{"id":27821,"date":"2026-01-02T21:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T21:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=27821"},"modified":"2026-01-02T21:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T21:30:16","slug":"dont-let-the-old-man-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/dont-let-the-old-man-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Let the Old Man In"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tune to Drop D, and since fingerpicking, play G as 5x000x and E7 as 220100.\r\n \r\n \r\n[Intro]\r\nD<\/span>   D<\/span>   D<\/span>   D<\/span>   (fingerpick chords) 0x023x\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n              D<\/span>\r\nDon't let the old man in,  \r\n\r\n        G<\/span>\r\nI wanna live me some more.\r\n               A7<\/span>\r\nCan't leave it up to him,  \r\n                D<\/span>\r\nhe's knocking on my door.\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n \r\nAnd I knew all of my life,\r\n         G<\/span>\r\nthat someday it would end.\r\n           A7<\/span>\r\nGet up and go outside, \r\n                 D<\/span>        D7<\/span>\r\ndon't let the old man in.\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n     G<\/span>\r\nMany moons I have lived\r\n          D<\/span>\r\nMy body's weathered and worn\r\n                 E7<\/span>\r\nAsk yourself how old would you be\r\n                       A7<\/span>\r\nIf you didn't know the day you were born\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n       D<\/span>\r\nTry to love on your wife\r\n         G<\/span>\r\nAnd stay close to your friends\r\n           A7\r\nToast each sundown with wine\r\n                 D\r\nDon't let the old man in\r\n \r\n \r\n[Interlude]\r\nD    G   A7   D   D7\r\n(Hummmm)\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n     G\r\nMany moons I have lived\r\n          D\r\nMy body's weathered and worn\r\n                 E7\r\nAsk yourself how old would you be\r\n                       A7\r\nIf you didn't know the day you were born\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\n              D\r\nWhen he rides up on his horse\r\n                  G\r\nAnd you feel that cold bitter wind\r\n              A7\r\nLook out your window and smile\r\n              D\r\nDon't let the old man in\r\n \r\n \r\n[Outro]\r\n              A7\r\nLook out your window and smile\r\n              Dsus2      D\r\nDon't let the old man in<\/span><\/pre>\n
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Toby Keith     Tune to Drop D, and since fingerpicking, play G as 5x000x and E7 as 220100. [Intro] D D D D (fingerpick chords) 0x023x [Verse 1] D Don’t let the old man in, G I wanna live me some more. A7 Can’t leave it up to him, … CLICK TO VIEW SONGDon’t Let the Old Man In<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-x-bill-chase"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27821"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27822,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27821\/revisions\/27822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}