Chords for Milt Hinton-Old Man Time
Tempo:
118.35 bpm
Chords used:
G
Bb
Cm
Eb
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Oh, hiya.
How many months?
Oh, look at these things.
That was 12 years ago.
Now,
I'd like to sing you a song
about this guy that's been following me around
over these 82 [Em] years.
And just recently, [E] one of my friends passed away,
and I went out to the cemetery to see him off.
On my way back,
the other picker asked me how old I [N] was,
and I told him,
and he says,
there ain't no sense in you going home.
This song tells you about this guy.
He goes like [Bb] this.
[G]
[Db] [Bb] [Cm] [Fm]
[Db] [Gm] Old man time.
[C]
He's so [Eb] needy.
[Ab]
He's the meanest [Eb] man
[A] you've [Bb] ever seen.
[Eb] [E] [Bb] [Cm] [Dm] [Dm]
He gave [Dbm] me you,
[Cm] then he took away.
He took my [A] curly hair,
[Bb] and [Gb] my curly [Fm] drink.
[Bb] He made me rich,
he [B] made me poor,
[Cm] all his women.
[G] [Cm] That's for sure.
All my dreams,
[D] all [B] my schemes.
[D]
He [C] [Db] [D]
[G] gave me [Dm] beauty,
charm and grace,
no [C]
pretences
[Gm] in my face.
[Eb] That [Gm] old [B] man
is [Bb] old as time.
[E] Tell me, he's a liar.
[Cm] [A] [D] [Cm]
[E] [Ebm]
[Gm] [Eb] [B] [Eb] [F]
[Eb] [Dm]
[Db] [Bb] [Db] [Dbm]
[Eb] [F] [Dm] [Eb]
[A] [Gb]
[F] [Eb] [Cm] [Bb]
[F] [Cm]
[A] [D] [C]
[F] [D] [G] [Dm]
[G] [Db] [C]
[A]
[Dm] [C]
[A] [F] [G]
[Db] [C] [Db] [Cm]
[N]
[D] [Bb] [Db] [C]
[N]
[C]
[Cm] [G]
[C] [Dm] [Ab] [A]
[D]
[Gm] [G]
[D] [G]
[C] [B] All [Db] those you got.
[D] I'm gonna tell you one more time.
[Bm] [Bb] Old man time.
[G]
He's [Ab] so needy.
[Eb]
[C] He's the [Gm] meanest man.
[F] [D]
[Bb] [Eb] [E] [Bbm] [Cm] [Bb]
[Dm] He gave me [Db] you,
[Cm] then he [G] took away.
[F] [Dbm]
[Cm] He took [G] my curly [F] hair,
[Am]
[Bb] [Db] [Fm] curly drink.
[G] He [Bb] made me rich
[B] then made me poor
[Ab] all his women.
me.
[F] That's for sure.
[E] All my [Eb] dreams [C] and all my [Eb] schemes [D] don't need a name.
[Ab] [Gbm] Is [G] he a beauty?
Charming grace, [D] then he [Gm] winks in my face.
[Cm] That's old man, [B] old man [D] time.
[Fm] [G] [Dm] Some people call [Dbm] him arthritis.
[G] And others say it's for sight.
But no matter what his [Bbm] name,
[F] he [G] is still the same.
He make me [C] forget what I went to the [Dbm] store for
[Ab] or what it was [D] [G] I used to chase those girls.
[Dm] That's [C] old man.
[Cm] [Eb] [F] [G] [D] [Eb]
[E] [Db] [G] [Bb]
[N]
How many months?
Oh, look at these things.
That was 12 years ago.
Now,
I'd like to sing you a song
about this guy that's been following me around
over these 82 [Em] years.
And just recently, [E] one of my friends passed away,
and I went out to the cemetery to see him off.
On my way back,
the other picker asked me how old I [N] was,
and I told him,
and he says,
there ain't no sense in you going home.
This song tells you about this guy.
He goes like [Bb] this.
[G]
[Db] [Bb] [Cm] [Fm]
[Db] [Gm] Old man time.
[C]
He's so [Eb] needy.
[Ab]
He's the meanest [Eb] man
[A] you've [Bb] ever seen.
[Eb] [E] [Bb] [Cm] [Dm] [Dm]
He gave [Dbm] me you,
[Cm] then he took away.
