SONG: OLD MAN TIME ARTIST: KATE RUSBY TAB BY: DON CZARSKI EMAIL: GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM OLD MAN TIME KATE RUSBY INTRO: Play the following 4x's or a variation of this based on the C chord E ---------------------------------| B ---------------------------------| G ------0--------------0-------0---| D ----2----2---------2----2h3------| A --3------------------------------| E ---------------------------------| VERSE: C G F C Old man time is a rare old man Am C G For a young man he'll ever remain F C Am G With his long grey beard and his clothes are plain F G C Oh Old Man Time is his name. Am G As one flower dies F Am The old man he cries C G The young man he plants the seeds again Am F C G With a careful hand, he tends the sand, F G C (play INTRO 2x's) Oh, Old Man Time is his name. VERSE: C G F C This old man has an hourglass Am C G For every soul on the land. F C Am G Oh, Old Man Time, I have seen mine, F G C It's the one with the fastest sand. Am G No sooner is it turned, F Am Back through the glass it's churned, C G I'm wishing i could have each hour again, Am F C G With a careful hand, he tends the sand, F G C Oh, Old Man Time is his name. INSTRUMENTAL: I PLAY THE CHORDS FROM THE 2nd HALF OF THE VERSE AGFACG FACGF G C Am then play INTRO 2x's time.... VERSE: C G F C To me, Old Man, your time is rare, Am C G Did God not give you all my sand? F C Am G Or maybe mine I had to share F G C Or is there some left in your hand? Am G F Am They tell me time is gold, well maybe it's been sold, C G Or was it simply washed away in rain? Am F C G With a careful hand, he tends the sand, F G C Oh, Old Man Time is his name. Am G If I brought him a sack, F Am Do you think he'd put some back? C G I know one day across my path he'll come, Am F C G But as for now, I can't say how, F G C Am I know that old man's work is far from done. F G C PLAY INTRO 3x's For Old Man Time has just begun