This is the chords of Old Lady by The Lumineers on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.
[Intro] FCFC
[Verse] FC
An old lady crosses the street FC
And as she waves to me, I don’t see her GFC
And I know that one day I FCGAmFCGAm
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
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[Verse] FC
And how I miss my mother’s mother FC
She became a stranger, but I still love her GFC
And I hope, I hope she returns FCGAmFCGAm
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
[Verse] FC
Now the day came when we left her FC
We couldn’t say goodbye, and I know that I was wrong GFAm
But I hope that she knows FCGAmFCGAm
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
[Outro] FCFC
How to play Old Lady: key, chords and progression
Old Lady by The Lumineers is built around C major (no sharps or flats), with 4 chords in all: F, C, G and Am.
Listen for F – C – G – Am (IV – I – V – vi in C major), a rotation of the four-chord pop progression that starts on the IV chord: the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is fah – doh – soh – lah. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.
Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes C, G, D, Em (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.
