Old Town chords by Phil Lynott

Song: Old town
Written and performed by: Phil Lynott
Track on: The Philip Lynott Album

Transcribed by Jose Kooyman (koolus@xs4all.nl)

This song by Thin Lizzy's frontman Phil Lynott is from his first solo
album. Although the song consists mainly of keyboards, drums and bass
guitar, it sounds very well on just an acoustic guitar.
These are the chords (and two little riffs) I use:

C: x-3-2-0-1-0
Cmaj7: x-3-2-0-0-0
Am7: x-0-2-0-1-0 (sometimes during the verse I play: x-0-2-0-1-3)
Am7/G: 3-0-2-0-1-0
F: 1-3-3-2-1-1
Dm: x-x-0-2-3-1
G7: 3-2-0-0-0-1
Am: x-0-2-2-1-0
E: 0-2-2-1-0-0
Am2: x-0-2-2-0-0
X: 0-3-3-2-0-0 (I don't know the name of this chord)

riff 1:
e-|-----0-|
b-|-1-3---|
g-|-------|
d-|-------|
a-|-------|
e-|-------|

riff 2:
e-|---0-4-5-|
b-|-1-------|
g-|---------|
d-|---------|
a-|---------|
e-|---------|


Lyrics and chords:

The..
I ..

[intro]
4x C (alter with Cmaj7)

C      Am7
The ..
       Am7/G
She ..
       F
She ..
Dm  G7      C (alter with Cmaj7)
This ..
C       Am7
She's ..
      Am7/G
And so..
    F
All is lost
Dm G7     C   Am
The..
Dm E    Am
Romance..
(riff 1)

F  G7   C    Am7
This..
Dm  E    Am2  Am
This ..

C      Am7
She ..
       Am7/G  F
She ..
Dm     G7
But ..
      C (alter with Cmaj7)
For ..
C        Am7        Am7/G  F
She's ..
Dm     G7        C Am
But in ..
Dm  E     Am
The ..
(riff 1)

F  G7   C    Am7
This ..
Dm  E    Am2  Am
This ..
(riff 1)
F  G7   C    Am7
This..
Dm  E    Am2  Am
This ..

[Instrumental break with piano-solo]
C-Am7-Am7/G-F-Dm-G7-C-C-Am7-Am7/G-F-Dm-E-Am-F-Dm-E-Am-(riff 1)
F-G7-C-Am7-Dm-E-Am-(riff 2)

[tempo slows down a bit]
     C      Am7
I've ..
  Am7/G  F
In the..
   Dm      G7
It's ..
   C
When ..
     C      Am7
I've ..
  Am7/G  F
In the ..
 Dm      G7
I sure ..
  C      F
Now ..
  X      E
Now ..
   Am2 Am
This ..

[tempo back to normal]
C (alter with Cmaj7)
ola
3 x C (alter with Cmaj7)

[Instrumental break with trumpet-solo]
C-Am7-Am7/G-F-Dm-G7-C
ola
C-Am7-Am7/G-F-Dm-G7-C-C-E-Am
(riff 1)

F  G7   C    Am7
This ..
Dm  E    Am2  Am
This ..
(riff 1)
F  G7   C    Am7
This ..
Dm  E    Am2  Am
This ..
[Repeat until fade out]