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Old Wild Men

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RockAdvanced for beginners20 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

A×
E
D××
C#7Diagram coming soon
F#mDiagram coming soon
Bm7Diagram coming soon
C#m7Diagram coming soon
D7××
G
Bm×
C×
C#Diagram coming soon
D#m7Diagram coming soon
F#7Diagram coming soon
Em7
BDiagram coming soon
F#m7Diagram coming soon
Gmaj7Diagram coming soon
Em
C#mDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro 
 
| A  E/A | D/A  A | D/A  A | C#7 | 
| F#m | F#m | 
 
verse 1 
 
F#m          Bm7 
Where are my boys? 
C#m7 Bm7            A 
They are in deepest water 
A              D/A 
Where are they now? 
Bm7      D7                G 
They are over the hill and far away 
G   Bm       C     A/C#     Bm    Bm/A 
But they are broken men who lie low 
C#7         F#m    F#m/E  D#m7/5- 
Waiting for miracles  
 
verse 2 
 
NC.   Bm7     C#m7 
Old men of rock and roll 
Bm7          A 
Came bearing music 
A              D/A 
Where are they now? 
Bm7       D7               G 
They are over the hill and far away 
G   D       F#7/C#           Em7/B 
But they're still gonna play guitars 
Em7/B F#m7              G 
 On   dead strings, and old drums 
Bm      F#7      Bm     A/C#     Gmaj7/D 
They'll play and play to pass the time 
 
middle part 
 
Bm           Em    Bm     Em 
The old wild men 
Bm       Em     Bm   Em 
Old wild men 
Bm       Em   F#7         Bm 
Old wild men, waiting for miracles  
 
| G | F#m  Em | Bm | Em | F#m | Bm | Bm | 
| G | F#m  Em | Bm | Em | Bm Bm A G | 
 
outtro 
D/A       G/A   F#m7/A   D/A 
Lord have mercy upon the many 
A        Bm     C#m      A 
Lord have mercy upon the few 
A        Bm     C#m      A 
Lord have mercy upon the many 
A        Bm        G    Em7 
Lord have mercy on me   and  
D  F#m7   Em   D  Em  D  Em  D  A  D 
on you.... 
          
 

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Chord set

A · E · D · C#7 · F#m · Bm7 · C#m7 · D7 · G · Bm · C · C# · D#m7 · F#7 · Em7 · B · F#m7 · Gmaj7 · Em · C#m

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.