Old And Wise

{title: Old and Wise}

{subtitle: Alan Parsons Project}

# by Maurizio Codogno <mau@beatles.cselt.stet.it>

# From album _Eye in the Sky_

# orig. in C

# I know that F#m5 is an oxymoron, since a power chord has no 3rd - but I

# prefer to state it so, because people may choose to play a standard F#m.

# Of course it is not simple to simulate piano chords on a guitar... I hope

# my transcription is not way off.

#

{define: C#m/E base-fret 3 frets 0 x 3 3 2 1}

{define: Am/C base-fret 0 frets x 3 2 2 1 0}

{define: Am/E base-fret 0 frets 0 0 2 2 1 0}

{define: B7sus base-fret 0 frets x 2 2 2 0 2}

{define: D9/F# base-fret 0 frets 2 0 0 2 3 0}

{define: Dm/F base-fret 0 frets 1 0 0 2 3 1}

{define: E/G# base-fret 4 frets 0 3 2 0 1 0}

{define: Em/G base-fret 0 frets 3 2 2 0 0 0}

{define: G/F base-fret 0 frets 1 2 0 0 0 3}

{define: F#m5 base-fret 2 frets 0 2 2 x 0 0}

[F#m][C#m/E][Dmaj7][C#m7][Dmaj7][C#m7][Bm7]

[F#m][C#m/E][Dmaj7][C#m7][Dmaj7][C#m7][Bm7][C#m7][F#m5]

As [F#m]far as my [C#m/E]eyes can [Dmaj7]see[C#m7][Dmaj7][C#m7][Bm7]

There are [F#m]shadows sur[C#m/E]rounding [Dmaj7]me[C#m7][Dmaj7][C#m7][Bm7]

And to [Am]those I left be[E/G#]hind

I [Em/G]wanted you to [D9/F#]know

You've [Dm/F]always shared my [Am/E]deepest thoughts

You [B7sus]follow [B7]where I [Esus]go[E7]

{soc}

And [Am]oh[Em/G] [F] when I'm old and [Am]wise

Bitter words mean [Am/C]little to me

Autumn [B7]winds will [Esus]blow right [E7]through me

And [Am]some[Em/G]day [F] in the mist of [Am]time

When they asked me [Am/C]if I knew you

I'd [B7sus]smile and [B7]say you we[Esus]re a [E7]friend of [F]mine

And the [G/F]sadness would be [Em7]lifted from my [Am]eyes[Am/G]

Oh [G/F]when I'm old and [A]wise

{eoc}

As far as my eyes can see

There are shadows surrounding me

And to those I leave behind

I want you all to know

You've always shared my darkest hours

I'll miss you when I go

{soc}

And oh, when I'm old and wise

Heavy words that tossed and blew me

Like autumn winds will blow right through me

And someday in the mist of time

When they ask you if you knew me

Remember that you were a friend of mine

As the final curtain falls before my eyes

Oh when I'm old and wise

{eoc}

As [F#m]far as my [C#m/E]eyes can [Dmaj7]see[C#m7][Dmaj7][C#m7][Bm7][C#m7][F#m5]

[F][G/F][Em7][Am][Am/G][F][G/F][A]

{ci: repeat and fade}