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Neil Young : Comes A Time
1978

  1. Goin' Back
  2. Comes A Time
  3. Look Out For My Love
  4. Lotta Love
  5. Peace Of Mind

  6. Human Highway
  7. Already One
  8. Field Of Opportunity
  9. Motorcycle Mama
  10. Four Strong Winds

Goin' Back

Tuning: DADGBD (Double Drop D)
G 550000 C x3201x
D 007777 D/f# xx4230
Am7 x05555
Intro starts with 7th- and 12th-fret harmonics on strings 2, 3 and 4.
Then play the following four times, with different ending licks:
Am7
D
Am7
D
D|-5--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--5--7-||-(first time)------||-(second time)-----||
B|-5--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--5--7-||-------------------||-------------------||
G|-5--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--5--7-||------5p4---4\2----||----5p4---4\2------||
D|-5--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--5--7-||--5h7-----5-----4--||--7-----5-----4/5--||
A|------------------------------------------||-------------------||-------------------||
D|------------------------------------------||-------------------||-------------------||
||-(third time)------||-(fourth time)-----||
||-------------------||----------------0--||
||------5p4---4\2----||-------5--4--2--0--||
||--5h7-----5-----4--||--5h7--------------||
||-------------------||-------------------||
||------(Riff1)------||------(Riff2)------||
G
In a foreign land
G
(
C
) There were creatures at play
C
D/f#
C
D/f#
D|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|-1----------0h3-----3-------3-|-1----------0h3---------3--3---|
G|-0-------0--0h2-----2-------2-|-0-------0--0h2---------2--2---|
D|-0h2--0h2---0h4--0h4---5p4--0-|-0h2--0h2---0h4--5p4--0----0h4-|
A|-3----------------------------|-3-----------------------------|
D|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G
Running hand in hand
G
C
D/f#
C
D/f#
Leading nowhere to stay
Am7
D
Driven to the mountains high
Am7
D
They were sunken in the cities deep
Am7
D
Am7
D
Livin' in my sleep
Riff1
|
Am7
D
Am7
D
|
x3
I feel like goin' back Back where there's nowhere to stay When fire fills the sky I'll still remember that day These rocks I'm climbin' down Have already left the ground Careening through space
Riff2
|
Am7
D
Am7
D
|
x4
I used to build these buildings I used to walk next to you Their shadows tore us apart And now we do what we do Driven to the mountains high Sunken in the cities deep Livin' in our sleep
Riff2
G
I feel like goin' back
G
C
D/f#
C
D/f#
Back where there's nowhere to stay
Repeat to fade

Comes A Time

G
Bm
Comes a time, when you're driftin'
D
Am7
/b
C
Comes a time, when you settle down
G
Bm
Comes a light, feelings liftin'
D
Am7
/b
C
Lift that baby right up off the ground
G
F
C
G
Oh, this old world keeps spinning round
F
C
G
It's a wonder tall trees ain't laying down
Dm7
G
There comes a time You and I, we were captured We took our souls and we flew away We were right, we were giving That's how we kept what we gave away Oh, this old world keeps spinning round It's a wonder tall trees ain't laying down There comes a time
Instrumental verse
Oh, this old world keeps spinning round It's a wonder tall trees ain't laying down There comes a time
Dm7
G
There comes a time
Dm7
G
There comes a time, comes a time

Look Out For My Love

|
E
|
D
|
A
|
D
|
x2
E
D
A
G
There's a lot to learn for wastin' time
E
D
A
D
There's a heart that burns, there's an open mind
Bm
G
Look out for my love Look out for my love Look out for my love Look out for my love
E(vii)
You own it You own it now You own it There's a weight on you, but you can't feel it Livin' like I do, it's hard to see it Was I hurt too bad? Can I show you daylight? How could I be sad, when I know that you might? Look out for my love Look out for my love Look out for my love Look out for my love
C
Look out for my love
Em(7)
It's in your neighbourhood
Am
I know things are gonna change
G
But I can't say good or bad Silver wings of morning, shining in the grey day While the ice is forming on a lonely runway Hydraulic wipers pumping, till the window glistens Something saying something, but no one seems to listen Men with walkie-talkies, men with flash-lights waving Up upon the tower, time reads daylight savings I'm home again to you, babe, you know it makes me wonder Sittin' in the quiet slipstream, in the thunder
Bm
G
x10
Look out for my love

