Scott Walker - The old mans back again

I seen a ^G#mhand, I see^En a^F# vision It was reach^Eing through the ^F#clouds ^G#to risk ^C#ma dream A ^G#mshadow crossed the ^Esky ^F#and it ^Ecrushed it to the ^F#ground ^G# Just like a ^C#mbeast The old man's ^F#back again,^A the old ^G#man's ^C#mback again

I seen a woman ^G#mstanding in the ^Esnow ^F# She was ^Esilent as ^F#she watched them ^G#take her ^C#mman ^G#mTeardrops burned her ^Echeeks ^F# For she ^Ethought she'd heard ^F#the shadow^G# had left this ^C#mland The old man's back a^F#gain, ^Athe o^G#ld ^C#mman's back again

The crowds just gather, ^G#mtheir faces ^Eturned away ^F# And they ^Equeue all day l^F#ike dragons ^G#of dis^C#mgust Older ^G#women whispe^Ering ^F# Wondering ^Ejust what these young ^F#hotheads^G# want ^C#mof us And 'entrez vie' he cries with ^G#meyes that ring like ^Echimes ^F# His anti-^Eworlds go ^F#spinning^G# through his ^C#mhead He ^G#mburns them in his ^Edreams ^F# For half-^Eawake,^F# they may as^G# well be^C#m dead The old man's ^F#back again,^A I ^G#see he's back a^C#mgain

I see a soldier, ^G#he's standing in the ^Erain ^F# For him there's ^Eno old ^F#man ^G#to walk be^C#mhind ^G#Devoured by his ^Epain,^F# bewildered ^Eby the ^F#faces^G# that pass ^C#mhim by ^G#He'd like another ^Ename,^F# the one he's ^Egot's a ^F#curse,^G# these people ^C#mcry ^G#Why can't they ^Eunderstand? ^F# His mother ^Ecalled him ^F#Ivan,^G# then she ^C#mdied The old man's ^F#back again^A, the ^G#old ^C#mman's back again I can see him ^F#back again ^{A G# C#m}

^F#Voc^Aal^G# Ja^C#mzz to fade