The Old Man Down The Road

written and performed by John Fogerty

tabbed by Rob Keister <rkeister@compuserve.com>

(lyrics and most chords are from the .CRD file by

Collins Crapo <roxtar@srv.net>

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|-5-7-7b(8)-5-----------------|-5-7-7b(8)-(8)-b(8)7-5-----------------|

|-------------7--0-----7---7--|-----------------------7--0-----7---7--|

|------------------3-0---0----|----------------------------3-0---0----|

He take-a thunder from the mountain

He take-a lightnin' from the sky

He bring the strong man to his beggin' knees

He make the young girl's mama cry

You got to hidey-hide

You got to jump and run

You got to hidey-hidey-hide

The old man is down the road

Verse 2:

He got the voices speakin' riddles

He got eyes as black as coal

He got a suitcase covered with rattlesnake hide

And he stands right in the road

(chorus, with "away" added to end of 2nd line)

(instrumental, same pattern as chorus)

Verse 3:

He make the river call your lover

He make the barking of the hound

Put a shadow 'cross the window

When the old man comes around

(chorus; this time, add "again" to end of 2nd line

and sing 4th line twice)

there's alot of this:

|----16----16-16---16-16\---------------|

|---------------------------------------| ---(mute this string)

|-/16---16------16----------------------|

|---------------------------b(8)7--5----|

|------------------------------------7--|

|---------------------------------------|

and this bass run:

|----------------------------|

|----------------------------|

|----------------------------|

|-2-2-2-2-0------------------|

|-----------2-0--------------|

|---------------0------------|

I'm still working on this one:

|----------------------------------|

|---b2(2.5)---------b2(2.5)--------|

|---b2(2.5)-0-----0-b2(2.5)-0------|

|-2-----------2---------------2----|

|----------------------------------|

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You may not be able to play all these parts by yourself; I know I can't.

Fogerty MUST have had multiple guitars/tracks doing them (that's my story and

I'm sticking with it).

Tab notes:

--8b(9)-- play fret eight, bend the string (at fret eight) to reach the

pitch of fret nine

--b(9)8-- play fret eight already bent to the pitch of fret nine,

releasing until it reaches the normal pitch of fret eight

-8b(8.5)- play fret eight, bend the string (at fret eight) to reach the

pitch a half note higher than the normal pitch of fret eight

---15\--- play fret 15, slide down (the ending fret of the slide is

undefined, judge by ear)

Rob Keister <rkeister@compuserve.com>