Old Man
by Neil Young
🎸 Acoustic & Singer-Songwriter
Difficulty
★★★☆☆
Tuning
Standard (Drop D)
Capo
None
Neil Young's poignant meditation on aging from Harvest. Drop D tuning with a banjo-inspired fingerpicking pattern in D that mirrors the song's reflective tone.
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