[ Old king von Neil Young ]



	OLD KING - NEIL YOUNG
	---------------------
	from: HARVEST MOON




	NOTES:
	Played on Neil's guit-banjo.
	Use double dropped-D tuning (DADGBD)


	Note from Wolfgang: I don't hear the dropped tuning,
	but anyway you can also play this in standard tuning.


	INTRO: D


	G
	King went a-runnin' after deer 
	                                  D
	Wasn't scared of jumpin' off the truck in high gear 
	G
	King went a-sniffin' and he would go 
	                             D        C    G   F
	Was the best old hound dog I ever did know. 


	D
	I had a dog and his name was King 
	                     C
	I told the dog about everything 
	D
	There in my truck the dog and I 
	                 C    G      F    D
	Then one day the King up and died. 


	INSTRUMENTAL: D


	D
	Then I thought about the times we had 
	                            C
	Once when I kicked him when he was bad 
	D
	Old King sure meant a lot to me 
	                      C  G  F  D
	But that hound dog is history. 

	INSTRUMENTAL: D


	G
	King went a-runnin' after deer 
	                                  D
	Wasn't scared of jumpin' off the truck in high gear 
	G
	King went a-sniffin' and he would go 
	                             D     C    G   F
	Was the best old hound dog I ever did know. 


	D
	That old King was a friend of mine 
	                           C
	Never knew a dog  that was half as fine 
	D
	I may find one, you never do know 
	                     C    G      F    D
	'Cause I still got a long way to go. 


	INSTRUMENTAL: D


	D
	I had a dog and his name was King 
	                        C
	I told the dog about everything 
	D
	Old King sure meant a lot to me 
	                      C  G  F  D
	But that hound dog is history. 


	INSTRUMENTAL: D


	G 
	King went a-howlin' after deer 
	                                   D
	Wasn't scared of jumpin' off the truck in high gear 
	G
	King went a-sniffin' and he would go 
	                             D     C   G   F
	Was the best old hound dog I ever did know.  


	OUTRO: D