Lotta Love

A
G
La-la la-la la-la la-la-la
Gmaj7
F#m7
Gmaj7
F#m7
Oooh-oh Oooh-oh
Gmaj7
F#m7
It's gonna take a lotta love
Gmaj7
F#m7
To change the way things are
Gmaj7
F#m7
It's gonna take a lotta love
Gmaj7
F#m7
Or we won't get too far
Gmaj7
F#m7
So if you look in my direction
Em7
F#m7
G
A
And we don't see eye to eye
Gmaj7
F#m7
My heart needs protection
D
A
G
G6
Gmaj7
F#m7
And so do I... It's gonna take a lotta love To get us through the night It's gonna take a lotta love To make things work out right So if you are out there waitin' I hope you show up soon 'Cause my head needs relating Not solitude
D
Bm
Got a lotta love
G
Em
Got a lotta love
A
G
La-la la-la la-la la-la-la
Gmaj7
F#m7
Gmaj7
F#m7
Oooh-oh Oooh-oh It's gonna take a lotta love To change the way things are It's gonna take a lotta love Or we won't get too far

Peace Of Mind

A
F#m
A
F#m
You know it takes a long long time
A
F#m
You know it takes a long long time
D
E
You love her so and still you know
D
E
That you will never want to let her go
Dmaj7
E
Esus4
E
Unless you leave her first, then you come out on top
Dmaj7
G
E
But still there's just one thing you haven't got
A
Peace of mind
C#m
Like when you treated her kind
D
B
It's hard to face that open space
A
F#m
You know it was a long, hard time To learn to love a second time When first you gave and shared your soul Shouldered all these things that take their toll She knows your weak spot but she still gets you hot And so you do it again reveal what lies within And go for peace of mind Like when you treated her kind It's hard to face that open space
A
F#m
F
Dmaj7
I'm looking for peace of mind
G
Anywhere I can find
F
Dmaj7
Still seeking for peace of mind
A
F#m
You know it takes a long long time
F
Dmaj7
Still searching for peace of mind

Human Highway

|
G
|
G
|
G
C
G
Em
I come down from the misty mountain
D
C
G
C/g
G
I got lost on the human highway
G
C
G
Em
Take my head, refreshing fountain
D
C
G
C/g
G
Take my eyes from what they've seen
C
D
Dsus4
D
Take my head and change my mind
Gmaj7
C
How could people get so unkind?
D*
|---0-0--------0-0--------0-0--|
|---3-3--------3-3--------3-3--| x2
|---0-0--------0-0--------0-0--|
|--------5p4--------5p4--------|
|-5----------5----------5------|
|---(c-shape)------------------|
G
C/g
G
I come down from the crooked mansion I went lookin' for the DJ's daughter Since that day I heard it mentioned That my name is on the line Now my name is on the line How could people get so unkind?
Instrumental verse
Now my name is on the line How could people get so unkind? I come down from the misty mountain I got lost on the human highway Take my head refreshing fountain Take my eyes from what they've seen Take my head and change my mind How could people get so unkind?

