Biography:
Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman (born November 28, 1943) is a singer/songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is notable for his mordant (and often satirical) pop songs and for his many film scores.
Newman is noted for his practice of writing lyrics from the perspective of a character far removed from Newman's own biography. For example, the 1972 song "Sail Away" is written as a slave trader's sales pitch to attract slaves, while the narrator of "Political Science" is a U.
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Other songs:
- Hay Un Amigo En Mí (toy Story)
- If I Didn't Have You
- It's A Jungle Out There
- Mcqueen And Sally
- Political Science
- Short People
- The Time Of Your Life
- Yo Soy Tu Amigo Fiel
- You've Got A Friend In Me
- You've Got A Friend In Me
- Youve Got A Friend In Me
- You’ve Got A Friend In Me
- A Wedding In Cherokee County
- Almost There
- Back On My Feet Again
- Bad News From Home
- Baltimore
- Be A Pepper
- Beehive State
- Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad
- Big And Loud
- Birmingham
- Blue Shadows On The Trail
- Burn On
- Cant Keep A Good Man Down
- Christmas In Cape Town
- Dancing
- Davy The Fat Boy
- Dayton Ohio 1903
- Dixie Flyer
- Every Man A King
- Every Time It Rains
- Falling In Love
- Feels Like Home
- Follow The Flag
- Ghosts
- Gods Song
- Gone Dead Train
- Guilty
- Have You Seen My Baby
- He Gives Us All His Love
- I Love La
- I Love To See You Smile
- I Miss You
- I Think Hes Hiding
- I Think Its Going To Rain Today
- I Want You To Hurt Like I Do
- I Will Go Sailing No More
- If I Didnt Have You
- Ill Be Home
- Im Different
- In Germany Before The War
- Its A Jungle Out There
- Its Money That I Love
- Its Money That Matters
- Jolly Coppers On Parade
- Last Night I Had A Dream
- Laugh And Be Happy
- Living Without You
- Lonely At The Top
- Losing You
- Louisiana 1927
- Love Story
- Ma Belle Evangeline
- Mama Told Me Not To Come
- Marie
- Maybe Im Doing It Wrong
- Memo To My Son
- Mr President Have Pity On The Working Man
- My Country
- My Little Buttercup
- My Old Kentucky Home
- Naked Man
- Old Man
- Only A Girl
- Pretty Boy
- Rednecks
- Rider In The Rain
- Rollin
- Sail Away
- She Chose Me
- Sigmund Freuds Impersonation Of Albert Einstein In America
- Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear
- Something Special
- Song For The Dead
- Spies
- Strange Things
- Texas Girl At The Funeral Of Her Father
- The Blues
- The Girls In My Life Part 1
- The Great Nations Of Europe
- The Story Of A Rocknroll Band
- The World Isnt Fair
- Wandering Boy
- We Belong Together
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...OLD MAN... by Randy Newman
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*from 'Sail Away' (1972)*
*CAPO 4th FRET*
(Original Key: E)
Verse 1:
C F C
Every-one has gone a-way;
G7 Em C
Can you hear me? Can you hear me?
C F C
No one cared enough to stay.
A# Em C
Can you hear me? Can you hear me?
Chorus 1:
F C Dm7/C F
You must remember me, old man; I know that you can if you try.
C F D7sus D7 F F/G C
So just open up your eyes, old man; look who's come to say good-bye.
Interlude:
G7 C/G, C7 F D7, F C (x2)
Verse 2:
C Gm F C F
The sun has left the sky, old man; the birds have flown a-way.
Csus C D7sus D7 F F/G C
And no one came to cry, old man; good-bye, old man, good-bye.
Verse 3:
C Gm F C F
You want to stay, I know you do, but it ain't no use to try.
Csus C D7sus D7
'Cos I'll be here, and I'm just like you,
F F/G C
Good-bye, old man, good-bye.
Chorus 2:
F/G C G7 C
Won't be no God to comfort you; you taught me not to believe that lie.
F C F
You don't need anybody, no-body needs you;
C#dim7 Em D#maj7
Don't cry, old man, don't cry;
C#dim7 Dm6 C
Every-body dies.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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C F G7 Em A# Dm7/C D7sus D7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x32010 133211 323000 022000 x13331 x30211 xx0013 xx0212
F/G C/G C7 Gm Csus C#dim7 D#maj7 Dm6
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
303211 332010 x32310 355333 x33011 xx4545 x68786 xx0201
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 ([email protected])
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*from 'Sail Away' (1972)*
*CAPO 4th FRET*
(Original Key: E)
Verse 1:
C F C
Every-one has gone a-way;
G7 Em C
Can you hear me? Can you hear me?
C F C
No one cared enough to stay.
A# Em C
Can you hear me? Can you hear me?
Chorus 1:
F C Dm7/C F
You must remember me, old man; I know that you can if you try.
C F D7sus D7 F F/G C
So just open up your eyes, old man; look who's come to say good-bye.
Interlude:
G7 C/G, C7 F D7, F C (x2)
Verse 2:
C Gm F C F
The sun has left the sky, old man; the birds have flown a-way.
Csus C D7sus D7 F F/G C
And no one came to cry, old man; good-bye, old man, good-bye.
Verse 3:
C Gm F C F
You want to stay, I know you do, but it ain't no use to try.
Csus C D7sus D7
'Cos I'll be here, and I'm just like you,
F F/G C
Good-bye, old man, good-bye.
Chorus 2:
F/G C G7 C
Won't be no God to comfort you; you taught me not to believe that lie.
F C F
You don't need anybody, no-body needs you;
C#dim7 Em D#maj7
Don't cry, old man, don't cry;
C#dim7 Dm6 C
Every-body dies.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
C F G7 Em A# Dm7/C D7sus D7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x32010 133211 323000 022000 x13331 x30211 xx0013 xx0212
F/G C/G C7 Gm Csus C#dim7 D#maj7 Dm6
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
303211 332010 x32310 355333 x33011 xx4545 x68786 xx0201
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 ([email protected])
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