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Neil Young : Misc

  1. After The Garden
  2. Bad Fog Of Loneliness
  3. Blowin' In The Wind
  4. Dance, Dance, Dance
  5. Goodbye Dick
  6. Helpless
  7. Like An Inca
  8. Long May You Run
  9. Love Art Blues
  10. Love Is A Rose
  11. Ohio
  12. Piece Of Crap
  13. Pushed It Over The End
  14. Sample And Hold
  15. Sugar Mountain
  16. Throw Your Hatred Down
  17. Transformer Man
  18. Winterlong

After The Garden
2006

Bm x24432
Bm/a x04432
Bm/g# 4x4432
A
D
G
G
Won't need no shadow man
D
Running the government
G
D
/c#
/b
/a
Won't need no stinking war
G
Won't need no haircut
D
Won't need no shoe-shine
A
D
G
After the garden is gone After the garden is gone After the garden is gone
Bm
/a
/g#
What will people do
G
D
A
After the garden is gone
Bm
/a
/g#
What will people say
G
After the garden is...
D
D
A
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|-7--7--7---|-6--6--6---|-5--5--5---|-4--4--4---|-3--3--3----------|
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 Won't need no strong man Walking through the night To live a weak man's day Won't need no purple haze Won't need no sunshine After the garden is gone After the garden is gone After the garden is gone Where will people go After the garden is gone What will people know After the garden is... After the garden is gone After the garden is gone After the garden is gone

Bad Fog Of Loneliness
1971

C
D
D/a
D/b
E|-----0------0-----0------0-----2--2--2-----2-----2--|
B|-----1------1-----1------1-----3--3--3-----3-----3--| x2
G|---------------0-----0h2-------2--2--2-----2-----2--|
D|--------0h2-----------------0-----------------------|
A|--3-------------------------------------0-----2-----|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
C
C/g
D
D/a
D/b
Bad fog of loneliness
C
C/g
D
D/a
G
G
G/f#
Put a cloud on my single-mindedness
Em
Bm7
Am7
Am7/g
Am7/f#
Am7/f
C
C/d
C/e
G
I dream of sweet caress from you...........
G
G/b
What makes tomorrow guess What makes me take from me and put aside the rest I dream of sweet caress from you
D
C
Bm7
Am7
So long woman I am gone
D
C
G
G/a
G/b
D
So much pain to go through
C
D
G
G/f#
Em
Come back baby I was wrong

Blowin' In The Wind
1991

<Bob Dylan>
Riff1
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Riff2
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|--4/7~---7-7-9~---9-9-7~---4-2-0--|-(0)4/7~---7-7-5~---4-4-2~--------|
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Repeat Riff1
Riff3
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|--4-5-5-4~---2~---2-4-4-4-2-0-----|--4-5-5-4~---2-2-0-4-0------------|
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G
C
G
How many roads must a man walk down
G
C
G
Before you can call him a man?
G
C
G
And how many seas must a white dove sail
G
C
D
Before she sleeps in the sand?
G
C
G
And how many times must the cannonballs fly
G
C
G
Before they are forever banned?
C
D
G
Em
The answer my friend is blowing in the wind
C
D
G
The answer is blowing in the wind How many times must a man look up Before he can see the sky? And how many ears must one man have Before he can hear people cry? How many deaths will it take till he knows Too many people have died? The answer my friend is blowing in the wind The answer is blowing in the wind
Riff1
Riff2
Riff1
Riff3
The answer my friend is blowing in the wind The answer is blowing in the wind How many years can a mountain exist Before it is washed to the sea? And how many years can some people exist Before they're allowed to be free? And how many times can a man turn his head Pretending he just doesn't see? The answer my friend is blowing in the wind The answer is blowing in the wind The answer my friend is blowing in the wind The answer is blowing in the wind

