E|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
D|-5-7-7b(8)-5-----------------|-5-7-7b(8)-(8)-b(8)7-5-----------------|
A|-------------7--0-----7---7--|-----------------------7--0-----7---7--|
E|------------------3-0---0----|----------------------------3-0---0----|


[Verse 1]


          E7
He take-a thunder from the mountain
          
He take-a lightnin' from the sky
             G
He bring the strong man to his beggin' knees
            E7
He make the young girl's mama cry


[Chorus]

           E7
You got to hidey-hide
           
You got to jump and run
           
You got to hidey-hidey-hide
    C       D             E7
The old man   is down the road


[Verse 2]

He got the voices speakin' riddles
He got eyes as black as coal
He got a suitcase covered with rattlesnake hide
And he stands right in the road


[Chorus]

 John's instrumental..... same pattern as chorus


[Verse 3]

He make the river call your lover
He make the barking of the hound
Put a shadow 'cross the window
When the old man comes around


[Chorus]

(last line twice)

Now for some of the riffs used.. i think you can figure out where.
These are not fully correct, I mainly improvise them.

E|----16----16-16---16-16\---------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|-/16---16------16----------------------|
D|---------------------------b(8)7--5----|
A|------------------------------------7--|
E|---------------------------------------|

E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-0------------------|
A|-----------2-0--------------|
E|---------------0------------|

E|----------------------------------|
B|---b2(2.5)---------b2(2.5)--------| Ok This really needs work.. but I think
G|---b2(2.5)-0-----0-b2(2.5)-0------| you get the idea.
D|-2-----------2---------------2----|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

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| (n)  Ghost note
| b    Bend
| /    Slide up
| \    Slide down