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                Old Dirt Road - John Lennon
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Written by: John Lennon
From: "Walls and Bridges" (1974)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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CHORDS
           E-A-D-G-B-e
Em7/D      x-x-0-0-0-0
F(add9) (t)1-x-3-2-1-3
Em/C#      x-4-2-0-0-0
F9         1-3-1-2-1-3
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[Intro]
|  G|  C|  G|  C|
[Verse 1]
 GAin't no people on Cold dirt road 
 GNo more weather on Cold dirt road 
It's Gbetter than a mudslide B7mamma when the dry spell Emcome, Em7/Dyeah 
         F     F7               Fadd9|  G|  C|  G|  C|
Oh   oh   oh   oh       old dirt road 
[Verse 2] (variation)
 GAin't no difference on Cold dirt road 
 GTarred and feathered on Cold dirt road 
GTrying to shovel smoke with a B7pitchfork in the Emwind, Em7/Dyeah yeah Em/C#yeah 
[Middle 8]
F7Breezing thru the deadwood on a hot summer day 
I saw a F7human being lazybonin' out in the hay 
I said uh, F7hey Mr. Human can ya rainmaker too? 
He F7said I guess it's O.K. 
                                   FN.C.
Ya know the only thing we need is water
|  N.C.  | %  |            G        C        G   C  
  Cool ... clear ... water, water, water, water 
[Solo]
|  G|  C|  G|  C|
[piano]
[Verse 3]
 GAin't no people on Cold dirt road 
GNo more weather on oCld dirt road 
GBetter than a mudslide B7mamma when the morning Emcomes, Em7/Dyeah 
         F     F7                 F9|  G|  C|  G|  C|
Oh   oh   oh   oh       old dirt road 
[Outro]
Keep on Gkeeping on C  
Keep on Gkeeping on, keep on Ckeeping on
Keep on Gkeeping on, keep on Ckeeping on
Keep on Gkeeping on, keep on Ckeeping on
So Glong, so Clong 
Bye Gbye (fade out)

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Old Dirt Road

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Old Dirt Road - John Lennon

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Written by: John Lennon

From: "Walls and Bridges" (1974)

Tabbed by: maguri

Tuning: Standard

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

CHORDS

E-A-D-G-B-e

Em7/D x-x-0-0-0-0

F(add9) (t)1-x-3-2-1-3

Em/C# x-4-2-0-0-0

F9 1-3-1-2-1-3

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Intro]

G C G C

| | | | |

[Verse 1]

G C

Ain't no people on old dirt road

G C

No more weather on old dirt road

G B7 Em Em7/D

It's better than a mudslide mamma when the dry spell come, yeah

F F7 Fadd9 G C G C

| | | | |

Oh oh oh oh old dirt road

[Verse 2] (variation)

G C

Ain't no difference on old dirt road

G C

Tarred and feathered on old dirt road

G B7 Em Em7/D Em/C#

Trying to shovel smoke with a pitchfork in the wind, yeah yeah yeah

[Middle 8]

Breezing thru the deadwood on a hot summer day

I saw a human being lazybonin' out in the hay

I said uh, hey Mr. Human can ya rainmaker too?

He said I guess it's O.K.

N.C.

Ya know the only thing we need is water

G C G C

| N.C. | % |

Cool ... clear ... water, water, water, water

[Solo]

G C G C

| | | | |

[piano]

[Verse 3]

G C

Ain't no people on old dirt road

G C

No more weather on old dirt road

G B7 Em Em7/D

Better than a mudslide mamma when the morning comes, yeah

F F7 F9 G C G C

| | | | |

Oh oh oh oh old dirt road

[Outro]

G C

Keep on keeping on

G C

Keep on keeping on, keep on keeping on

G C

Keep on keeping on, keep on keeping on

G C

Keep on keeping on, keep on keeping on

G C

So long, so long

Bye bye (fade out)

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