Dance, Dance, Dance
1970

From the first Crazy Horse album, played live in 1970/71.
Later reworked as Love Is A Rose.
D9 xx0230
Intro (play twice)
A
A9
A
D
D9
A9
A
E|--5-----5-----5--7--5-----2-----0-----0-----0-----|
B|--5-----5-----5--5--5-----3-----3-----0-----2-----|
G|--5h6---6-----6--6--6-----2-----2-----2-----2-----|
D|--7-----7-----7--7--7-----0-----0-----2-----2-----|
A|--------------------------------------0-----0-----|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
A
A9
A
Asus4
A
A9
E
A
E|--------0--0--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----------|
B|--------0--2--3-----2-----0-----0-----2-----------|
G|--------2--2--2-----2-----2-----1-----2-----------|
D|--------2--2--2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----------|
A|--0-----0--0--0-----0-----0-----2-----0-----------|
E|--------------------------------0-----------------|
A
D
A
Never thought love had a rainbow on it
A
E
A
Used to think a cloud was nightmare
A
D
A
That was up until when I first met you
A
E
D
Now I go around hoping you care
D
Dance, dance, feel it all around you
D
D9
A
Dance, dance, dance
A
D
A
Never thought love had a rainbow on it
A
E
A
See the girl dance
A
E
A
See the girl dance
Intro
Mississippi mud never touched her fingers California sand lies in her hand Love her more than life as the daylight lingers Early in the morning I'll be her man Dance, dance, feel it all around you Dance, dance, dance Mississippi mud never touched her fingers See the girl dance See the girl dance
Intro

Goodbye Dick
1974

Performed live on the CNSY tour.
|
C
|
E7
|
Am
|
C
E7
Am
Goodbye Dick, goodbye Dick
D7
I really can't believe you're gone
G
But I saw you walk across the White House lawn
C
E7
Am
D7
G
Goodbye Dick, goodbye Dick Goodbye Rosemary, goodbye Rosemary I saw you take your typewriter out of the White House door I don't want to see you type here anymore Goodbye Rosemary, goodbye Rosemary

Helpless
1970

D
A
G
x2
D
A
G
There is a town in north Ontario
D
A
G
With dream comfort memory to spare
D
A
G
And in my mind I still need a place to go
D
A
G
All my changes were there Blue, blue windows behind the stars Yellow moon on the rise Big birds flying across the sky Throwing shadows on our eyes Leave us helpless, helpless, helpless Baby can you hear me now? The chains are locked and tied across the door Baby sing with me somehow Blue, blue windows behind the stars Yellow moon on the rise Big birds flying across the sky Throwing shadows on our eyes Leave us helpless, helpless, helpless Baby can you hear me now? The chains are locked and tied across the door Baby sing with me somehow

Like An Inca
1982

Capo:
V
Am
e|----0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0--0--|
B|----1-1--0--1-1-1-1-1--0--|
G|----2-2--0--2-2-2-2-2--0--|
D|----2-2--0--2-2-2-2-2--0--|
A|----0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0--0--|
D|--0------0-------------0--|
 Said the condor To the praying mantis We're gonna lose this place Just like we lost Atlantis Brother we got to go Sooner than you know The gypsy told my fortune She said that nothin' showed Who put the bomb On the sacred altar? Why should we die If it comes our way? And why should we care About a little button Being pushed by someone We don't even know?
F
C
Well I wish I was an Aztec
F
C
Or a runner in Peru
F
Am
I would build such beautiful buildings
G
C
To house the chosen few
G
Riff
Like an Inca from Peru (Like an Inca) If you want to get high Build a strong foundation Sink those pylons deep And reach for the sky If you want to get lost In the jungle rhythm Get down on the ground And pretend you're swimming If you want to put ice In the lava river First you must climb Then you must stand and shiver Brother, we gotta go Sooner than you know The gypsy told my fortune The gypsy told my fortune The gypsy told my fortune She said that nothing showed Well I wish I was an Aztec Or a runner in Peru I would build such beautiful buildings To house the chosen few Like an Inca from Peru (Like an Inca) I feel sad, but I feel happy As I'm coming back to home There's a bridge across the river That I have to cross alone Like a skipping rolling stone (Like an Inca)

