The Growing Old Man Chords & Tabs
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From: Bo.Parker@msfc.nasa.gov (Bo Parker)
Here's another nice old-time fiddle tune, "The Growling Old Man and Old Woman,"
in an arrangement adapted from a hammered dulcimer arrangement. Some people
play the part I have labeled as Part B first.
Fiddlers usually play this in A, so capo at the second fret.
|-3-| is a triplet. (D/F) means "D or F." -1p0- means pull off from 1 to 0.
-3/4- means slide from 3 to 4.
TAB: The Growling Old Man and Old Woman (traditional, arr. and TAB by Bo
Parker, bo.parker@msfc.nasa.gov)
Part A
G F G (D/F) G
|-3-|
1 | | | | 2 | | | | 3 | | | | 4 | | | |
|---0-----------0-|-1p0---------------|---0-------------|-----3-5-3-----0-|
|-3---3-1-0-1-3---|-----3-1-----------|-3---3-1-0-1-3-0-|---3---------3---|
|*----------------|---------3-2-------|-----------------|-5---------------|
|*----------------|-------------3-3---|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/misc_traditional/the_growing_old_man_tab_ver_2.html ]
__1________________
G F C F | D G
|-3-| |-3-|
5 | | | | 6 | | | | 7 | | | | 8 | | | |
|-1-0-----------0-|-1p0---------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----3-1-0-1-3---|-----3-1-------1---|-----------------|---------------0-1-|
|-----------------|---------3-2-------|-2---0-----------|------------------*|
|-----------------|-------------3-----|---3---3-2-3-0-2-|-3p2p0------------*|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------2p0---------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------3-------|
_2________________
| D G
|-3-|
16| | | |
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-3p2p0---------0-|
|-------2p0-------|
|-----------3-----|
Part B
G F G D G
17| | | | 18 | | | | 19 | | | | 20 | | | |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----|-------0---------|
|*--0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-|---0-3---0-------|
|*5-----5-----5---|-3-----3-----3---|-5-----5-----5---|-3---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
_1____________________________________________________
G | F G D G
21| | | | 22 | | | | 23 | | | | 24 | | | |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----|-------0---------|
|*--0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-|---0-3---0------*|
|*5-----5-----5---|-3-----3-----3---|-5-----5-----5---|-3--------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
_2____________________________________________________
| F G D G
30| | | | 31 | | | | 32 | | | |
|-------------3-1-|-----1-----------|-----------------|
|-----1-----1-----|-3-1---3-1-------|-----------------|
|---0-----0-------|-----------3/4-0-|-----------------|
|-3-----3---------|-----------------|-3-0-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----1p0---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-------|
Enjoy!
-Bo Parker
Bo.Parker@msfc.nasa.gov
bo_parker@fbpmac.msfc.nasa.gov
"I poked at it with a stick."
