Song: Old and wise
Artist: The Alan Parsons Project / Colin Blunstone
Composers: Alan Parsons & Eric Woolfson
Album: Eye in the sky
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' on ultimateGuitar.com)
21 Aug 2012
Capo: 3rd fret (Sounds in the key of Am)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
F#m = 244222 Em/G = 322000 E7sus4 = 020200
C#m/E = 002120 D/F# = 20023x E7 = 020100
Dmaj7 = xx0222 Dm = xx0231 F = 133211
C#m7 = x46454 Dm/F = 10023x Am/C = x32210
Bm7 = x24232 Am/E = 022100 G/F = 120003
Am = x02210 B7sus4 = x24252 Em7 = 022030
E/G# = 4x2400 B7 = x24242 A = x02220
A4 = x02230
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[Intro]
F#m C#m/E Dmaj7 C#m7 Dmaj7 C#m7
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Bm7 C#m7 F#
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[Verse 1]
F#m C#m/E Dmaj7
As far as my eyes can see,
C#m7 Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7
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F#m C#m/E Dmaj7
There are shadows ap - prouching me,
C#m7 Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7
| / / / / | / / / / |
Am E/G# Em/G D/F#
And to those I leave be - hind, I wanted you to know,
Dm/F Am/E
You've always shared my deepest thoughts,
B7sus4 B7 E7sus4 E7
You follow where I go!
[Verse 2]
Am Em/G F Am
And oh---oh, when I'm old and wise,
Dm Am/C
Bitter words mean little to me,
B7sus4 B7 E7sus4 E7
Autumn winds will blow right through me,
Am Em/G F Am
And some---- day, in the mists of time,
Dm Am/C
When they ask me if I knew you,
B7sus4 B7 E7sus4 E7 F
I'd smile, and say, you were a friend of mine,
G/F Em7 Am Am/G
And the sadness would be lifted from my eyes,
F G/F A
Oh---, when I'm old and wise!
[Verse 3]
F#m C#m/E Dmaj7
As far as my eyes can see,
C#m7 Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7
| / / / / | / / / / |
F#m C#m/E Dmaj7
There are shadows sur - rounding me,
C#m7 Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7
| / / / / | / / / / |
Am E/G# Em/G D/F#
And to those I leave be - hind, I want you all to know,
Dm/F Am/E
You've always shared my darkest hours,
B7sus4 B7 E7sus4 E7
I'll miss you when I go!
[Verse 4]
Am Em/G F Am
And oh---oh, when I'm old and wise,
Dm Am/C
Heavy words that tossed and blew me,
B7sus4 B7 E7sus4 E7
Like autumn winds, will blow right through me,
Am Em/G F Am
And some---- day, in the mists of time,
Dm Am/C
When they ask you if you knew me,
B7sus4 B7 E7sus4 E7 F
Re - member that you were a friend of mine,
G/F Em7 Am Am/G
As the final curtain falls before my eyes,
F G/F A
Oh---, when I'm old and wise!
[Coda]
F#m C#m/E Dmaj7 C#m7
As far as my eyes can see!
Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7 C#m7 F#
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[Sax or guitar solo]
F G/F Em7 Am Am/G
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F G/F A A4 A
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