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Neil Young : Greendale
2003

  1. Falling From Above
  2. Double E
  3. Devil's Sidewalk
  4. Leave The Driving
  5. Carmichael
  6. Bandit
  7. Grandpa's Interview
  8. Bringin' Down Dinner
  9. Sun Green
  10. Be The Rain

Falling From Above

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Grandpa said to cousin Jed sitting on the porch
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I won't retire but I might retread
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Seem like that guy singin' this song been doing it for a long time
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Is there anything he knows that he ain't said?
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Sing a song for freedom
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Sing a song for love
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Sing a song for depressed angels
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Falling from above
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 Grandpa held the paper, pretending he could see But he couldn't read without his glasses on How can all these people afford so many things? When I was young people wore what they had on And Mama said, a little love and affection In everything you do Will make the world a better place With or without you
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A little love and affection
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In everything you do
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 Slamming down the late night shot, the artist and the hero compare Those envisions and afterthoughts for the twenty-first century Mostly came up with nothing and the truth was never learned And the human race just kept rollin' on Rollin' through the fighting Rollin' through the religious wars Rollin' down the temple walls And the churches' exposed sores Rollin' through the fighting Through religious wars Mostly came up with nothing
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 Grandpa, here's your glasses, you'll see much better now Said that young girl of Edith and Earl's Grandpa just kept starin', he was lost in some distant thought Then he turned and he said to that young girl A little love and affection In everything you do Will make the world a better place With or without you With or without you A better place With or without you With or without you
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Hear that rooster crowin' down on the Double E It's a new morning dawning on the green Bouncing off the towers, the sun's heading down to the streets The business meeting window shades are drawn Another morning edition Is headed for the porch Because Grandma puts down the paper Before Grandpa raises his fork A little love and affection In every thing you do With or without you Hear the rooster crowin' Down on the Double E
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Double E

Tuning: DADGBD (Double Drop D)
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Back in the country livin' on the Double E
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In the sunshine of her life There's a ready young filly and mom and daddy won't let her leave Mom and papa won't let her go
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But when they go out dancin'
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She breaks out on her own
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She's hot enough to burn the house down
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And mom and daddy don't know... When Edith and Earl renamed the Double E They nearly made history The neighbours rose up and some of them were mad as hell 'Cause it used to be the Double L Change comes slow in the country When you're new there's a lot of distrust Years pass by uneventful And memories turn to dust... Meanwhile granny has got her bright colours on The sunshine in her eyes Cruisin' by the bars and honky-tonks where she met grandpa And caught that young man's eye Dusty white Eldorado Cruisin' through the trees Slippin' through the shadows Of what used to be... Grandma's OK but not the same since grandpa's gone She's livin' in the summer of love Back in the day livin' in the summer of love Livin' in the summer of love Livin' in the summer of love Back in the day livin' in the summer of love Livin' in the summer of love

Devil's Sidewalk

Tuning: DADGBD (Double Drop D)
The lick between the lines of melody is played with numerous variations:
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When the red light shines On the streets of hate Where the devil dines Who knows what he ate? "It's a simple thing Trying to stay afloat" The captain said Without his boat "Some things are getting better Other things a little worse It's a situation Much like a curse It's the devil's sidewalk (Greendale) It's the devil's door (Greendale) I try to avoid it" (Greendale) Said the captain of the shore (Greendale) "There's a garden growing (Greendale) And a million weeds (Greendale) With no way of knowing (Greendale) Who has done which deed" (Greendale) "That's an honest tale" Said the helmsman to the mate "About a woman delicious And a matter of fate" Big wheel's still rolling Down on me One thing I can tell you Is you got to be free John Lennon said that And I believe in love I believe in action When push comes to shove "Who cares what you believe" Said the captain, amazed "If you stood in my shoes Your eyes would be glazed" So my fair damsel (Greendale) Won't you take your leave (Greendale) Are you headed for the country (Greendale) Where you wear the green sleeve (Greendale) And the children laugh (Greendale) And the old folks sing (Greendale) And the church bells toll (Greendale) For a miraculous thing (Greendale) Where the big red furnace (Greendale) Just glows and glows (Greendale) Where the big heart beats (Greendale) Where the big wheel rolls (Greendale)

