Mandolin Orange - Old ties and companions

^G Old man^D give me^C endless time Never ^Glet these ties^D se^Cver ^GIt's breaking bottles ^Din the ^Cyard Never still my mind again ^G

^DMm^Cm ^DLike old ties and com^Empan^Cio^Dns Just sitting on the ^Cfence

^G The tunes we've carried ^Dthrough the ^Cyears will change ^GAnd man that's ^Djust ^Cenough ^GTo keep these ghosts aro^Dun^Cd those haunted ^Gfields

^DMm^Cm ^DLike old ties and com^Empan^Cio^Dns You and I were just ^Cpassing through

^GIt's a hundred thousand miles^D of ^Clonely track ^G Holding ^Dback ^Ctomorrow ^GSomeday I'll hop ^Dalo^Cng and ride it ^Ghome D C

^DLike old ties and com^Empan^Cio^Dns We never leave ^Calone

^G So old man ^Dgive me ^Cendless time ^Gnever let these tie^Ds ^Csever ^GSo heaven knows and ^Dall this ^Cfooling around ^GThese times won't ^Dlast ^Cforever, afterall ^D C C2 C C2