The Old Man Down The Road tab by John Fogerty

THE OLD MAN DOWN THE ROAD
written and performed by John Fogerty

tabbed by Rob Keister
(lyrics and most chords are from the .CRD file by
Collins Crapo

intro:
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-5-7-7b(8)-5-----------------|-5-7-7b(8)-(8)-b(8)7-5-----------------|
|-------------7--0-----7---7--|-----------------------7--0-----7---7--|
|------------------3-0---0----|----------------------------3-0---0----|

          E7
He take-a thunder ...
          G
He take-a ...
             A
He bring the strong man to ...
            E7
He make the young ...

CHORUS:
           E7
You got to hidey...
           G
You got to jump ...
           A
You got to ...
    C       D             E7
The old man   is ....

Verse 2:
He got the voices speakin' ....

(chorus, with "away" added to end of 2nd line)

(instrumental, same pattern as chorus)

Verse 3:
He make the river call ...

(chorus; this time, add "again" to end of 2nd line
   and sing 4th line twice)


there's alot of this:

|----16----16-16---16-16\---------------|
|---------------------------------------|  ---(mute this string)
|-/16---16------16----------------------|
|---------------------------b(8)7--5----|
|------------------------------------7--|
|---------------------------------------|

and this bass run:

|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-0------------------|
|-----------2-0--------------|
|---------------0------------|

I'm still working on this one:

|----------------------------------|
|---b2(2.5)---------b2(2.5)--------|
|---b2(2.5)-0-----0-b2(2.5)-0------|
|-2-----------2---------------2----|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|


You may not be able to play all these parts by yourself; I know I can't.
Fogerty MUST have had multiple guitars/tracks doing them (that's my story and
I'm sticking with it).

Tab notes:

--8b(9)--  play fret eight, bend the string (at fret eight) to reach the
             pitch of fret nine
--b(9)8--  play fret eight already bent to the pitch of fret nine,
             releasing until it reaches the normal pitch of fret eight
-8b(8.5)-  play fret eight, bend the string (at fret eight) to reach the
             pitch a half note higher than the normal pitch of fret eight
---15\---  play fret 15, slide down (the ending fret of the slide is
             undefined, judge by ear)


Rob Keister