Leave The Driving

Tuning: DADGBD (Double Drop D)
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Out on the old coast highway Flyin' through the night Jed got stopped by the CHP For speedin' and no brake lights Rolled down the drivers window Slipped his gun down under the seat Glove box full of cocaine Trunk was full of weed "Driver's license and registration" Said the officer with his flash-light Searchin' around the floor of the car Smellin' like somethin' ain't right Jed's life flashed before him Like a black and white super 8 He heard the sound of the future On a scratchy old 78 Nothin' was still, all was movin' When the flash-light found the gun Then Jed pulled the trigger In a split second tragic blunder "Makes you think about livin' And what life has to tell" Said Jed to grandpa From inside his cell Camouflage hung in his closet Guns all over the wall Plans for buildings and engineers And a book with no numbers at all The whole town was stunned They closed the coast highway for twelve hours No one could believe it Jed was one of ours Meanwhile across the ocean Living in the internet Is the cause of an explosion No one has heard yet But there's no need to worry There's no reason to fuss Just go on about your work now And leave the driving to us And we'll be watching you No matter what you do And you can do your part By watching others too Grandpa put down the paper Staring in disbelief Jed had always been good to him And never gave him any grief The moral of this story Is try not to get too old The more time you spend on earth The more you see unfold And as an afterthought This must too be told Some people have taken pure bullshit And turned it into gold

Carmichael

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Over and over, varying with RIFF and soloing
Silk scarf and a napkin Hidden in a drawer Two hundred bucks in an envelope Labeled Lenore "Maybe she shouldn't see this She should never know" Said the widow's best friend anne "I'll just take it and go I'll give her the money later Say it was in his shoe That way she'll never find out... That'll do" "Carmichael was a credit to the force In everything he did It's like we got a big hole in our side Where he fit If any of you officers Would like to say a word Now would be the time To be heard" "Thank you chief, I sure would He was a partner of mine He was always very careful And played it straight down the line" One by one the officers spoke And the service drew to a close He had no living relatives But his wife who never showed She just couldn't face the men They all understood They got in their cars and drove home As directly as they could "Carmichael you asshole" The new widow sobbed beneath her veil "Shot down in the line of duty Is this how justice never fails? I wish that things were better When we said goodbye today But we had our share of good times though Along the way Remember, "Hey Mr Las Vegas You used to be so cool!!" We met Wayne Newton down at Pebble Beach And you acted like a fool But we both just couldn't stop laughin' It seemed so funny to us We left our luggage back in the room And almost missed the bus That was a great vacation Maybe the best of all But goddammit Carmichael you're dead now And I'm talkin' to the wall" The force got back to normal Carmichael was replaced For one year nobody parked a car In Carmichael's space

Bandit

Tuning: DADGBD (Double Drop D)
Capo:
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Transition from Dadd9 to G
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Turnin' the pages in this old book
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Might be worth a second look
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Wrapping up dope in a paper bag
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Who are you kidding with what you say?
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What does it matter, you'll never hear it anyway Gotta get past the negative thing Lawyers and business, you get what you bring No one's sorry you did it yourself It's time to relax now and then give it hell Someday, you'll find What you're looking for Someday, you'll find What you're looking for You didn't bet on the Dodgers to beat the Giants And David came up And now you gotta pay up You didn't count on that Jeez, half the money's gone and the month is still young Where are you going to go now? Things are closing in Gotta trust someone Trust someone Someone you trust, gotta be careful Can't go to your brother The money's all gone Can't go to your friends Someday, you'll find Everything you're looking for Someday, you'll find Everything you're looking for
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Someday, you'll find
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Everything you're looking for
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Someday, you'll find
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Everything you're looking for
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Yeah... You made out like a bandit for all of these years What are you working for? One more big score? What are you trying to prove? Try to get closer, but not too close Try to get through But not be through No one can touch you now But I can touch you now You're invisible You've got too many secrets, Bob Dylan said that Or something like that Someday, you'll find Everything you're looking for Yeah...

