Chords for Nancy Wilson -- The Old Country (1961)

Tempo:
125.7 bpm
Chords used:

Bbm

C

F

Bb

Cm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Nancy Wilson -- The Old Country (1961) chords
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[Bbm] [Gb]
[F]
[C]
[B] [Bbm] [Db] [C]
[B] [Bbm] Hey you [C] old man sitting [Am] by the [Bbm] lonesome road It's about [Ebm] time you're quitting [Fm] life's [D] so
[Db] tiresome load You're [Cm] so sad and lonely, [F] [C] got no [Bb] family
[Eb] Just an [Ebm] old man [D] from [F] some [Bbm] old country [Eb] You ain't [Cm] sad, no chillin' [Bb] none [Bbm] by your side
[Bb] You left all your women, ain't you satisfied Don't just sit [C] there clinging [Eb] [Bbm] to a memory
[Fm] [G] Of a [C] love left [Gb] in [F] some old [Bbm] country
Nobody [Bb] [E]
[Bbm] [Bb] [Bbm]
[Eb] [Ebm] [Cm]
[Gb] [Cm]
[C] [Eb]
[G] [Ab] [G] [Gb]
[C] [F] [Bbm]
[Cm] [F]
[Bb] [F] [Bb]
[Bbm] [F] [Bbm]
[A] [Bb]
[Cm] [Bb]
[C] [A] [F] [Bbm]
[Ab] [G] [Gb]
[C] [F] [Bbm]
[C] [Cm] need you old man, cause [Bm] nobody [Bbm] called your name
Nobody even a whisper [Cm] [C] long [Db] gone [Eb] shame [Db] So the [C] cold grim reaper [Eb] [A] has no sympathy
[Ab] [Gm] You won't [Gb] see your [C] homeland through [Db]
[C] me
[Bbm] [Db] [C] [B] [Bbm]
Key:  
Bbm
13421111
C
3211
F
134211111
Bb
12341111
Cm
13421113
Bbm
13421111
C
3211
F
134211111
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Learn the basic chords of Nancy Wilson, Cannonball Adderley - The Old Country chords, with this master sequence: Bbm, Db, C, B, Bbm, C and Bbm. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 62 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 126. With an eye on the song's key Db Major, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.

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_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[B] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [C] _
_ [B] _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ Hey you _ [C] old man sitting _ [Am] by the [Bbm] lonesome road _ It's about [Ebm] time you're quitting _ [Fm] life's [D] so
[Db] tiresome load _ _ You're [Cm] so sad and lonely, _ [F] _ _ [C] got no _ [Bb] family
_ _ [Eb] _ Just an [Ebm] old man [D] from [F] some [Bbm] old country _ [Eb] _ You ain't [Cm] sad, no chillin' [Bb] _ none [Bbm] by your side
[Bb] _ You left all your women, _ _ ain't you satisfied _ _ Don't just sit [C] there clinging _ [Eb] _ [Bbm] to a memory
[Fm] _ _ [G] _ Of a [C] love left [Gb] in [F] some old [Bbm] _ country _ _ _
Nobody [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
[G] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _
_ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
[C] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ need you old man, cause [Bm] nobody [Bbm] called your name
Nobody even a whisper [Cm] _ _ [C] long [Db] gone [Eb] shame [Db] _ So the [C] cold grim reaper [Eb] _ [A] has no sympathy
_ [Ab] _ _ [Gm] You won't [Gb] see your [C] homeland _ _ _ through [Db] _
_ [C] me
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [C] _ _ [B] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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