#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1995 10:29:36 -0600 (MDT) From: Brian Handy Subject: TAB: Older by D. Wilcox For all you guitarists out there, here's my transcription of "Older." I'm not sure if this is one of David's originals or a cover. I'll probably put a copy at the Nevada archive too for safe keeping. As usual, there may be mistakes and I take full responsibility for them, but I'm pretty sure most of the chords are correct. Feel free to send comments. Pick 'n' grin, Bill whb93001@uconnvm.uconn.edu "Older" by David Wilcox(?) transcribed by Bill Boroson 3/17/95 Tune: 6 = D 3 = F# 5 = A 2 = A 4 = D 1 = D Intro: D Edim/A Gdim D Bmin7 G+2 G+2/F# Emaj A A+2 A" Dsus4 D D Edim/A Gdim D Edim Gdim Older. I grow older. D Bmin7 G+2 Getting wiser, everyday. G+2/F# E 'Cause when I fall down now A A+2 A" I don't jump back up. Dsus4 D [A] Edim Gdim I let 'em count to eight. D Edim/A Gdim D Edim Gdim Slower. Getting slower. D Bmin7 G+2 /F# I have lost a step or two. E It's time to face the facts. A A+2 A" Buy a pair of plaid slacks [G] [F#] [D] [A] F#dim 'n sit around like old guys do. G 'Cause when I go out late at night F# To have a beer G F# I sit and wonder why my friends aren't here. Bmin Bmaj Is this a joke on me? Emin Eb Emin They're all home playing with their families. Emaj I am the oldest person in this bar A* G/A D/A Edim And I am drinking with children on a field trip to observe me in Gdim my habitat. D Edim/A Gdim D Edim Gdim Quiet. It's so quiet D Bmin7 G+2 /F# In my house when I get home E I got three mean fish, A A+2 A" And a yellow dog. [G] [F#] [D] [A] F#dim I do not live a - lone. G When I close my eyes at night F# G I feel so small F# Like I never really loved at all. Bmin Bmaj 'Cause if I did I'd have some proof. Emin Eb Emin Another life or two beneath my roof. Emaj It's just a bad recurring dream I have A* G/A When I suspect I have misspent my youth. D/A [A][G][D] Edim Gdim Could have fooled me too. D Edim/A Gdim D Edim Gdim Childish. It's so childish D Bmin7 G+2 /F# To resist the dying light. E But I'm still the same. A A+2 A" Some things never change. Dsus4 D [A] Edim Gdim Bbdim Dbdim D" I wanna stay up all night. Letters in brackets [] represent notes, not chords. Chord Fingerings: 6 5 4 3 2 1 ================ A x 0 2 3 4 x A" x 0 2 3 0 x A* x 0 0 5/7 7 7 (slide 5th to 7th fret on 3rd string -- like the intro A+2 x 0 2 3 2 x to Fire and Rain) Bbdim x x 8 7 7 8 Bmin 9 9 12 x 9 9 Bmin7 x 2 0 0 0 x Bmaj 9 9 9 9 9 9 Dbdim x x 11 10 10 11 D" 0 0 0 12 12 12 D 0 0 0 0 5 4 Dsus4 0 0 0 1 0 0 Eb x 6 x x 6 5 Emaj 2 2 2 2 2 2 Emin x 7 x x 7 5 Edim/A x 0 2 1 1 2 F# 4 4 4 4 4 4 F#dim x x 4 3 3 x G 5 5 5 5 5 5 G+2 5 x 0 3 5 x G+2/F# 4 x 0 3 5 x G/A x 0 0 5 5 5 Gdim x x 5 4 4 5