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

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Dm       Am         G         C


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

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


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


Solo:
C                                G
Em                              F
C                                G
F


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

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


Outro:
Dm       Am         G          C