This is one of my favourite Neil Young songs and is relatively easy to play, but mastering all the embellishments in Neil's chord picking (not shown here) is more tricky. Intro Dm9 E|------------0--0--|----------0--0--0--|------------0--0--| B|---------6--6--6--|-------6--6--6--6--|---------6--6--6--| G|--5----0h5--5--5--|--5--0h5--5--5--5--|--5----0h5--5--5--| D|--0--0------------|--0----------------|--0--0------------| A|------------------|-------------------|------------------| E|------------------|-------------------|------------------| D E|-----0h2--------|--3p2-----0h2--0--0--| B|----------3--3--|-------3-------3--3--| G|--2-------2--2--|-------2-------2--2--| D|--0-------------|---------------------| A|----------------|---------------------| E|----------------|---------------------| (Repeat above) (play as intro)

^Dm9Old man look at my life, I'm a lot like ^Dyou were. ^Dm9Old man look at my life , I'm a lot like

^Dyou wer^Fmaj7e ^C ^G D Fmaj7 C F

Verse

^DOld man ^Fmaj7look at my life, ^Ctwenty four and there's ^Gso much more. ^DLive alone in a ^Fpa

maj7

radise that ^Cmakes me think of ^Ftwo. ^DLove lost, ^Fmaj7such a cost, ^Cgive me things that ^Gdon't get lost. ^DLike a coin that ^Cwon't get tossed ^Frolling home to you ^G

Bass run into chorus G A B C D Chorus Intro D Dsus4 D Am7 Em7 G

^DOld man take a look at my life I'm a ^Am7lot like ^Em7you. ^G ^DI need someone to love me the ^Am7whole day ^Em7through. ^G ^DAh, one look in my eyes and you can ^Am7tell that's ^Em7true.

Bridge to verse D Fmaj7 C G D Fmaj7 C F 2nd Verse

^DLullabies, ^Fmaj7look in your eyes,^C run around the ^Gsame old town. ^DDoesn't mean that ^Fmaj7much to me to ^Cmean that much to ^Gyou. ^DI've been ^Fmaj7first and last,^C look at how the ^Gtime goes past. ^DBut I'm all a^Clone at last, ^Frolling home to ^Gyou.

Run into chorus G A B C D Repeat chorus Repeat intro But on the last "you were" finish with...

^Dyou were.^Fmaj7 ^C ^G ^D

Neil Young - Old man