The Oldest Rhythm chords by The Corb Lund Band

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: B

Intro:

Bm   E

Verse 1:
                           Bm
All the good men have gone East
E                                            Bm
Tired of the panoply and fury of the Western beast
    E                                                       Bm
And now that all hostilities and prisoners of war have been released
                 E                                                        Bm
They're teaching Anglais to the natives till the global redistributing is ceased
E                              Bm
And all the good men have gone East
         E                                                                   Bm
Mark and Daniel, Jon and Paul are gone and Richard's lying heart to join the feast

Chorus:
               B      F#
And I know the oldest rhythm
       G#m                     E
Is the hustle of the goin' and gone
              B
But I'll keep dancing
          F#
I guess I oughta
             B
When they're gone
               B      F#
And I know the oldest rhythm
       G#m                      E
Is the shuffle of the goin' and gone
              B
But I'll keep dancing
          F#
I guess I gotta
                 B
Now that they're gone

Bm     E

Verse 2:
                           Bm
All the good men have gone East
E                                                      Bm
To try to find enlightenment or oriental concubines at least
E                                 Bm
And all my good friends have gone East
E                                                           Bm
Leaving me behind on this frontier, and without any kind of peace

Chorus:
               B      F#
And I know the oldest rhythm
       G#m                     E
Is the hustle of the goin' and gone
              B
But I'll keep dancing
          F#
I guess I gotta
             B
When they're gone
               B      F#
And I know the oldest rhythm
       G#m                      E
Is the shuffle of the goin' and gone
              B
But I'll keep dancing
          F#
I guess I gotta
                 B
Now that they're gone

Bridge:
             B            F#
And I'll get lonesome, and lonely
      G#m                    E
For a missing brother I have known
         B             F#
I'll get lonesome, and lonely
 B
Alone
              B           F#
Cause it's a deeper, and a different
      G#m                   E
Kinda hurtin that a lovers long
       B
Not as pointed
         F#
But more proven
            B
And just as strong

Chorus:
               B      F#
And I know the oldest rhythm
       G#m                     E
Is the hustle of the goin and gone
              B
But I'll keep dancing
          F#
I guess I oughta
             B
When they're gone
                 B      F#
And you know the oldest rhythm
       G#m                      E
Is the shuffle of the goin and gone
             B
They'll keep dancing
           F#
And that's important
         B
When I'm gone

Outro:
Bm     E
Bm     E