Tuning:

THE OLD LAUGHING LADY

^DDon't call pretty Peggy,^Em/D she can't hear you no mor^Dmaj7e. ^Em/D ^DDon't leave no message^Em/D 'round her bac^Dmaj7k door.

^G/DThey say the "Old Laughing Lady" been here ^Dbefore.^Em/D She d^Dmaj7on't keep time^Dm7, she don't count ^Gscore.

D Gm7 Am7 D You can't have a cupboard if there ain't no wall. You got to move, There's no time left to stall. They say the "Old Laughing Lady" dropped by to call. When she leaves, she leaves nothing at all. Dmaj7 Dm7 Dmaj7 Dm7 G/D Dmaj7 Dm7 Dmaj7 Dm7 G/D D See the drunkyard of the village falling on the street. Can't tell his ankles from the rest of his feet. He loves his old laughing lady 'cause her taste is so sweet. But the laughing lady's lovin', ain't the kind he can keep. D (D/Bb) D/C D There's a fever on the freeway, blacks out the night. There's a slipping on the stairway, just don't feel right. And there's a rumbling in the bedroom and a flashing of light.

There's the "Ol^Dmaj7d Laughing Lady"^Dm7, ev'rything is all righ^C(addD)t.

OBS! The chords in this song is:

^D|||X|| ^Em/D|||X|| ^Dmaj7|||X|| ^Dm7|||X|| ^G||||X| ^G/D|||X|| ||||X| ||||X| ||||X| ||||X| |||||| ||||X| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| XX|||| ||||||

The chords starts on fret: 2 4 6 5 3 7 lyrics: from the c-d sleeve chords: audio corrections/additions welcomed rcwoods|famoore@unix1.tcd.ie added notes by: aq687@freenet.carleton.ca (David W Smith) -------------- Old Laughing Lady : Unplugged G C G

^GDon't call pretty Peggy, ^CShe can't hear you no ^Gmore

Don't leave no message

^CRound her back ^Gdoor They say the ^Cold laughing lady

Been here be^Gfore She ^Ddon't keep time ^C

She don't count ^Gscore G C G

^GYou can't have a cupboard ^CIf there ain't no ^G wall

You got to move

^CThere's no time for you to stall C 020010 Am They say the old laughing lady

Dropped ^Cby to ^Dcall ^G And ^Dwhen she leaves ^Am

She leaves ^Cnothing at ^Gall

verse: (without the run through Am)

^GSee the drunkard of the village ^CFallin' on his ^Gfeet

He can't tell his ankle

^CFrom the rest of his ^Gfeet C 020010 Am He loves his old laughing lady

Because the ^Ctaste is so ^Gsweet ^Bm But the ^Dlaughin' lady's loving

Ain't the ^Amkind he can ^Ckeep ^G D Am C G

There's a ^Gfever on the freeway ^CBlacks out the ^Gnight

There's a slippin' on the stairway

Just ^Cdon't feel right ^G There's a ^Crumblin' in the bedroom

And a ^Cflashin' of ^Glight ^DThere's the old laughing lady

Every^Cthing is all right ^G ^DThere's the old laughing lady

Every^Cthing is all right ^G D Am C G x2

notes: the quick change to C and G at the end of many lines is omitted it occurs everywhere but 'if there ain't no wall / you got to move...' the run through from C to Am via the B note is a familiar ny trick... added: Neil embellishes the G chords by hammering on the E note on the second fret of the D string with his index finger. I also believe that he plays some of his G chords in the D chord shape at the 7th fret (G/D). Strum loosely with an easy feel.

Neil Young - Old laughing lady (chords)