This Old Guitar tab by John Denver

This Old Guitar
                          John Denver

The timing of this piece is 4/4: a regular 8 quavers to the bar.
In the tab all notes are 3 characters apart except when there is a
quaver rest (or a barline).  4 bars are repeated 3 times each verse:
these are indicated by a/b/c in the lyric lines.

Also indicated are the fingering used:
i: index
m: middle
r: ring
p: pinky
b: barred (index)

(Of course, you can finger it how you like, but this works for me: its
 basically the way I always finger these chords!).


           i  m  p  r  i             m   i     r  m  i
e-|-----------------2--------|--------------------------|
B-|-----------3-----------0--|-----------------2--------|
G-|--------2-----------2-----|-----------2-----------2--|
D-|--0-----------4-----------|--------2-----------2-----|
A-|--------------------------|--0-----------0-----------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

1.
2.  night.
3.  be.
4.  you.

     b    r   p  b  m  r  b     b     p  b  b  b  p  b
e-|-----------------------2--|--2-----------------------|
B-|-----------------3--------|-----------------2--------|
G-|-----------4--------------|-----------2-----------2--|
D-|--------4-----------4-----|--------4-----------4-----|
A-|--2-----------2-----------|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--2-----------2-----------|

                                                          (end after
    b  r  p   m  b  b  p  m     p     i  p        r  i     verse 4)
e-|--------------------------|--2--------2--p0----------| |--2-|
B-|-----------------3--------|--------------------2-----| |--3-|
G-|-----------4-----------4--|--------------------------| |--2-|
D-|--------5-----------5-----|--------2--------------2--| |--0-|
A-|-----5--------------------|--0------------0----------| |--0-|
E-|--3-----------3-----------|--------------------------| |----|


     r        i  r  p  m  i
e-|--------------------2-----|--------------------------|
B-|--3-----------3-----------|-----------------2--------|
G-|-----------2-----------2--|-----------2-----------2--|
D-|--------0--------4--------|--------2-----------2-----|
A-|--------------------------|--0-----------0-----------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

1.           This old     gui- tar         taught me to
2.           This old     gui- tar         gave me my
3.           This old     gui- tar         gave me my


e-|-----------------------2--|--2-----------------------|
B-|-----------------3--------|-----------------2--------|
G-|-----------4--------------|-----------2-----------2--|
D-|--------4-----------4-----|--------4-----------4-----|
A-|--2-----------2-----------|--------------2-----------|
E-|--------------------------|--2-----------------------|

1.  sing                  a    love song,
2.  love   -              ly   la  - dy,
3.  life,                 my   living,

e-|--------------------------|-----------------0--------|
B-|-----------------3--------|--2--------2-h3-----------|
G-|-----------4-----------4--|--------------------------|
D-|--------5-----------5-----|--------2--------------2--|
A-|--------------------------|--0-----------0-----2-----|
E-|--3-----------3-----------|--------------------------|

1a.       taught me how   to   laugh    and how to
 b.  -duced me to        some  friends  of mine,
 c. helped me though     some  cold     and lonely

2a.       opened up here        eyes    and    ears to
 b. brought us close       to- gether,
 c. opened  up                  a place     for us  to

3a. and  all the things   you  known    I love   to
 b. seranade   the stars       that shine      from a
 c. most of all to          sing   my songs    for

     r     m  i     p  m  i     m  i  r  p  m     i
e-|--------------0-----------|--2-----------------------|
B-|--3-----------------------|--------3-----------------|
G-|--------2-----------2-----|--------------2-----------|
D-|-----0-----2-----------2--|-----------4--------2-----|
A-|-----------------4--------|-----2-----------0--------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

1a. cry.                                          Intro-
 b.      brightened up   some  days.              And
 c. nights.        (oh         oh    oh   oh)     What a

2a. me                                            It
 b. I guess  it   broke   her  heart.             But it
 c. be                                            What a

3a. do.                                           To
 b. sunny   mountain         side.                And
 c. you            Yes I do                   You know

e-|--------------------------|--2--------2-p0-----------|
B-|-----------------3--------|-----------------2--------|
G-|-----------4-----------4--|--------------------------|
D-|--------5-----------5-----|--------2-----------2-----|
A-|--------------------------|--0-----------0-----------|
E-|--3-----------3-----------|--------------------------|   (back to start)

 1. friend to have       on a  cold     and lonely
 2. lovely place,       lovely space     for  us   to
 3. I love to               sing       my songs    for

Transcribed by Martin Gregory (tablature@gregories.net), 1 Mar 1994,
using tablature-mode.el by Mark R. Rubin.

If you enjoyed this transcription, or have some comments or corrections to it,
please do let me know!

(the previous version of this song at OLGA was not actually
 it contained only an approximation of the chords)