,

|Am7 Em7 G|
A lot like you

OLD MAN CHORD CHART BY NEIL YOUNG

We do not distribute printable chord and lyrics charts. These charts are here only to support online learning. We highly recommend buying music from Hal Leonard or a reputable online sheet music store.

Intro:
F F F(1/2) D D
F F F(1/2) D D

F
Old man look at my life,
|F D | D (1/2)
I'm a lot like you were.
F
Old man look at my life,
|F D | F (1/2)
I'm a lot like you were.

| C G | D F | C F |

|D F|
Old man look at my life,
|C G|
Twenty-four and there's so much more
|G F|
Live alone in a paradise
| C F|
That makes me think of two.

|D F|
Love lost, such a cost,
|C G|
Give me things that don't get lost.
|D C |
Like a coin that won't get tossed
|F G|
Rolling home to you.

Chorus:
D | Am7 Em7 G |

| D F | C G | D F | C F |

Verse:
|D F |
Lullabies, look in your eyes,
|C G|
Run around the same old town.
|D F|
Doesn't mean that much to me
|C F |
To mean that much to you.

|D F |
I've been first and last
|C G |
Look at how the time goes past.
|D C|
But I'm all alone at last.
|F G|
Rolling home to you.

Chorus:
D | Am7 Em7 G |

F
Old man look at my life,
|F D | D 1/2
I'm a lot like you were.
F
Old man look at my life,
|F D | F (1/2)
I'm a lot like you were.

| C G | D (hold)

This file is the author’s own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It’s intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.

Find this website helpful? Support today.

Buy a Guitar Course