Old Folkie chords by Harry Chapin

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
D5D5 D4 (2x)

Verse 1:
     D5D5
He's the man with the banjo

And the twelve string guitar
      D4
And he's singin' us a song

To tell us who we are
     D5D5
When you look in his eyes
             D4
You know that somebody's in there

Verse 2:
     D5D5
Yeah he knows where we're going

And where we been
      D4
And how the fog is gettin' thicker

Where the future should begin
     D5D5
When you look at his life
              D4
You know that he's really been there

Chorus:
    A augmentedA                         C majorC
Still what is that name that they're callin' that man
 E minorEm
What is that name that they're callin' that man
   A augmentedA    A/GA/G - A/F# - A/EA/E
You know...
         D MajorD  G+G
He's always the old folkie
 D MajorD           G+G
They say he's always bleedin'
    D MajorD          G+G
But whenever somebody's needin' him
 E minorEm        A augmentedA
He's the one who cares
         D MajorD  G+G
He's always the old folkie
  D MajorD         G+G
Whenever somethin's burnin'
    D MajorD         G+G
Or a lesson needs some learnin'
   D MajorD    D/C#     B minorBm
Or a tide that needs some turnin'
Bm/ABm/A   E minorEm       A augmentedA
To some better world somewhere
     E minorEm   A augmentedA    D MajorD
Yeah the old folkie's there...

Instrumental:
D MajorD - G+G - D MajorD - G+G

Verse 3:
      D MajorD            Dsus4Dsus4  D MajorD
Yeah for forty years now he's been pushin' on
  G+G            GsusGsus     G+G
Carryin' the dream 'cause Woody's long gone
     D MajorD           Dsus4Dsus4    D MajorD  G+G   GsusGsus - G+G - GsusGsus
He's the last voice singing that bound for glory song
  D MajorD              Dsus4Dsus4     D MajorD
And if you've never seen him you might take a look
     G+G               GsusGsus  G+G
He's the man that put the meanin' in the music book
      D MajorD          Dsus4Dsus4     D MajorD   G+G    GsusGsus - G+G
Yeah the world may be tired but Pete's still goin' strong

Chorus:
    A augmentedA                         C majorC
Still what is that name that they're callin' that man
 E minorEm
What is that name that they're callin' that man
   A augmentedA    A/GA/G - A/F# - A/EA/E
You know...
         D MajorD  G+G
He's always the old folkie
 D MajorD           G+G
They say he's always bleedin'
    D MajorD          G+G
But whenever somebody's needin' him
 E minorEm        A augmentedA
He's the one who cares
         D MajorD  G+G
He's always the old folkie
  D MajorD         G+G
Whenever somethin's burnin'
    D MajorD         G+G
Or a lesson needs some learnin'
   D MajorD    D/C#     B minorBm
Or a tide that needs some turnin'
Bm/ABm/A   E minorEm       A augmentedA
To some better world somewhere
     E minorEm   A augmentedA    D MajorD
Yeah the old folkie's there...

Instrumental:
D MajorD - G+G - GsusGsus (4x's)

Chorua:
    A augmentedA                         C majorC
Still what is that name that they're callin' that man
    E minorEm
Still what is that name that they're callin' that man
   A augmentedA    Asus4Asus4 - Emaj7/11/A
You know...
         D MajorD  G+G
He's always the old folkie
  D MajorD        G+G
Singin' for some hopeless cause
  D MajorD         G+G
Shoutin' down the mountain top
   E minorEm         A augmentedA
The wind is his only applause
         D MajorD  G+G
He's always the old folkie
D MajorD             G+G
We don't know what we're missin'
     D MajorD      G+G
'Cause nobody ever listens
      D MajorD  D/C#     B minorBm
'Cept the lovers as they're kissin'
Bm/ABm/A   E minorEm         A augmentedA
Aw he's singin' for them somewhere
     E minorEm   A augmentedA    D MajorD
Yeah the old folkie's there
  E minorEm   A augmentedA    D MajorD
The old folkie's there...

Outro:
G+G - D MajorD - G+G - GsusGsus - D MajorD