The Old Laughing Lady
Neil Young
from the album Neil Young (and Decade)
Notes:
This is the original version from Neil Young's first album and also on
Decade. The later version from Unplugged is in a different key (G).
Tuning:
Double Dropped D, DADGBD.
Chords:
D5 000230
D6sus2 000450
Dmaj7 000670
Dsus4 000780
Dm7 000560
G 550000
G/B x20030
Gm7 553333
Am7 775555
Cadd9 x32010
Bb6 88x060
C5add9 AAx080 (where A = 10th fret)
Intro:
D5 / / / / / / /
Verse:
D5 D6sus2 Dmaj7 D6sus2
Don't call pretty Peggy, she can't hear you no more.
D5 D6sus2 Dmaj7 Dsus4
Don't leave no message 'round her back door.
G D5 D6sus2
They say the old laughing lady been here before.
Dmaj7 Dm7 G (rest)
She don't keep time, she don't count score.
Fill 1:
D5 / / /
Gm7 / / Am7 / /
D5 / / / / / / /
Verse:
You can't have a cupboard if there ain't no wall.
You got to move, there's no time left to stall.
They say the old laughing lady dropped by to call.
And when she leaves, she leaves nothing at all.
Fill 2:
Dmaj7 / Dm7 / Dmaj7 / Dm7 / G/B D5 (play twice)
D5 / / / / / / /
Verse:
See the drunkyard of the village falling on the street.
Can't tell his ankles from the rest of his feet.
He loves his old laughing lady 'cause her taste is so sweet.
But the laughing lady's lovin', ain't the kind he can keep.
Instrumental:
D5 / / / Cadd9 / / / Bb6 / / / C5add9 / / / (play 4 times)
Oh-ah, oh-ah, oh-ah, oh-ah...
Dmaj7 / Dm7 / Dmaj7 / Dm7 / G/B D5 (play 4 times)
Bb6 / / / C5add9 / / /
Dmaj7 / Dm7 / Dmaj7 / Dm7 / G/B D5 (play twice)
D5 / / / / / / /
Verse:
There's a fever on the freeway, blacks out the night.
There's a slipping on the stairway, just don't feel right.
And there's a rumbling in the bedroom and a flashing of light.
There's the old laughing lady, everything is all right.
Cadd9 (...to fade)
source: Malc
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