Why Old Men Cry At Night (acoustic) chords by Lee Harvey Osmond

Intro: G  Gadd11 G

verse 1
G
The great escape
G       C
might just be killing me
C      G       G/C G
girls that I used to chase
G        D
are turning the ghosts on me

verse 2
G
So I sleep all day
G        C
in the heat of this devil town
C         G       Gadd11 G
and dream that I'm climbing trees
G     D
after the sun goes down

C
I don't know how
C        G     Em7
my dreams slipped out of sight
Em7  G
but I do know
G  D       G   G C
why old men cry at night
C     G   G/C  D
yeah yeah yeah

verse 3
G
A thrill's a thrill
G        C
but the gamblers run out of need
C       G       G/C G
I lost all my good friends
G     D
in Eden's alley

verse 4
G
And when the lights come on
G         C
these big wheels keep rolling
C     G       Gadd11 G
taking me to the star
G        D
on the wings of an old song


C
I don't know why
C        G     Em7
my dreams slipped out of sight
Em7  G
but I do know
G  D       G   G/C C
why old men cry at night
C     G
yeah yeah yeah

Outro
G  D       G   G/C C
why old men cry at night
C     G    G/C  D  G
yeah yeah yeah