Old Laughing Lady Acoustic chords by Neil Young

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G

Chords:

C   x32013

D*  xx0775
C*  xx0553


Intro:

G   C  G
G Harp

Verse 1:

G                       C                       G
Don't call pretty Peggy, she can't hear you no more,
                       C                  G
Don't leave no message, round her back door,
              C              Am      C      G
They say the old laughing lady, been here before,
   D               Am     C             G
She don't keep time, she don't count score,

Chorus:

G   C  G
G Harp

Verse 2:

G                        C                    G
You can't have a cupboard, if there ain't no walls,
               C                           G
You got to move, there's no time for you to stall,
             C              Am        C       D   G
They say the old laughing lady, dropped by to call,
     D              Am           C          G
And when she leaves, she leaves nothing at all,

Instrumental:

G   C  G   C  G   C  Am  D  G   D  Am  C  G
G Harp

Verse 3:

G                              C                  G
See the drunkard of the village, falling on the street,
                   C                        G
Can't tell his ankles, from the rest of his feet,
             C              Am             C           G
He loves his old laughing lady, cause her taste is so sweet,
         D                               Am       C       G
But the laughing lady's loving ain't the kind he can keep,

Chorus:

D  Am  G
G Harp

Verse 4:

G                              C                  G
There's a fever on the freeway, blacks out the night,
                                  C                  G
There's a slipping on the stairway, just don't feel right,
           C                    Am     C        G
There's a rumbling in the bedroom, a flashing of light,
            D                   Am       C          G
There's the old laughing lady, everything is all right,
            D*                  C*                   G
There's the old laughing lady, everything is all right

Outro:

D   Am  C  G
G Harp

Ends With G Chord and slow breathe through G Harp