Already One

Tuning: DADGBE (Drop D)
D6 x02020 Gmaj7 554x03
G 550003 D9 000210
Em7 x2203x Em9 x240xx (slide 3rd string 2->4)
D
Dmaj7
D6
A7
x2
D
Dmaj7
Em7
(
Em9
) What can I do? What can I say?
Cmaj7
A7
D
Dmaj7
D6
A7
Runnin' down this suspicious highway
D
Dmaj7
Em7
(
Em9
) I can't forget how love let me down
Cmaj7
A7
D
Dmaj7
D6
A7
And when we meet it still gets in my way
D
Dmaj7
G
Gmaj7
Already one, already one
A7
G
A7
Now only time can come between us
D
Dmaj7
G
Gmaj7
'Cause we're already one, our little son
A7
D
Dmaj7
D9
Won't let us forget
D
Dmaj7
D6
A7
x2
Your laughing eyes, your crazy smile Every time I look in his face I can't believe how love last a while And looks like forever in the first place But we're already one, already one Now only time can come between us 'Cause we're already one, our little son Won't let us forget In my new life, I'm traveling light Eyes wide open for the next move I can't go wrong 'til I get right But I'm not fallin' back in the same groove Already one, already one Now only time can come between us 'Cause we're already one, our little son Won't let us forget

Field Of Opportunity

G
C
I've been wrong before and I'll be there again
G
A7
C
D
I don't have any answers my friend
G
C
Just this pile of old questions my memory left me here
G
D
G
In the field of opportunity it's plowing time again I'm going back to my house but I'm not going now It's too early to be leaving here, somehow Let me bore you with this story, how my lover let me down While I borrow seeds of sadness from the ground
C
G
In the field of opportunity it's plowing time again
A7
D
There ain't no way of telling where these seeds will rise or when
G
C
I'll just wait around 'til springtime and then, I'll find a friend
G
D
G
In the field of opportunity it's plowing time again
Instrumental verse
When I'm all done cultivating I'll be rocking on the porch Trying to picture you and where you are And there'll be no hesitating when Cupid lights the torch With those headlights coming down the hill between the stars In the field of opportunity it's plowing time again There ain't no way of telling where these seeds will rise or when I'll just wait around 'til springtime and then, I'll find a friend In the field of opportunity it's plowing time again
G
C
G
In the field of opportunity it's plowing time again

Motorcycle Mama

D9 000210 or x54555
A
Motorcycle Mama, won't you lay your big spike down?
A
E7
Motorcycle Mama, won't you lay your big spike down?
A
I always get in trouble when you bring it around
D9
Motorcycle Mama won't you lay it down
A
E7
A
Ooh, ooh, ooh, o-o-ooh, ah-ah-aah
A
E7
A
I'm running, I'm running, I'm running down that proud highway
A
D9
E7
Yeah I'm running, I'm running, I'm running down that proud highway
A
As long as I keep on moving
D7
I won't need a place to stay
A
E7
A
Ooh, ooh, ooh, o-o-ooh, ah-ah-aah Motorcycle Mama, won't you lay your big spike down? Motorcycle Mama, won't you lay your big spike down? I always get in trouble when you bring it around Motorcycle Mama, won't you lay it down
Omitted line
 Well I'm here to deliver, I hope that you can read my mail, oh yeah I just escaped last night from the memory county jail I see your box is open and your flag is up My message is ready if there's time enough Ooh, ooh, ooh, o-o-ooh, ah-ah-aah Motorcycle Mama, won't you lay your big spike down? Motorcycle Mama, won't you lay your big spike down?
Omitted line
Motorcycle Mama, won't you lay it down? Ooh, ooh, ooh, o-o-ooh, ah-ah-aah
A
E7
D9
A

Four Strong Winds

<Ian Tyson>
|
C
|
Dm
|
G
|
C
|
x2
C
Dm
I think I'll go out to Alberta
G
C
Weather's good there in the fall
C
Dm
G
I've got some friends that I can go working for
C
Dm
Still I wish you'd change your mind
G
C
If I ask you one more time
Dm
F
G
But we've been through that a hundred times or more Four strong winds that blow lonely Seven seas that run high All those things that don't change come what may For the good times are all gone Then I'm bound for moving on I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way If I get there before the snow flies And if things are looking good You could meet me if I send you down the fare But by then it would be winter Not too much for you to do And those winds sure can blow cold way out there Four strong winds that blow lonely Seven seas that run high All those things that don't change come what may For the good times are all gone And I'm bound for moving on I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way