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