Old Friend chords by The Allman Brothers Band

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
D F G D   (x2)

Verse 1:
     D           F           G       D
You know hard times,  just an old friend,  just an old friend to me
   D            F           G       D
I say hard times,   just an old friend,  just an old friend to me
      Am7      C      G      D
Tell me now old friend,  oh when you gonna let me be?

Verse 2:
         D      F      G        D
Can't you feel a cold wind,   howlin' down, blowin' my song
         D      F      G        D
Can't you feel a cold wind,  it's howlin' down, blowin' my song
        Am7   C     G         D
Well I ain't an old man, oh but you know my time ain't long

Verse 3:
      D        F         G          D
Gonna be a hard rain - you can hear it in the distance, sounds so near
      D         F         G          D
Gonna be a hard rain - can't you hear it in the distance, sounds so near
        Am7     C       G           D
People when the rain comes, oh it's gonna wash us all away from here

Bridge:
   D F G D

Verse 4:
     D   F        G           D
Mean old woman, people won't you tell me where can she be
     D     F        G           D
Mean old woman, oh people won't you tell me where can she be
        Am7    C      G        D
She's the only woman,   oh that ever meant a damn to me

Verse 5:
     D           F           G       D
You know hard times,  just an old friend,  just an old friend to me
   D            F           G       D
I say hard times,   just an old friend,  just an old friend to me
      Am7      C      G      D
Tell me now old friend,  oh when you gonna let me be?
      Am7      C      G      D
Tell me now old friend,  oh when you gonna let me be?
      Am7     C       G         D
Tell me now old friend, when you gonna let, this poor man be?