Chords for Jimmy Durante - Old Man Time - Studio Version
Tempo:
76.425 bpm
Chords used:
G
Ab
D
F
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Am] [F] [G] [Am]
[F] [G] [Cm] Old man [C] time, [F] he's so mean, meanest man [G] you'll [C] ever [Am] see.
[C] He gives you youth, [Ab] then he steals [Dm] it away.
[G] He [F] takes your nice, [G] pretty hair, [Em]
turns it [F] gray.
[G] [C] Makes you rich, makes you [Bb] poor, [Bm]
[F] he's a [A] dog.
[Dm] All your dreams and [G] your schemes [Cm] ain't worth [C] a dime.
So [Dm] have a good [D] time every day, [Em] cause you'll never, never get [A] away.
[Am] From old [G] man, old [C] man time, [Ab] [Db] old man time.
The [Ebm]
boogaboo, [Ab] [Ebm] every year, [Fm] he [Gb] changes [Db] you.
He bends your back, [Bb] dims your [E] eyes, [Ebm] you see less.
[Ab] You [Ebm] quake and shake when [Ab] he's true, [Db] you're a [Ab] mess.
[Db] Makes you fat, [D] thin and tall, [Ebm] he plays tricks [Ab] on us all.
Every year, [E] changes you, no [Db] sense around.
[F] He [Gb] gives you beauty, [G] charm and grace, [Ab] then puts wrinkles [Bb] in your [Ab] face.
[Bbm] That's old [Fm] man, old [Db] man time.
[A] But [D] there's one thing [Gb] he can't change, [G] love that's true, [A] stays the same.
It lives on, on and on, in [D] any clan.
So [G] you don't ever have [Ab] to fret, [D] fall in [Gbm] love and you [B] forget.
[Bm] Old man, [A] [D] old man [C] time.
[B] [Bm] Yes, old [A] man, old [D] man time.
[G] [Am] [B] [G] [Am] [B]
[G] [Gbm] [Em] [D] [Ab] [D]
[F] [G] [Cm] Old man [C] time, [F] he's so mean, meanest man [G] you'll [C] ever [Am] see.
[C] He gives you youth, [Ab] then he steals [Dm] it away.
[G] He [F] takes your nice, [G] pretty hair, [Em]
turns it [F] gray.
[G] [C] Makes you rich, makes you [Bb] poor, [Bm]
[F] he's a [A] dog.
[Dm] All your dreams and [G] your schemes [Cm] ain't worth [C] a dime.
So [Dm] have a good [D] time every day, [Em] cause you'll never, never get [A] away.
[Am] From old [G] man, old [C] man time, [Ab] [Db] old man time.
The [Ebm]
boogaboo, [Ab] [Ebm] every year, [Fm] he [Gb] changes [Db] you.
He bends your back, [Bb] dims your [E] eyes, [Ebm] you see less.
[Ab] You [Ebm] quake and shake when [Ab] he's true, [Db] you're a [Ab] mess.
[Db] Makes you fat, [D] thin and tall, [Ebm] he plays tricks [Ab] on us all.
Every year, [E] changes you, no [Db] sense around.
[F] He [Gb] gives you beauty, [G] charm and grace, [Ab] then puts wrinkles [Bb] in your [Ab] face.
[Bbm] That's old [Fm] man, old [Db] man time.
[A] But [D] there's one thing [Gb] he can't change, [G] love that's true, [A] stays the same.
It lives on, on and on, in [D] any clan.
So [G] you don't ever have [Ab] to fret, [D] fall in [Gbm] love and you [B] forget.
[Bm] Old man, [A] [D] old man [C] time.
[B] [Bm] Yes, old [A] man, old [D] man time.
[G] [Am] [B] [G] [Am] [B]
[G] [Gbm] [Em] [D] [Ab] [D]
Key:
G
Ab
D
F
C
G
Ab
D
[Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ [Am] _
_ [F] _ [G] [Cm] Old man [C] time, _ [F] he's so mean, _ meanest man [G] you'll [C] ever [Am] see.
[C] He gives you youth, [Ab] then he steals [Dm] it away.
[G] He [F] takes your nice, [G] pretty hair, [Em]
turns it [F] gray.
[G] [C] Makes you rich, makes you [Bb] poor, [Bm]
[F] he's a [A] dog.
[Dm] All your dreams and [G] your schemes [Cm] ain't worth [C] a dime.
So [Dm] have a good [D] time every day, [Em] cause you'll never, never get [A] away.
[Am] From old [G] man, old [C] man time, [Ab] _ [Db] old man time.
The [Ebm]
boogaboo, [Ab] _ [Ebm] every year, [Fm] he [Gb] changes [Db] you.
He bends your back, [Bb] dims your [E] eyes, [Ebm] you see less.
[Ab] You [Ebm] quake and shake when [Ab] he's true, [Db] you're a [Ab] mess.
[Db] Makes you fat, [D] thin and tall, [Ebm] he plays tricks [Ab] on us all.
Every year, [E] changes you, no [Db] sense around.
[F] He [Gb] gives you beauty, [G] charm and grace, [Ab] then puts wrinkles [Bb] in your [Ab] face.
[Bbm] That's old [Fm] man, old [Db] man time.
[A] But [D] there's one thing [Gb] he can't change, [G] love that's true, [A] stays the same.
It lives on, on and on, in [D] any clan.
So [G] you don't ever have [Ab] to fret, [D] fall in [Gbm] love and you [B] forget.
[Bm] Old man, [A] [D] old man [C] time.
[B] _ [Bm] Yes, old [A] man, old [D] man time.
_ [G] _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ [G] _ [Am] _ [B] _
[G] _ _ [Gbm] _ [Em] _ [D] _ [Ab] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ [G] [Cm] Old man [C] time, _ [F] he's so mean, _ meanest man [G] you'll [C] ever [Am] see.
[C] He gives you youth, [Ab] then he steals [Dm] it away.
[G] He [F] takes your nice, [G] pretty hair, [Em]
turns it [F] gray.
[G] [C] Makes you rich, makes you [Bb] poor, [Bm]
[F] he's a [A] dog.
[Dm] All your dreams and [G] your schemes [Cm] ain't worth [C] a dime.
So [Dm] have a good [D] time every day, [Em] cause you'll never, never get [A] away.
[Am] From old [G] man, old [C] man time, [Ab] _ [Db] old man time.
The [Ebm]
boogaboo, [Ab] _ [Ebm] every year, [Fm] he [Gb] changes [Db] you.
He bends your back, [Bb] dims your [E] eyes, [Ebm] you see less.
[Ab] You [Ebm] quake and shake when [Ab] he's true, [Db] you're a [Ab] mess.
[Db] Makes you fat, [D] thin and tall, [Ebm] he plays tricks [Ab] on us all.
Every year, [E] changes you, no [Db] sense around.
[F] He [Gb] gives you beauty, [G] charm and grace, [Ab] then puts wrinkles [Bb] in your [Ab] face.
[Bbm] That's old [Fm] man, old [Db] man time.
[A] But [D] there's one thing [Gb] he can't change, [G] love that's true, [A] stays the same.
It lives on, on and on, in [D] any clan.
So [G] you don't ever have [Ab] to fret, [D] fall in [Gbm] love and you [B] forget.
[Bm] Old man, [A] [D] old man [C] time.
[B] _ [Bm] Yes, old [A] man, old [D] man time.
_ [G] _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ [G] _ [Am] _ [B] _
[G] _ _ [Gbm] _ [Em] _ [D] _ [Ab] _ _ [D] _
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