Old Men (lay down)

Words and music by Roger Taylor

Transcribed by Paul Culmsee

Here is Old Men, Lay Down as far as I can tell. I'm pretty much certain about the mellow keyboard bit at the start but not so sure about the guitar bit (In fact, I _know_ that its wrong but I'm sure someone can correct it).

Here goes...

The song starts with a full verse chord sequence below before the lyrics start.

C                     G
Take a trip to China, if you dare
Dm                        Am
they gotta lotta old men, shooting young men there
B flat                 F
Iran or Russia, or the USA
    C        G
Old men, lay down

    C    Cs2 C          Em
Lay down old man you've had your fun
    C                  Am
Lay down old man, your time is run
    F                    C
Lay down your arms, let in the light
    G        C
Old man, lay down.


Then the guitar bit kicks in and the song changes key...
(Maybe someone should do proper tab to this)

EEGA    AAGE
EEGA    BBGE 

(This is the main riff I think)

EEGA         AAGE
    Old Men,      with old clothes
EEGA         BBGE 
    Old Men,      with minds closed 
EEGA         AAGE 
    Old Men,      with bad teeth 
EEGA               BBGE 
    They own you,      they own me 

AEE
   Take a trip to China
AEE
   if you dare
AEE
   they gotta lotta old men
AEE
   shooting young men there

AA        AA
  Old men   with bad teeth
AA              AA
  they own you    they own me


EEGA    AAGE 
EEGA    BBGE 

EEGA         AAGE 
    Old Men,      with big cars 
EEGA         BBGE 
    Old Men,      with missiles 
EEGA         AAGE 
    Old Men,      on TV 
EEGA                
    They own newspapers and they own me  

AEE 
   Have you seen a politician  
AEE 
   with a mile wide smile 
AEE 
   who didn't love himself more than a mother loves her child
   
AA        AA 
  Old men   on TV 
AA                   
  they own newspapers and they own me 

Guitar Riff with electric Bass.

Repeated "Take a trip to China...."