Tune/Chord Req: The Old Man (Phil Coulter)

Subject: Lyr Add: THE OLD MAN (Phil Coulter)
From: GUEST,Susan-Marie
Date: 19 Jun 05 - 08:55 PM

THE OLD MAN

The tears have all been shed now
We've said our last goodbyes
Our band's been asked to sing this one - anyone know the tune and chords?

His soul's been blessed
He's laid to rest
And it's now I feel alone
He was more than just a father
A teacher my best friend
He can still be heard
In the tunes we shared
When we play them on our own

cho: I never will forget him
For he made me what I am
Though he may be gone
Memories linger on
And I miss him, the old man

Subject: Lyr Add: THE OLD MAN (Phil Coulter)
From: Peace
Date: 20 Jun 05 - 01:36 AM

If someone wishes to do the honours, (I have no guitar with me and I have been away from music for years) you can hear the song at

www.homestead.com/thelazyf/Mydad.html

The tears have all been shed now
We've said our last goodbyes,
His soul's been blessed
He's laid to rest,

And it's now I feel alone,
He was more than just my father
My teacher, my best friend;
And he'll still be heard
In the songs we shared
When I play them on my own.

And I never will forget him
For he made me what I am;
Though he may be gone
Memories linger on--
And I miss him The Old Man.

As a child, he'd take me walking
By mountain, field and stream,
And he'd show me things
Not known to kings,
And secret between him and me,
Like the colours on a pheasant
As he rises in the dawn
Or how to fish, or make a wish
Beside a Fairy tree.

I thought he'd live forever
He seemed so big and strong
But the minutes fly,
And the years roll by
For a father and his little one.
And suddenly when it happened
There was so much left unsaid;
No second chance
To tell him "Thanks",
For everything he'd done

And I never will forget him
For he made me what I am,
Though he may be gone
Memories linger on .....
God I miss him----The Old Man

Subject: RE: Tune/chord req: The Old Man
From: Peace
Date: 20 Jun 05 - 01:39 AM

BTW, it's great.

Subject: Chords Add: THE OLD MAN (Phil Coulter)
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 20 Jun 05 - 05:27 AM

This is how I do it (with my own arrangement). A great song with lots of emotion. Best recorded version by Finbar Furey .



(G)The tears have(D)all been shed(G)now
We've(C)said our(G)last good(D)byes,
His(C)soul's been(Am)blessed
He's(G)laid to(Em)rest,

And it's(Am)now I feel(D)alone,
He was(G)more than(D)just my(G)father
My(C)teacher,(G)my best(D)friend;
And he'll(C)still be(Am)heard
In the(G)songs we(Em)shared
When I (Am)play them on my(D)own.

And I(G) never(D)will for(G)get him
For he(C)made me(G)what I(D)am
Though he (C)may be(Am)gone
Memories(G)linger(Em)on--
And I(G)miss him(D)The Old(G)Man.

As a child, he'd take me walking
By mountain, field and stream,
And he'd show me things
Not known to kings,
And secret between him and me,
Like the colours on a pheasant
As he rises in the dawn
Or how to fish, or make a wish
Beside a Fairy tree.

I thought he'd live forever
He seemed so big and strong
But the minutes fly,
And the years roll by
For a father and his little one.
And suddenly when it happened
There was so much left unsaid;
No second chance
To tell him "Thanks",
For everything he'd done

And I never will forget him
For he made me what I am,
Though he may be gone
Memories linger on .....
God I miss him----The Old Man

Subject: Chords Add: THE OLD MAN (Phil Coulter)
From: GUEST,Paranoid Android
Date: 20 Jun 05 - 06:58 AM

Here are the chords as played on above midi-file.

The(G) tears have all been(C) shed now
We've(D) said our last good(G)byes,
His(E7) soul's been blessed
He's(Am) laid to rest,
And it's(A) now I feel a(D)lone,

He was(G) more than just my(C) father
My(D) teacher, my best(G) friend;
And he'll(E7) still be heard
In the(Am) songs we shared
When I(A) play them on my(D) own.

And I(C) never will forget(G) him
For he(C) made me what I(G) am;
Though he(C) may be gone
Memories(G) linger(Em) on--
And I(Am) miss him(D) The Old(G) Man.

Subject: RE: Tune/chord req: The Old Man
From: Susan-Marie
Date: 20 Jun 05 - 11:39 AM

Thanks everyone!

Subject: RE: Tune/chord req: The Old Man
From: DonMeixner
Date: 20 Jun 05 - 11:58 AM

It is also available at Christy Moore's website. Sorry, I don't share any of the entusiasm for lyric content of this song that the others do. (Read that as zero.) But I do enjoy playing it. It finger picks real nice.

Don

Subject: RE: Tune/chord req: The Old Man
From: Brakn
Date: 20 Jun 05 - 12:47 PM

Don
When did Christy Moore record this one?
Do you mean "The Old Man's Song"? Is that the same one?

Subject: RE: Tune/chord req: The Old Man
From: DonMeixner
Date: 20 Jun 05 - 01:36 PM

You know Brakn, I could be wrong on this. I may be confusing this with "The Voyage" another song I absolutly hate which I know to be on his website.

My band does them both and has recorded "The Old Man". Every time we play them I am overcome with such fits of near vomitus abdominal contractions tyhat I have to remember that I have on a Martin guitar and the sound hole is no place to Barf!

I think we got "The Old Man" from The Irish Tenors or maybe John McCormack and thats where my confusion lays.

Sorry for the misdirection.

Don

Subject: RE: Tune/chord req: The Old Man
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Jun 05 - 02:11 PM

Isn't this song called "My Old Man" ? I seem to rember reading that it was written by Finbar after his Dad, Ted Furey(All Ireland Fiddle Champ I think) died.

Subject: RE: Tune/chord req: The Old Man
From: DonMeixner
Date: 20 Jun 05 - 02:35 PM

Phil Coulter was my understanding, but it could be Finbar Furey.

Subject: RE: Tune/chord req: The Old Man
From: Brakn
Date: 20 Jun 05 - 02:47 PM

Phil Coulter I think it is.

I know I've been asked to do this one a few times and even been given a copy of it and told to go home and learn it! I don't like it though. It is over the top, but then again I often think that when I hear Finbar Furey sing.

I'm reminded of another that I just couldn't learn; a song called "you're the nearest to perfect"; awful.

(of course....... only my opinion)

Subject: RE: Tune/chord req: The Old Man
From: GUEST,Bernie
Date: 21 Jun 05 - 11:55 AM

For what it's worth,my son and I saw the Furey brothers and Davey Arthur at Vicar Street in Dublin[Feb 04],one of them[Finbar's not with them now]said that Phil Coulter wrote it in tribute to their late father,Ted........

Subject: RE: Tune/chord req: The Old Man
From: GUEST
Date: 21 Jun 05 - 02:06 PM

I stand corrected. Thanks for the info Bernie, I'll know in future.