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This file is the author`s own work and represents their interpretation of the
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Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 21:26:54 -0400
From: Rob Keister
Subject: f/fogerty_john/the_old_man_down_the_road.tab
THE OLD MAN DOWN THE ROAD
written and performed by John Fogerty
tabbed by Rob Keister
(lyrics and most chords are from the .CRD file by
Collins Crapo
intro:
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-5-7-7b(8)-5-----------------|-5-7-7b(8)-(8)-b(8)7-5-----------------|
|-------------7--0-----7---7--|-----------------------7--0-----7---7--|
|------------------3-0---0----|----------------------------3-0---0----|
E7
He take-a thunder from the mountain
G
He take-a lightnin` from the sky
A
He bring the strong man to his beggin` knees
E7
He make the young girl`s mama cry
CHORUS:
E7
You got to hidey-hide
G
You got to jump and run
A
You got to hidey-hidey-hide
C D E7
The old man is down the road
Verse 2:
He got the voices speakin` riddles
He got eyes as black as coal
He got a suitcase covered with rattlesnake hide
And he stands right in the road
(chorus, with away added to end of 2nd line)
(instrumental, same pattern as chorus)
Verse 3:
He make the river call your lover
He make the barking of the hound
Put a shadow `cross the window
When the old man comes around
(chorus; this time, add again to end of 2nd line
and sing 4th line twice)
there`s alot of this:
|----16----16-16---16-16---------------|
|---------------------------------------| ---(mute this string)
|-/16---16------16----------------------|
|---------------------------b(8)7--5----|
|------------------------------------7--|
|---------------------------------------|
and this bass run:
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-0------------------|
|-----------2-0--------------|
|---------------0------------|
I`m still working on this one:
|----------------------------------|
|---b2(2.5)---------b2(2.5)--------|
|---b2(2.5)-0-----0-b2(2.5)-0------|
|-2-----------2---------------2----|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
You may not be able to play all these parts by yourself; I know I can`t.
Fogerty MUST have had multiple guitars/tracks doing them (that`s my story and
I`m sticking with it).
Tab notes:
--8b(9)-- play fret eight, bend the string (at fret eight) to reach the
pitch of fret nine
--b(9)8-- play fret eight already bent to the pitch of fret nine,
releasing until it reaches the normal pitch of fret eight
-8b(8.5)- play fret eight, bend the string (at fret eight) to reach the
pitch a half note higher than the normal pitch of fret eight
---15--- play fret 15, slide down (the ending fret of the slide is
undefined, judge by ear)
Rob Keister
