Older N Wizer chords by Gino Vannelli

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

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

Key: C majorC

Difficulty: Advanced

OLDER N' WIZER


transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
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Capo first fret to play along with rrecording

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C majorC FF C7C7   C majorC FF C7C7    C majorC FF C7C7   C majorC FF C7C7

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C majorC FF C7C7   C majorC FF C7C7    C majorC FF C7C7  D7/A Fm6/Ab C majorC

  C majorC  FF C7C7
Mmm once I was a gamblin man
C7C7 FF   Eb MajorEb   Bb/FBb/F C majorC
But now my gamblin days are
 C majorC FF C7C7     C majorC FF C7C7
 done
    C7C7 FF C7C7
Mmmm once I was one lovesick cowboy
   FF  C majorC  AbAb  Bb majorBb
Might say I've hol stered my
C majorC FF C7C7     C majorC FF C7C7
gun
    C7C7
And the world is a whole lot safer
    D7D7
Since I walk the line
Fadd9/G     Bb6/9  B6/9
    In me you see  a penitent

C6C6 FF  C7C7    C majorC FF C7C7
man
           FF C majorC
No you won't catch me in no cathouse
        D7D7  G+G   D7D7
Dancin 'in the buff with a bottle of moonshine
Fadd9/G      Bb6/9  B6/9
    Leastways that's the
C6C6 FF  C7C7    C majorC FF C7C7
plan

      F9F9        F9F9 Bb majorBb FF
Because I'm older and wizer
F9F9 Bb majorBb F9F9
  I ain't the fool I used to

C majorC FF C7C7    C majorC FF C7C7
be
    F7F7           F9F9 Bb majorBb FF
And the way things are shapin
Eb MajorEb       Bb/DBb/D      F7F7
  They're gonna make a saint out of

 C majorC  FF C7C7   C majorC FF C7C7
 me
    F9F9        Ab7Ab7+9  FF Bb majorBb
No more tearin up the highway
Ab7Ab7+9   G7G7+9
Stoned out of my

C majorC  FF  C7C7    C majorC  FF C7C7
head      out of my head
  G7G7               G+G C majorC G7G7
So near I am to a righteous man
  Ab9Ab9                  Ab7Ab7 A augmentedA+5 Ab7Ab7
So straight and narrow and spic and span
     C9-5  B9-5 Bb9-5  Dm7/G
That the next best  thing is dead

C majorC  FF  C7C7    C majorC FF C7C7      C majorC  Dm7Dm7  C/EC/E  G7G7
dead            whoa the next best thing is
 C majorC  FF  C7C7
dead


C7C7                 Bb majorBb C7C7
Once i was thrown in a county jail
             Bb majorBb C7C7    Bb majorBb C7C7
I gave it up to the Lord a bove    Uh huh
Bb majorBb    C7C7               Bb majorBb C majorC
When some big bad dude of six feet eight
             Bb majorBb C7C7        Bb majorBb    C7C7
Got hell bent on brother ly love   uh huh brotherly love

   D7/C
So I hawked the Mustang Shelby
   D7D7     C/EC/E   D7/F#D7/F#
And a backseat  full of bongs
Fadd9/G      Bb6/9  B6/9
    Sweet Jesus, I have  been re-
C6C6  FF  C7C7    C majorC FF C7C7
deemed    yeh

        C7C7     FF C7C7
Sure you might catch me in some juke joint
    D7D7      C/EC/E    D7/F#D7/F#
Raisin cane till the crack of dawn
  F/AF/A   Bb6/9 B6/9
But on ly  in   my

C majorC  FF  C7C7    C majorC FF C7C7
dreams

      F9F9         F9F9 Bb majorBb F9F9
Because I'm older and wizer
   Bb majorBb    F9F9
  I ain't the fool I used to
C majorC  FF  C7C7     C majorC FF C7C7
be     uh huh
      F7F7        F7F7 Bb majorBb F9F9
And now the way things are shapin
Eb MajorEb        Bb/DBb/D
  They're gonna make a saint out of
 C majorC  FF  C7C7    C majorC FF C7C7
 me
     F9F9          FF Eb MajorEb
No more tearin up the highway
Ab7Ab7+9   G7G7+9
Stoned out of my
C7C7  FF  C7C7         C majorC FF C7C7
head     out of mt head
  G9G9              G7G7 C majorC G7G7
So near I am to a righteous man
    Ab7Ab7                   Ab7Ab7 A augmentedA+5 Ab7Ab7
Just a hoop and a holler from the Promised land
     C majorC  BB+5 Bb majorBb+5  G7G7
That the next best thing is
C majorC  FF  C7C7    C majorC FF C7C7
dead
      C majorC  Dm7Dm7 C/GC/G  G7G7  C majorC  F7/A  Ab7Ab7  C7C7
OH ya, the next best thing is  dea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ead.