The Old Man Down The Road Chords & Tabs
The Old Man Down The Road Tab
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Old Man Down the Road – John Fogerty
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Tabbed by: drhark
Email: drharkins@yourspinalhealth.com
Main Riff: E pentatonic with a “blue note” thrown in (Bb)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0-2-2b(4)-0---------------------0-2-2b(4)(4)-2-0-------------------------|
D|--------------2--------2---2-----------------------2--------2---2----------|
A|----------------1-0----------------------------------1-0-------------------|
E|--------------------3----0-------------------------------3----0------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/john_fogerty/the_old_man_down_the_road_tab_ver_3.html ]
Solo: E7 chord
e|----16-----16-16-----16-16\------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------15-15-----15-15\------------------------------------------------|
G|-16----16--------16--------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-2-0---2-0---2-0---2-0-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-2-0---2-0---2-0---2-0-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----2-----2-----2---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C D Em
Chorus: The old man is down the road
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
OK I had to chime in here because the other tabs for this song are absolutely
Not sure it’s perfect but I only had 2 minutes to figure it out.
it’s a heck of a lot closer than the others
