This Old Guitar tab by John Denver

This Old Guitar
             John Denver

The timing of this piece is 4/4: a regular 8 quavers to the bar.
In the tab all notes are 3 characters apart except when there is a
quaver rest (or a barline). 4 bars are repeated 3 times each verse:
these are indicated by a/b/c in the lyric lines.

Also indicated are the fingering used:
i: index
m: middle
r: ring
p: pinky
b: barred (index)

(Of course, you can finger it how you like, but this works for me: its
 basically the way I always finger these chords!).


      i m p r i       m  i   r m i
e-|-----------------2--------|--------------------------|
B-|-----------3-----------0--|-----------------2--------|
G-|--------2-----------2-----|-----------2-----------2--|
D-|--0-----------4-----------|--------2-----------2-----|
A-|--------------------------|--0-----------0-----------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

1.
2. night.
3. be.
4. you.

   b  r  p b m r b   b   p b b b p b
e-|-----------------------2--|--2-----------------------|
B-|-----------------3--------|-----------------2--------|
G-|-----------4--------------|-----------2-----------2--|
D-|--------4-----------4-----|--------4-----------4-----|
A-|--2-----------2-----------|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--2-----------2-----------|

                             (end after
  b r p  m b b p m   p   i p    r i   verse 4)
e-|--------------------------|--2--------2--p0----------| |--2-|
B-|-----------------3--------|--------------------2-----| |--3-|
G-|-----------4-----------4--|--------------------------| |--2-|
D-|--------5-----------5-----|--------2--------------2--| |--0-|
A-|-----5--------------------|--0------------0----------| |--0-|
E-|--3-----------3-----------|--------------------------| |----|


   r    i r p m i
e-|--------------------2-----|--------------------------|
B-|--3-----------3-----------|-----------------2--------|
G-|-----------2-----------2--|-----------2-----------2--|
D-|--------0--------4--------|--------2-----------2-----|
A-|--------------------------|--0-----------0-----------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

1.      This old   gui- tar     taught me to
2.      This old   gui- tar     gave me my
3.      This old   gui- tar     gave me my


e-|-----------------------2--|--2-----------------------|
B-|-----------------3--------|-----------------2--------|
G-|-----------4--------------|-----------2-----------2--|
D-|--------4-----------4-----|--------4-----------4-----|
A-|--2-----------2-----------|--------------2-----------|
E-|--------------------------|--2-----------------------|

1. sing         a  love song,
2. love  -       ly  la - dy,
3. life,         my  living,

e-|--------------------------|-----------------0--------|
B-|-----------------3--------|--2--------2-h3-----------|
G-|-----------4-----------4--|--------------------------|
D-|--------5-----------5-----|--------2--------------2--|
A-|--------------------------|--0-----------0-----2-----|
E-|--3-----------3-----------|--------------------------|

1a.    taught me how  to  laugh  and how to
 b. -duced me to    some friends of mine,
 c. helped me though   some cold   and lonely

2a.    opened up here    eyes  and  ears to
 b. brought us close    to- gether,
 c. opened up         a place   for us to

3a. and all the things  you known  I love  to
 b. seranade  the stars    that shine   from a
 c. most of all to     sing  my songs  for

   r   m i   p m i   m i r p m   i
e-|--------------0-----------|--2-----------------------|
B-|--3-----------------------|--------3-----------------|
G-|--------2-----------2-----|--------------2-----------|
D-|-----0-----2-----------2--|-----------4--------2-----|
A-|-----------------4--------|-----2-----------0--------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

1a. cry.                     Intro-
 b.   brightened up  some days.       And
 c. nights.    (oh     oh  oh  oh)   What a

2a. me                      It
 b. I guess it  broke  her heart.       But it
 c. be                      What a

3a. do.                      To
 b. sunny  mountain     side.        And
 c. you      Yes I do          You know

e-|--------------------------|--2--------2-p0-----------|
B-|-----------------3--------|-----------------2--------|
G-|-----------4-----------4--|--------------------------|
D-|--------5-----------5-----|--------2-----------2-----|
A-|--------------------------|--0-----------0-----------|
E-|--3-----------3-----------|--------------------------|  (back to start)

 1. friend to have    on a cold   and lonely
 2. lovely place,    lovely space   for us  to
 3. I love to        sing    my songs  for

Transcribed by Martin Gregory (tablature@gregories.net), 1 Mar 1994,
using tablature-mode.el by Mark R. Rubin.

If you enjoyed this transcription, or have some comments or corrections to it,
please do let me know!

(the previous version of this song at OLGA was not actually
 it contained only an approximation of the chords)