He took my [A] curly hair,
[Bb] and [Gb] my curly [Fm] drink.
[Bb] He made me rich,
he [B] made me poor,
[Cm] all his women.
[G] [Cm] That's for sure.
All my dreams,
[D] all [B] my schemes.
[D]
He [C] [Db] [D]
[G] gave me [Dm] beauty,
charm and grace,
no [C]
pretences
[Gm] in my face.
[Eb] That [Gm] old [B] man
is [Bb] old as time.
[E] Tell me, he's a liar.
[Cm] [A] [D] [Cm]
[E] [Ebm]
[Gm] [Eb] [B] [Eb] [F]
[Eb] [Dm]
[Db] [Bb] [Db] [Dbm]
[Eb] [F] [Dm] [Eb]
[A] [Gb]
[F] [Eb] [Cm] [Bb]
[F] [Cm]
[A] [D] [C]
[F] [D] [G] [Dm]
[G] [Db] [C]
[A]
[Dm] [C]
[A] [F] [G]
[Db] [C] [Db] [Cm]
[N]
[D] [Bb] [Db] [C]
[N]
[C]
[Cm] [G]
[C] [Dm] [Ab] [A]
[D]
[Gm] [G]
[D] [G]
[C] [B] All [Db] those you got.
[D] I'm gonna tell you one more time.
[Bm] [Bb] Old man time.
[G]
He's [Ab] so needy.
[Eb]
[C] He's the [Gm] meanest man.
[F] [D]
[Bb] [Eb] [E] [Bbm] [Cm] [Bb]
[Dm] He gave me [Db] you,
[Cm] then he [G] took away.
[F] [Dbm]
[Cm] He took [G] my curly [F] hair,
[Am]
[Bb] [Db] [Fm] curly drink.
[G] He [Bb] made me rich
[B] then made me poor
[Ab] all his women.
me.
[F] That's for sure.
[E] All my [Eb] dreams [C] and all my [Eb] schemes [D] don't need a name.
[Ab] [Gbm] Is [G] he a beauty?
Charming grace, [D] then he [Gm] winks in my face.
[Cm] That's old man, [B] old man [D] time.
[Fm] [G] [Dm] Some people call [Dbm] him arthritis.
[G] And others say it's for sight.
But no matter what his [Bbm] name,
[F] he [G] is still the same.
He make me [C] forget what I went to the [Dbm] store for
[Ab] or what it was [D] [G] I used to chase those girls.
[Dm] That's [C] old man.
[Cm] [Eb] [F] [G] [D] [Eb]
[E] [Db] [G] [Bb]
[N]
Key:
G
Bb
Cm
Eb
D
G
Bb
Cm
Oh, hiya.
_ _ How many months? _
Oh, look at these things.
That was 12 years ago. _ _
Now,
_ _ I'd like to sing you a song
about this guy that's been following me around
over these 82 [Em] years.
And just recently, [E] one of my friends passed away, _
and I went out to the cemetery to see him off.
_ On my way back,
the other picker asked me how old I [N] was,
and I told him,
and he says,
there ain't no sense in you going home. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ This song tells you about this guy.
He goes like [Bb] this.
_ [G] _ _
[Db] _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ [Db] [Gm] Old man time.
_ _ [C]
He's so [Eb] needy.
_ [Ab] _ _
He's the meanest [Eb] man
_ [A] you've [Bb] ever seen.
[Eb] _ [E] _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ [Dm] _ [Dm] _
He gave [Dbm] me you,
_ _ [Cm] then he took away.
_ _ _ He took my [A] curly hair,
_ _ [Bb] and [Gb] my curly [Fm] drink.
[Bb] He made me rich,
he [B] made me poor,
[Cm] all his women.
[G] _ [Cm] That's for sure.
All my dreams,
[D] all [B] my schemes.
[D]
He _ [C] _ _ [Db] _ _ [D] _
[G] gave me [Dm] beauty,
charm and grace,
no [C]
pretences
[Gm] in my face.
_ _ [Eb] That [Gm] old [B] man
is [Bb] old as time.
[E] Tell me, he's a liar.
[Cm] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Ebm] _
[Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [B] _ [Eb] _ [F] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Dbm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
[F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [G] _ [Db] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _
[Db] _ _ [C] _ [Db] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [C] _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Ab] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ All [Db] those you got.
