Australia 
Ol' Man Sam by Spiderbait 
Off the album Shashavaglava 
Transcribed by Trent Paton ([email protected]) 
 
I know this has already been done but i thought i'd give my version 
as it's fun to play it this way when sitting around with friends  
having a singalong on the  good old acoustic.  
 
(0:16)Bassline intro (played on guitar)                  
e--------------------|------------------------------------------ 
B--------------------|------------------------------------------ 
G--------------------|------------------------------------------ 
D---3----4----5----6-|---7----7----7----7----7----7----7----6--- 
A--------------------|------------------------------------------ 
E-1----2----3----4---|-5----5----5----5----5----5----5----4----- 
                     | 
                     |repeat this part 4x leaving out the last 
                     |note the 4th time around. This also gets  
                     |played in between the verses and the heavy  
Verse                |distortion parts later in the song 
Johnny was a man.... 
e--------------------------------------------------------------- 
B--------------------------------------------------------------- 
G--------------------------------------------------------------- 
D---7----7----7----7----7----7----7----6-----5----5----5----5--- 
A--------------------------------------------------------------- 
E-5----5----5----5----5----5----5----4----3----3----3----3----3- 
 
e--------------------------------------------------------------- 
B--------------------------------------------------------------- 
G--------------------------------------------------------------- 
D-5----5----5----6----7----7----7----7----7----7---------------- 
A--------------------------------------------------------------- 
E---3----3----4----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----4--------- 
 
Play verse 2x and then.... 
 
With heaps of distortion 
  A5       F5        G5 
e-------------------------------------- 
B-------------------------------------- 
G-------------------------------------- 
D-7--7-7---3-3-3-3---5--5-5-5--xx-5-5-- 
A-7--7-7---3-3-3-3---5--5-5-5--xx-5-5-- 
E-5--5-5---1-1-1-1---3--3-3-3--xx-3-3-- 
 
  A5       F5        G5 
e-------------------------------------- 
B-------------------------------------- 
G-------------------------------------- 
D-7--7-7---3-3-3-3---5--5-5-5--xx-5-5-- 
A-7--7-7---3-3-3-3---5--5-5-5--xx-5-5-- 
E-5--5-5---1-1-1-1---3--3-3-3--xx-3-3-- 
Play the bassline intro next (only what's after the line) 
and then back into verse. Repeat the same way until after the  
third verse then play this next part straight after the loud part 
 
  G5 A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 C5 
e-------------------------------------- 
B-------------------------------------- 
G-------------------------------------- 
D-5--7--5--7--5--7--5--7--5--7--10----- 
A-5--7--5--7--5--7--5--7--5--7--10----- 
E-3--5--3--5--3--5--3--5--3--5--8------ 
 
  G5 A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 G5 
e-------------------------------------- 
B-------------------------------------- 
G-------------------------------------- 
D-5--7--5--7--5--7--5555--5555--------- 
A-5--7--5--7--5--7--5555--5555--------- 
E-3--5--3--5--3--5--3333--3333--------- 
                     *     *  
Not too sure what chords are played here(*) in the actual song 
but i play these G5 chords anyway 
Song finishes off with bassline intro (only the part after line) 
played twice 
I hope whoever reads this can understand it all, if not then  
just email me at [email protected]