{"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":62784,"song":"Sending The Old Man Home","artist":"Jimmy Buffett","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/62784-sending-the-old-man-home-chords-by-jimmy-buffett/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/62784?type=chord","rating":4.86275,"votes":5,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\r\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\n <9304021528.AA07704@moe.coe.uga.edu>\r\nSubject: song -\"SendingTheOldManHome.crd\" - Jimmy_Buffett\r\nTo: jamesb@animal-farm.nevada.edu\r\nDate: Fri, 2 Apr 93 10:28:50 EST\r\nX-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11]\r\n\r\n\r\nSending The Old Man Home\r\n========================\r\nBy Jimmy Buffett\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Db[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] ([ch]E[/ch]) [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey're sending the old man home,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Db[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch] ([ch]A[/ch]) [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBack where the buffalo roam,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F#[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOut in the Pacific, they say he was the best,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow he's in his civvies, headin' home like all the rest.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Db[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] ([ch]E[/ch])  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe'll never forget Rosa Lee,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOr sleepless nights he fought upon the sea.[/tab]\r\n[tab]*     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F#[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe'll only have the memories, or great books by James Jones,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cause they're sending the old man home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFaraway...   Faraway...   Another life so very far away.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nThey'll tear down the officer's clubs,\r\nAnd write off the overdue subs,\r\nSo let's drink to their memories, our heroes, and our pals,\r\nTo those crazy Navy fliers, to those swell Hawaiian gals.\r\n\r\nThe sailors will dance in the street,\r\nThen they'll mothball the whole damn fleet,\r\nWe'll only have the picture books,\r\nOf land, and sea, and foam,\r\n'Cause they're sending the old man home.\r\n\r\n(Coda)\r\nHe'll only have his memories, or great books by James Jones,\r\n'Cause they're sending the old man home.\r\n\r\n---------------------------------\r\n[This is a beginner's arrangement, so it is probably full of\r\n errors, but the lyrics are correct.  It is a great ballad though...]\r\n\r\n/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////\r\n//   Mike A. Hall           // \"If I don't die by Thursday,    //\r\n//   mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu  //  I'll be roarin' Friday night.\" //\r\n//                          //                 --J.Buffett     //\r\n/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////\r\n\r\n\u001a","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\n \nSubject: song -\"SendingTheOldManHome.crd\" - Jimmy_Buffett\nTo: jamesb@animal-farm.nevada.edu\nDate: Fri, 2 Apr 93 10:28:50 EST\nX-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11]\n\n\nSending The Old Man Home\n========================\nBy Jimmy Buffett\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThey'll tear down the officer's clubs,\nAnd write off the overdue subs,\nSo let's drink to their memories, our heroes, and our pals,\nTo those crazy Navy fliers, to those swell Hawaiian gals.\n\nThe sailors will dance in the street,\nThen they'll mothball the whole damn fleet,\nWe'll only have the picture books,\nOf land, and sea, and foam,\n'Cause they're sending the old man home.\n\n(Coda)\nHe'll only have his memories, or great books by James Jones,\n'Cause they're sending the old man home.\n\n---------------------------------\n[This is a beginner's arrangement, so it is probably full of\n errors, but the lyrics are correct.  It is a great ballad though...]\n\n/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////\n//   Mike A. Hall           // \"If I don't die by Thursday,    //\n//   mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu  //  I'll be roarin' Friday night.\" //\n//                          //                 --J.Buffett     //\n/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////\n\n\u001a","chords":["G","D","Db","E","A","C","F#"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}