Old Soul Singer

Intro 

F               Bb G 

 
G7 
I know an old soul singer, living down the hill. 
                Gm7         C              Gm7 
You'll remember who he was, surely someone will. 
G 
He's got a shop full of antiques, that keeps the past alive 
                 Gm                        C7           G7       C     G 
for a handful of long lost freaks that are trying to survive. 
 

 
        C7                G         C                   G 
He says now the songs are gone  and tomorrows passing by. 
                            (are gone)                    (passing by) 
Am7                    C7               Bb   N.C.                     G   Bb    C     G 
   It's like your best woman has left .       when you still  can't fly. 
                                                           (oooooooooooooh) 
 

 
G 
Well I went down to his house    just along the road, 
                    Gm7                C              G 
playing through the old tunes with the tempo slightly slow. 
G 
He's reading a book on death, well, just in case he dies 
G                                            C                  G          C        G 
Hung his head down, out of breath while the children round him cried. 
 

 
        C                   G            C7                    G 
He says now the singers are gone  and I feel life's going too fast 
                               (are gone)                       (just so fast) 
Am7                    C7                Bb   N.C.                 G                 Bb  C   G 
   It's like your best woman just left .. when you know we should lo-o-o-o-o-o-o-ve  yeah .. 
G                                                                   (ooooooooooohh) 
I sho want it to last .  


{Guitar Solo} 
G7                                        C   G Fsus2 G 
G                                         Gm              C7   G7    C    G 
C7                    G                   C       Gm7  C7 
 Am7      C7          Bb                  Gm                         Bb   Gm 


 
         G                              Gsus4 
Well, he saw speed lights in his eyes  fading to the dim. 
            G                     C              G 
In the studios of time, where the walls remember him. 
G                                            Gsus4 
They tried to keep his music pure, but they said he had to sign 
   G                                    Csus4           G            C    G 
to get back inside that door where they keep the dotted lines. 
 

 
        C            G                  C                  G 
This is not a guitar case .    and the gears back in the van, 
                        (no case)                           (gears gone back) 
Am7                      C7         Bb 
 the heart has turned to stone   
              G 
Cause its so co-o-o-o-ld, man,  its s-o-o-o- cold, man 
 

 
G 
And I need the love of a real soul woman, 
G 
  and I need the woman for a big soul man . behind me. 
         Gsus4           Csus2        G 
I need a brand new aud-i-ence to find me. 
G 
   I need a brand new whole section, to find me, wine me 
G 
    cause the old v-a-an broke down 
 

Outro 
G 
I gotta getta  .. I gotta get a brand new engine 
             Fsus2         G 
  I said the old van broke down 
G 
I gotta brand new engine 
G 
I gotta get it running on the motorway 
G 
Cause theres 900 wheels these days 
G 
You know how hard that feels?