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Neil Young : After The Gold Rush
1970


  1. Tell Me Why
  2. After The Gold Rush
  3. Only Love Can Break Your Heart
  4. Southern Man
  5. Till The Morning Comes

  6. Oh, Lonesome Me
  7. Don't Let It Bring You Down
  8. Birds
  9. When You Dance I Can Really Love
  10. I Believe In You
  11. Cripple Creek Ferry

Tell Me Why

Capo:
-II
/g
/a
/b
C
D
Sailing heart ships through broken harbors
Am7
G
Out on the waves in the night
C
D
Still the searcher must ride the dark horse
Am7
G
Racing along in his fright
D
Am7
C
G
(
C/g
G
C/g
G
) Tell me why
D
Am7
C
G
Tell me why
Gmaj7
C
Is it hard to make arrangements with yourself
D
C
Bm
Em
When you're old enough to repay but young enough to sell
C
D
Am7
G
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Tell me lies later, come and see me I'll be around for a while I am lonely but you can free me All in the way that you smile Tell me why Tell me why Is it hard to make arrangements with yourself When you're old enough to repay but young enough to sell |
C
|
D
|
Am
|
G
|
x2
Repeat chorus and instrumental as outro


After The Gold Rush

D
G
D
G
G
D
G
Well, I dreamed I saw the knights in armor coming
D
G
Saying something about a queen
D
A
There were peasants singing and drummers drumming
G
A
And the archer split the tree
Bm
C
There was a fanfare blowing to the sun
G
C
That was floating on the breeze
D
A
Look at Mother Nature on the run
C
G
In the nineteen seventies
D
A
Look at Mother Nature on the run
C
G
In the nineteen seventies
I was lying in a burned out basement With the full moon in my eyes I was hoping for replacement When the sun burst through the sky There was a band playing in my head And I felt like getting high I was thinking about what a friend had said I was hoping it was a lie Thinking about what a friend had said I was hoping it was a lie Well, I dreamed I saw the silver space ships flying In the yellow haze of the sun There were children crying and colors flying All around the chosen ones All in a dream, all in a dream The loading had begun They were flying Mother Nature's silver seed To a new home in the sun Flying Mother Nature's silver seed To a new home


Only Love Can Break Your Heart

A7
D
G
A
x2
A7
D
G
A
When you were young and on your own
A7
D
G
A
A7
How did it feel to be alone?
D
G
I was always thinking of games that I was playing
D
G
Trying to make the best of my time
A7
G
F#m
But only love can break your heart
Em
A
Try to be sure right from the start
A7
G
F#m
Yes only love can break your heart
Em
A
What if your world should fall apart
A7
D
G
A
x2
I have a friend I've never seen He hides his head inside a dream Someone should call him and see if he can come out Try to lose the down that he's found But only love can break your heart Try to be sure right from the start Yes only love can break your heart What if your world should fall apart
A7
D
G
A
x2
I have a friend I've never seen He hides his head inside a dream
A7
D
G
A
Yes, only love can break your heart
Repeat to fade


Southern Man

Dm
Bb
Gm
Dm
Bb
Bm
Dm
Fmaj7/c
Southern man, better keep your head
Bb
G7
Don't forget what your Good Book says
Dm
Fmaj7/c
Southern change gonna come at last
Bb
G7
Dm
Now your crosses are burnin' fast, southern man
Bb
Gm
Dm
Bb
Gm
Dm
Bb
Gm
I saw cotton and I saw black
Dm
Bb
Gm
Tall white mansions and little shacks
Dm
Bb
Gm
Southern man when will you pay them back?
A
I heard screamin' and bull whips crackin' How long, how long? Ah!
Dm
Bb
Gm
Dm
Bb
Bm
Southern man, better keep your head Don't forget what your Good Book says Southern change gonna come at last Now your crosses are burnin' fast, southern man Lillie Bell, your hair is golden brown I've seen your black man comin' round Swear by God, I'm gonna cut him down! I heard screamin' and bull whips crackin' How long, how long? Ah!
Dm
Bb
Gm
Dm
Bb
Gm


Till The Morning Comes

Intro of verse chords
C
F
I'm gonna give you till the morning comes
Dm
G
Till the morning comes
Dm
G
Till the morning comes
I'm only waiting till the morning comes Till the morning comes Till the morning comes
Instrumental of verse chords
I'm gonna give you till the morning comes Till the morning comes Till the morning comes I'm only waiting till the morning comes Till the morning comes Till the morning comes


Oh, Lonesome Me

<Don Gibson>
E
A
x2
E
A
E
A
Everybody's going out and having fun
E
A
E
A
I'm a fool for staying home and having none
E
Bm
A
Am
I can't get over how she set me free
D
A
E
E
A
Oh, oh, lonesome me
E
A
E
A
There must be some way that I can lose these lonesome blues
E
A
E
A
Forget about the past, find someone new
E
E7
A
Am
I've thought up everything from A to Z
D
A
E
E
A
Oh, oh, lonesome me
A
B7
I'll bet she's not like me
G#m
C#m
She's out and fancy free
F#m
A
E
Flirting with the boys with all her charms
But I still love her so And brother don't you know? I'd welcome her right back here in my arms
E
A
E
A
There must be some way that I can lose these lonesome blues
E
A
E
A
Forget about my past, find someone new
E
Bm
A
Am
I can't get over how she set me free
D
A
E
Oh, oh, lonesome me
E
A
E
A


