To An Old Mate chords by John Schumann And The Vagabond Crew

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
DmDm    A minorAm     G+G     C majorC


Verse:
  C majorC             G+G
Old Mate!  In the gusty old weather,
     E minorEm             FF
When our hopes and our troubles were new;
    C majorC             G+G
In the years we spent wearing out leather,
  FF
I found you un-selfish and true
     C majorC             G+G
And I’ve gathered these songs  together
    E minorEm             FF
For the sake of our friendship and you...
   C majorC           G+G
And I send them along  instead of the letters
 FF           C majorC     C majorC
I promised I’d write to you...

Verse:
  C majorC            G+G
I remember, Old Man,  I remember-
  E minorEm              FF
The tracks that we followed  are clear
  C majorC             G+G
The jovial last nights  of December,
  FF
The solemn first days  of the year
   C majorC                    G+G
Long tramps through the clearings  and the timber,
   E minorEm             FF
Short partings on platform  and pier
  C majorC            G+G
I remember, Old Man,  I remember-
  FF               C majorC     C majorC
The tracks that we followed  are clear...


Bridge:
   DmDm             A minorAm
I can still feel the spirit that bore us
  FF            C majorC
and often the old stars will shine-
  DmDm           A minorAm
I remember the las spree in chorus
    FF            G+G
For the sake of that other Lang Syne.
     DmDm          A minorAm
When the tracks lay divided before us,
   FF              C majorC
Your path through the future and mine
   C majorC             G+G
I can still feel the spirit that bore us,
     FF            C majorC
Yeah and often the old stars will shine...

Solo:
C majorC                G+G
E minorEm               FF
C majorC                G+G
FF


Verse:
     C majorC            G+G
You will find in these pages  a trace
    E minorEm             FF
of that side of our past which was bright,
  C majorC              G+G
And recognize sometimes   the face of a friend
  FF
A augmentedA friend who has dropped   out of sight;

    C majorC           G+G
I have gathered these songs together
    E minorEm             FF
For the sake of our friendship and you;
 C majorC          G+G
I send them along  instead of the letters
 FF           C majorC
I promised I’d write to you...
   C majorC          G+G
And I send them along  instead of the letters
 FF
I promised to write ...


Outro:
DmDm    A minorAm     G+G     C majorC