Old Friend chords by The Allman Brothers Band

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
D MajorD FF G+G D MajorD   (x2)

Verse 1:
     D MajorD           FF           G+G       D MajorD
You know hard times,  just an old friend,  just an old friend to me
   D MajorD            FF           G+G       D MajorD
I say hard times,   just an old friend,  just an old friend to me
      Am7Am7      C majorC      G+G      D MajorD
Tell me now old friend,  oh when you gonna let me be?

Verse 2:
         D MajorD      FF      G+G        D MajorD
Can't you feel a cold wind,   howlin' down, blowin' my song
         D MajorD      FF      G+G        D MajorD
Can't you feel a cold wind,  it's howlin' down, blowin' my song
        Am7Am7   C majorC     G+G         D MajorD
Well I ain't an old man, oh but you know my time ain't long

Verse 3:
      D MajorD        FF         G+G          D MajorD
Gonna be a hard rain - you can hear it in the distance, sounds so near
      D MajorD         FF         G+G          D MajorD
Gonna be a hard rain - can't you hear it in the distance, sounds so near
        Am7Am7     C majorC       G+G           D MajorD
People when the rain comes, oh it's gonna wash us all away from here

Bridge:
   D MajorD FF G+G D MajorD

Verse 4:
     D MajorD   FF        G+G           D MajorD
Mean old woman, people won't you tell me where can she be
     D MajorD     FF        G+G           D MajorD
Mean old woman, oh people won't you tell me where can she be
        Am7Am7    C majorC      G+G        D MajorD
She's the only woman,   oh that ever meant a damn to me

Verse 5:
     D MajorD           FF           G+G       D MajorD
You know hard times,  just an old friend,  just an old friend to me
   D MajorD            FF           G+G       D MajorD
I say hard times,   just an old friend,  just an old friend to me
      Am7Am7      C majorC      G+G      D MajorD
Tell me now old friend,  oh when you gonna let me be?
      Am7Am7      C majorC      G+G      D MajorD
Tell me now old friend,  oh when you gonna let me be?
      Am7Am7     C majorC       G+G         D MajorD
Tell me now old friend, when you gonna let, this poor man be?