{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1473295,"song":"The Old Number 10","artist":"Bernard Bolan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11265716-the-old-number-10-chords-by-bernard-bolan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1473295?type=chord","rating":0.11684,"votes":0,"content":"[tab][ch]D[/ch] \r\nIn the town that I once called me home,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#m[/ch] \r\nIt was early in winter; the evening was chill.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nJust in for the day, and then far off tomorrow,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nI'd just a few hours to kill.[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\nThough I was indifferent, me feet were quite certain\r\n[tab] [ch]F#m[/ch] \r\nOf just where they wanted to be:[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nIt was off to the Old Number Ten where my friends[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nWould be drinking and waiting for me.[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI first had me doubts when the paint on the outside[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nWas no longer peeling and old,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] \r\nAnd a sign that said gaily \"Hot lunches served daily\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nHad the blood in me veins running cold.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS: \r\n\r\n G D F#m walk up to B in bass \r\nYou drinking men at the Old Number Ten,\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nYou seem such a long time ago.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] \r\nYou seem so much different since last time we met,[/tab]\r\n A walk down to F# walk up to D \r\nBut maybe it's me; I don't know.\r\n \r\n \r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nInto the bar I went, ordered a jar and then[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#m[/ch] \r\nLooked for a face from the past,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nBut no one there knew me; the way they looked through me,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nI might have been made out of glass.[/tab]\r\n \r\n\r\nI said \"I used to come here, you know, years and years ago.\"\r\n[tab] [ch]F#m[/ch] \r\n\"Well, Sir, it must warm your heart[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nTo see, how we've changed it and quite rearranged it[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAnd got it all looking quite smart.[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] \r\n\"I can tell by your clothes you're a fella who knows[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nThe way a good pub should be run,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] \r\nWith no spitting or swearing or overall-wearing[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nLike the old days when you used to come\".[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] walk up to B in bass \r\nBut you drinking men at the Old Number Ten,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nYou seem such a long time ago.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] \r\nYou seem so much different since last time we met,[/tab]\r\n A walk down to F# walk up to D \r\nBut maybe it's me; I don't know.\r\n\r\n \r\nWith me heart feeling heavy as I was just ready \r\n[tab] [ch]F#m[/ch] \r\nTo finish me Guinness and go,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nI saw an old face that glistened in the fire that had listened[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nTo more tales than you'll ever know.[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\nWith the years in between, it was foolish to dream\r\n[tab] [ch]F#m[/ch] \r\nThat he'd ever remember my face,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nBut I bought him a beer and as I set it down near him,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nThe old man looked up from his place.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] \r\n\"By Christ, is it thee?\" he said. \"Well, bugger me,\" he said.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\n\"Champion to see thee again![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] \r\nIsn't it strange how you just haven't changed?\" I said.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] \r\n\"Neither have you, me old friend.\"[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] \r\n\"Is it thee?\" he said. \"I'll go to sea\" he said.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\n\"Champion to see thee again![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] \r\nIsn't it strange how you just haven't changed?\" I said.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] \r\n\"Neither have you, my old friend.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] walk up to B in bass \r\nBut you drinking men at the Old Number Ten,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nYou seem such a long time ago.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] \r\nYou seem so much different since last time we met,[/tab]\r\n A walk down to F# walk up to D \r\nBut maybe it's me; I don't know.","plain_text":"Though I was indifferent, me feet were quite certain\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS: \n\n G D F#m walk up to B in bass \nYou drinking men at the Old Number Ten,\n\n\n A walk down to F# walk up to D \nBut maybe it's me; I don't know.\n \n \n\n\n\n\n \n\nI said \"I used to come here, you know, years and years ago.\"\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n A walk down to F# walk up to D \nBut maybe it's me; I don't know.\n\n \nWith me heart feeling heavy as I was just ready \n\n\n\n \n \nWith the years in between, it was foolish to dream\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n A walk down to F# walk up to D \nBut maybe it's me; I don't know.","chords":["D","F#m","A","G","Em","B","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}