Grandpa's Interview

Tuning: DADGBD (Double Drop D)
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Grandpa, here's your coffee
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Said Edith, as she filled his cup
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Nobody will find you here
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And Earl is glad you guys showed up The way things are downtown You might have to stay for a while There was a helicopter hovering over your house When I talked to your neighbor Kyle Who the hell do they think they are Invading our home like that? Grandma and I had to leave so fast We couldn't even catch the cat The helicopter scared the shit out of him And it took off down the trail Down past the railroad track Towards the county jail
Instrumental verse
Jed, you really screwed up now! What did you have to do that for? Everybody wants to hang your ass And here's a note from Lenore Sun touched the cold steel bars As she pushed the paper in Jed took it up and read it And he couldn't hide a grin Outside the jail window A crow flew across the sky Completely disappearing behind each bar Then a helicopter flew by Say hi to Earl and Edith Tell 'em I'm doing fine Tell 'em you're ready to leave home now They should cut the line Can Grandma come and see me? I got a new song to sing It's longer than all the others combined And it doesn't mean a thing
Instrumental verse
The noise was unfamiliar Walkie-talkie squealed Generators were running Vans parked in the field TV crews and cameras They wanted to interview Grandpa on the porch They came through the gate and up on the lawn Knocking down Edith's Tiki torch And Grandpa saw them there Looking through the Venetian blind Those people don't have any respect So they won't get any of mine I ain't wanna talk about Jed I don't watch channel 2 or 6 or 9 I don't have time to talk that fast And it ain't my crime It ain't an honor to be on TV And it ain't a duty either The only good thing about TV Is shows like "Leave it to Beaver" Shows with love and affection Like Mama used to say A little Mayberry living Could go a long way He took Earl's gun down from the closet Loaded up both barrels Went out on the porch and fired 'em off And up walked a woman named Carol Susan Carol from Early Magazine I got some questions to ask Well you can stick 'em where the sun don't shine! Grandpa said with a gasp Then he fell face first and let out a sigh Edith came out in shock Grandpa was whispering to her from down on the floor He looked like he was trying to talk That guy just keeps singin'! Can somebody shut him up? I don't know for the life of me Where he comes up with that stuff
Instrumental verse
They laid his head on a newspaper With a picture of Carmichael on the front page Posing with the little league baseball team And a seedy shot of Jed with a motorcycle Grandpa died like a hero Fighting for freedom of silence Trying to stop the media Trying to be anonymous
Instrumental verse
Share your loving and you live so long Share your loving and you live so long Share your loving and you live so long Live so long

Bringin' Down Dinner

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The evening fog was rolling in It was getting hard to see The old white car edged down the road Headed for the double E She was bringin' down dinner for grandpa It was crawlin' with vitamins And tender as a mother's love When she saw the TV vans The side door was open There were three TVs Grandpa's face was on every one He was talkin' to a woman with a microphone She was sexy and her hair was all done Sun Green came out and met grandma then "My, you're such a beautiful girl Mother Earth needs more like you You should go out now and see the world What's grandpa doin' on TV? I got his dinner in the car All these vans have blocked our road But we can carry it, it's not too far"