[D] I'm gonna tell you one more time. _ _
[Bm] [Bb] Old man time.
_ _ [G]
He's [Ab] so needy.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[C] He's the [Gm] meanest man.
_ [F] _ [D] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [E] _ [Bbm] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _
_ [Dm] He gave me [Db] you, _ _
[Cm] then he [G] took away.
_ [F] _ _ _ [Dbm] _
[Cm] He took [G] my curly [F] hair,
_ [Am] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Db] [Fm] curly drink.
[G] He [Bb] made me rich
_ [B] then made me poor
[Ab] all his women.
me.
_ [F] That's for sure.
[E] All my [Eb] dreams [C] and all my [Eb] schemes [D] don't need a name.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Gbm] Is [G] he a beauty?
_ _ Charming grace, [D] then he [Gm] winks in my face.
_ [Cm] That's old man, [B] _ _ old man [D] time.
[Fm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] Some people call [Dbm] him arthritis.
_ _ _ [G] And others say it's for sight.
_ But no matter what his [Bbm] name,
_ [F] _ he [G] is still the same.
He make me [C] forget what I went to the [Dbm] store for
[Ab] or what it was [D] [G] I used to chase those girls.
_ [Dm] That's [C] old man.
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ [G] _ [D] _ [Eb] _
[E] _ [Db] _ [G] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ How many months? _
Oh, look at these things.
That was 12 years ago. _ _
Now,
_ _ I'd like to sing you a song
about this guy that's been following me around
over these 82 [Em] years.
And just recently, [E] one of my friends passed away, _
and I went out to the cemetery to see him off.
_ On my way back,
the other picker asked me how old I [N] was,
and I told him,
and he says,
there ain't no sense in you going home. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ This song tells you about this guy.
He goes like [Bb] this.
_ [G] _ _
[Db] _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ [Db] [Gm] Old man time.
_ _ [C]
He's so [Eb] needy.
_ [Ab] _ _
He's the meanest [Eb] man
_ [A] you've [Bb] ever seen.
[Eb] _ [E] _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ [Dm] _ [Dm] _
He gave [Dbm] me you,
_ _ [Cm] then he took away.
_ _ _ He took my [A] curly hair,
_ _ [Bb] and [Gb] my curly [Fm] drink.
[Bb] He made me rich,
he [B] made me poor,
[Cm] all his women.
[G] _ [Cm] That's for sure.
All my dreams,
[D] all [B] my schemes.
[D]
He _ [C] _ _ [Db] _ _ [D] _
[G] gave me [Dm] beauty,
charm and grace,
no [C]
pretences
[Gm] in my face.
_ _ [Eb] That [Gm] old [B] man
is [Bb] old as time.
[E] Tell me, he's a liar.
[Cm] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Ebm] _
[Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [B] _ [Eb] _ [F] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Dbm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
[F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [G] _ [Db] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _
[Db] _ _ [C] _ [Db] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [C] _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Ab] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ All [Db] those you got.
[D] I'm gonna tell you one more time. _ _
[Bm] [Bb] Old man time.
_ _ [G]
He's [Ab] so needy.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[C] He's the [Gm] meanest man.
_ [F] _ [D] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [E] _ [Bbm] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _
_ [Dm] He gave me [Db] you, _ _
[Cm] then he [G] took away.
_ [F] _ _ _ [Dbm] _
[Cm] He took [G] my curly [F] hair,
_ [Am] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Db] [Fm] curly drink.
[G] He [Bb] made me rich
_ [B] then made me poor
[Ab] all his women.
me.
_ [F] That's for sure.
[E] All my [Eb] dreams [C] and all my [Eb] schemes [D] don't need a name.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Gbm] Is [G] he a beauty?
_ _ Charming grace, [D] then he [Gm] winks in my face.
_ [Cm] That's old man, [B] _ _ old man [D] time.
[Fm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] Some people call [Dbm] him arthritis.
_ _ _ [G] And others say it's for sight.
_ But no matter what his [Bbm] name,
_ [F] _ he [G] is still the same.
He make me [C] forget what I went to the [Dbm] store for
[Ab] or what it was [D] [G] I used to chase those girls.
_ [Dm] That's [C] old man.
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ [G] _ [D] _ [Eb] _
[E] _ [Db] _ [G] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _