Old Friend

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chords.....

[A]              [A2]           [F#]

[E]  x          [E]  x         [E]  x
[B]  10        [B]  9         [B]  7
[G]  9         [G]  9         [G]  6
[D]  7          [D]  7         [D]  4
[A]  x          [A]  x         [A]  x
[E]  x          [E]  x         [E]  x

I know the chords are strange.  I had to get as close as I could with the
names...

The way you play this song is the most important part about it, and if you
listen to it while practicing these chords it'll just come to you like
nothing.  but for those of you who, for
some sad sad reason don't have this album, i'll explain it to you....

it's played in a very SKA way, which is to say there's a lot of whole hand
releases.  since the system of running the chords never changes - it's very
important that you understand the changes in the way you do the system.

during the verse, it played

[A] [D] u [D] u  [A2] [D] u [D] u  [F#]  [D] u [D] u   [D] u [D]

over and over.   d's of course mean down stroke, u's of course mean
upstrokes.  you let each ring for about one sixteenth of a second, then pull
your hand up a little.

chorus is played

[A] [D] u [D] u  [D] u [D]  [A2] [D] u [D] u  [D] u [D]  [F#]  [D] u [D] u  [D] u [D] u [D] u

with the same pull off procedure.

you're not ALL that stupid.  if you know how it's played already, you
shouldn't have bothered reading all that.  but, it can help those out there
not farmiliar with the song.

during the intro, play:

[Bm]       [D]
[Bm]       [D]
[Bm]       [D]
[A]        [E]

play through twice, then:

[A]good morning h[E]eartache

you're like an [F#m]old friend, come to s[D]ee me again

[A]wake u[E]p, you're in [F#m]cleveland aga[D]in

it's a soli[A]d line[E] that neve[F#m]r ends [D]
i got stories that you'll never believe
and i know it, i wear it, i wear it on my sleeve
there must be something 'bout you that i liked
but right here in this rain, you know it just don't seem right
i always go out, i never hide
but in cleveland, i should've stayed inside

[A]justi[E]fy my l[F#m]ove for y[D]ou
and i know it runs deep through your body too
from the cold blacktop to the hot concrete
in the old tin van, it ain't so sweet

intro X 2

somewhere in a[A5]merica[E5]      [F#5]              [D5]

in the [A5]city at[E5] night[F#5]       [D5]

[A5]we were f[E5]ar from[F#5] home,  [D5]

but you k[A5]now,[E5] eve[F#5]rything's gonn[D5]a be alright

play chorus form

the unf[A]ortunate get [E]preyed on by [F#m]vultures' e[D]yes
86 cents in these pockets of mine
you can take my money, you can take my time
but you can't take my heart, it's in the city behind

[A5]     [E5]     [F#5]     [D5]         [A5]

    [Bm]          [D]          [A]         [E]        [F#m]


all of these are basic bar chords.  aaron kinney had you playing wierd
power chords.  the only place power chords are used here are on verse three
and the outro.

    [A5]         [E5]          [F#5]        [D5]


aaron's intro lead is pretty right.  i recommend just picking it up by
listening.  that's the great thing about rancid, is that their leads are
easy to pick up.
you don't really need to do this song ska style.  it's a great song no
matter what.  just use the chords and play it your own way.