Don't Let It Bring You Down

Tuning: DADGBD (Double Drop D)
D5 000230 Bb 880760
Cadd9 x32010 Am7 775555
F6sus2 33x010 G7 550060
Dm7 000560 G5 550030
Dsus4 000780 Em7 220000
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D5
|
Cadd9
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D5
|
F6sus2
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x2
D5
Dm7
Old man lying by the side of the road with the lorries rolling by
Dsus4
Bb
Am7
Blue moon sinking from the weight of the load and the buildings scrape the sky
D5
Dm7
Cold wind ripping down the alley at dawn and the morning paper flies
Dsus4
Bb
Am7
Dead man lying by the side of the road with the daylight in his eyes
G7
F6sus2
Don't let it bring you down, it's only castles burning
Em7
(
D5
) Just find someone who's turning and you will come around
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D5
|
Cadd9
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D5
|
F6sus2
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x2
Blind man running through the light of the night with an answer in his hand Come on down to the river of sight and you can really understand Red lights flashing through the window in the rain, can you hear the sirens moan? White cane lying in a gutter in the lane if you're walking home alone Don't let it bring you down, it's only castles burning Just find someone who's turning and you will come around |
D5
|
Cadd9
| | |
D5
|
F6sus2
| | |
x2
Don't let it bring you down, it's only castles burning Just find someone who's turning and you will come around |
D5
|
Cadd9
| | |
D5
|
F6sus2
| | | Don't let it bring you down, it's only castles burning Just find someone who's turning and you will come around


Birds

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G
|
C
|
x2
G
C
Lover, there will be another one
G
C
Who'll hover, over you beneath the sun
G
C
G
C
G
Tomorrow, see the things that never come today
C
G
Bm
When you see me fly away without you
C
G
Bm
Shadow on the things you know
C
G
Bm
Feathers fall around you
Am
C
D
And show you the way to go
C
G
G7
C
It's over, it's over
G
C
Nestled in your wings, my little one
G
C
Is special, morning brings another sun
G
C
G
C
G
Tomorrow, see the things that never come today
C
G
Bm
When you see me fly away without you
C
G
Bm
Shadow on the things you know
C
G
Bm
Feathers fall around you
Am
C
D
And show you the way to go
C
G
G7
C
It's over, it's over
G


When You Dance I Can Really Love

|
D
|
C
G
| |
D
|
C
G
| |
D
|
C
G
|
G
Bb
|
Dm7
F
C
F
G
G
Bb
When you dance, do you senses tingle then take a chance?
Dm7
F
C
F
G
G
Bb
In a trance, while the lonely mingle with circumstance
Dm
F
G
I've got something to tell you, you made it show
Dm
F
G
Let me come over, I know you know
Dm7
Gm
F
C
F
G
When you dance, oooh oooh, I can really love
I can love, I can really love, I can really love I can love, I can really love, I can really love Like a mountain that's growing, a river that rolls Let me come over, I know you know When you dance, oooh oooh, I can really love When you dance, do you senses tingle then take a chance? In a trance, while the lonely mingle with circumstance I've got something to tell you, you made it show Let me come over, I know you know When you dance, oooh oooh, I can really love
F
D
F
G
x5


I Believe In You

Capo:
I
|
C
|
F
|
C
| (
F
)
F
G
Now that you found yourself losing your mind
C
F
Are you here again?
G
Finding that what you once thought was real
C
F
Is gone, and changing?
Dm
G
Now that you made yourself love me Do you think I can change it in a day? How can I place you above me? Am I lying to you when I say
F
That I believe in you
C
G
D
C
Oh, oh, oh oh, oh oh
F
I believe in you
|
C
|
F
|
x2
|
C
|
F
G
Coming to you at night I see my questions
C
F
I feel my doubts
G
Wishing that maybe in a year or two
C
F
We could laugh and let it all out
Now that you made yourself love me Do you think I can change it in a day? How can I place you above me? Am I lying to you when I say That I believe in you Oh, oh, oh oh, oh oh I believe in you Oh, oh, oh oh, oh oh I believe in you |
C
|
F
| ...


Cripple Creek Ferry

|
G
|
Am
G
C
G
|
x2
G
Am
C
Hey, hey Cripple Creek Ferry
G
C
G
Butting through the overhanging trees
G
Am
C
Make way for the Cripple Creek Ferry
G
The water's going down
C
|
G
|
Am
G
C
G
| It's a mighty tight squeeze
|
G
|
Am
G
C
G
|
G
All alone the captain stands Hasn't heard from his deck hands
C
The gambler tips his hat
G
C
G
And walks towards the door
D7
Am
It's the second half of the cruise
C
|
G
|
Am
G
C
G
| And you know he hates to lose
Hey, hey Cripple Creek Ferry Butting through the overhanging trees Make way for the Cripple Creek Ferry The water's going down It's a mighty tight squeeze |
G
|
Am
G
C
G
| Hey, hey Cripple Creek Ferry Butting through the overhanging trees Make way for the Cripple Creek Ferry The water's going down It's a mighty tight squeeze