Sun Green

Tuning: DADGBD (Double Drop D)
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Sun Green started makin' waves
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On the day her grandpa died
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Speakin' out against anything
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Unjust or packed with lies She chained herself to a statue of an eagle In the lobby of Powerco And started yellin' through a megaphone "There's corruption on the highest floor" Suits poured out of elevators ("They're all dirty") Phone-heads began to speak ("You can't trust anybody") But security couldn't get her down She was welded to the eagle's beak
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Sun Green leaned into that megaphone And said, "Truth is all I seek" Security brought in some blowtorches News cameras recorded the speech "When the city is plunged into darkness By an unpredicted rolling blackout The White House always blames the governor Sayin' the solution is to vote him out" On top of that great bronze eagle Sun's voice was loud and clear She said, "Powerco is workin' with the White House To paralyze our state with fear" It was a golden moment (golden moment) In the history of TV news No one could explain it It just got great reviews
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Hey Mr Clean, you're dirty now too Hey Mr Clean, you're dirty now too Hey Mr Clean, you're dirty now too Hey Mr Clean, you're dirty now too |
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) One of them kicked her cat The damn thing scratched his leg And he had to shoot it dead And leave it lyin' in a puddle of blood At the foot of Sun Green's bed Hey Mr Clean, you're dirty now too Hey Mr Clean, you're dirty now too Hey Mr Clean, you're dirty now too Hey Mr Clean, you're dirty now too John Lee's was rockin' The imitators drove it home Sun was dancin' up a heatwave For a while she was all alone... When up walked a tall stranger He shadowed her move to move In perfect unison A supernatural groove He took her by the hand And the room began to spin He said, "I'm Earth... Earth Brown You know the shape I'm in I'm leavin' tonight for Alaska And I want you to come in the spring And be a goddess in the planet wars Tryin' to save the livin' things" "I'm ready to go right now" Sun Green told Earth Brown "Let's go back to my place Pick up my cat and leave this town behind" Hey Mr Clean, you're dirty now too Hey Mr Clean, you're dirty now too Hey Mr Clean, you're dirty now too Hey Mr Clean, you're dirty now too Next day Sun Green got busted for pot And it made the headline news But then the charges all got dropped And the story got confused She'd still like to meet Julia Butterfly And see what remedy brings And be a goddess in the planet wars Tryin' to save the livin' things But that might not be easy Livin' on the run Mother earth has many enemies There's much work to be done Hey Mr Clean, you're dirty now too Hey Mr Clean, you're dirty now too Hey Mr Clean, you're dirty now too Hey Mr Clean, you're dirty now too

Be The Rain

Tuning: DADGBD (Double Drop D)
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003210 (and pull off for 003010)
032010 (and pull off for 030010)
Can add 1st string, 3rd fret to enhance the melody, e.g. 000233
Save the planet for another day "Attention shoppers, buy with a conscience and save" Save the planet for another day "Save Alaska! Let the caribou stay" Don't care what the governments say "They're all bought and paid for anyway" Save the planet for another day "Hey big oil, what do you say?" We were runnin' through the night Never knowin' if we would see the light Paranoid schizophrenic visions Livin' in fear of the wrong decisions We got to wake up We got to keep goin' If they follow us There's no way of knowin' We got a job to do We got to save mother earth Be the ocean when it meets the sky "You can make a difference, if you really try" Be the magic in the northern lights "Six days, six nights" Be the river as it rolls along "It has three-eyed fish and it's smellin' strong" Be the rain you remember fallin' "Be the rain, be the rain" Yeah rain was fallin' and we're soakin' wet Hail is beatin' down on our heads The wind is blowin' through our hair Faces frozen in the frigid air We got to get there Alaska We got to be there Before the big machines We got a job to do We got to save mother earth Dream the hunter on the western plain "The birds are all gone, where did they go?" Dream the fisherman in his boat "He's comin' home empty, he's barely afloat" Dream the logger in the great northwest "They're runnin' out of trees, they got to give it a rest" (There's no other way to cut it) Dream the farmer in the old heartland "Corporate greed and chemicals are killin' the land" Next mornin' sun was up at dawn She looked around and earth was gone Dark visions he had last night He needed peace, he needed light He heard the rumble and He saw the big machines The green army rose It was a bad dream He had a job to do He had to save mother earth Be the ocean when it meets the sky "Greek freighters are dumping crap somewhere right now" Be the magic in the northern lights "The ice is melting!" Be the river as it rolls along "Toxic waste dumpin' from corporate farms" Be the rain you remember fallin' "Be the rain, be the rain" Save the planet for another day "Be the rain, be the rain" Be the river as it rolls along "Be the rain, be the rain"