Long May You Run
1976

D
A
G
D
We've been through some things together
Bm
G
A
With trunks of memories still to come
D
A
G
D
We found things to do in stormy weather
Bm
A
D
Long may you run
D
A
G
D
Long may you run, long may you run
Bm
G
A
Although these changes have come
D
A
G
D
With your chrome heart shining in the sun
Bm
A
D
Long may you run
G
Bb
Well it was back in Blind River in nineteen sixty-two When I last saw you alive But we missed that shift on the long decline Long may you run Long may you run... Maybe the Beach Boys have got you now With those waves singing "Caroline" Rolling down that empty ocean road Get into the surf on time Long may you run...

Love Art Blues
1974

From the Homegrown sessions
G
A
My songs are all so long
D
E7
And my words are all so sad
G
A
Why must I choose
D
Dmaj7
D7
Between the best things I ever had?
D
I've got the love art blues
G
Don't know which one to choose
A
There's really something to lose
D
With these love art blues I went and played too hard And I lost my fun Oh, these love art blues Leave me a heavy one My songs are all so long And my words are all so sad Why must I choose Between the best things I ever had
Instrumental verse
I spilled my promise cup I really don't know why Now the distance lies Between you and I I've got the love art blues Don't know which one to choose There's really something to lose With these love art blues
D
I went and played too hard

Love Is A Rose
1974

Reworking of Dance, Dance, Dance (from the first Crazy Horse album).
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/g
/f
/d
/c
/bb
/g
|
Intro: harp over verse chords
G
C
G
Love is a rose but you'd better not pick it
G
D
G
It only grows when it's on the vine
G
C
G
A handful of thorns and you'll know you've missed it
G
D
G
You lose your love when you say the word "mine"
C
G
I wanna see what's never been seen
D
G
I wanna live that age old dream
C
G
Come on, lass, we can go together
D
G
Let's take the best right now
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|------3---1----------5---|---|---|
|---------------3-----3---|---|---|
Take the best right now I wanna go to an old hoe-down Long ago in a western town Pick me up but my feet are draggin' Give me a lift and I'll hay your wagon
Harmonica over chorus chords
Love is a rose but you'd better not pick it It only grows when it's on the vine A handful of thorns and you'll know you've missed it You lose your love when you say the word "mine" Mine, mine
G
C
G
Love is a rose Love is a rose Love is a rose Love is a rose

Ohio
1970

Tuning: DADGBE (Drop D)
Dm
F
C
4x
Dm
F
C
Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming
Dm
F
C
We're finally on our own
Dm
F
C
This summer I hear the drumming
Dm
F
C
Four dead in Ohio
Gm
Gotta get down to it
C
Soldiers are cutting us down
Gm
C
Should have been done long ago
Gm
What if you knew her and
C
Found her dead on the ground?
Gm
C
How can you run when you know?
Dm
F
C
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Dm
F
C
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Dm
F
C
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Dm
F
C
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na Gotta get down to it Soldiers are cutting us down Should have been done long ago What if you knew her and Found her dead on the ground? How can you run when you know? Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming We're finally on our own This summer I hear the drumming Four dead in Ohio Four dead in Ohio Four dead in Ohio...

Piece Of Crap
1994

A
Tried to save the trees Bought a plastic bag The bottom fell out It was a piece of crap (Piece of crap!) Saw it on the tube Bought it on the phone Now you're home alone It's a piece of crap (Piece of crap!) I tried to plug it in I tried to turn it on When I got it home It was a piece of crap (Piece of crap!)
C
D
B
|
A
... (Piece of crap!) Got it from a friend On him you can depend I found out in the end It was a piece of crap I'm trying to save the trees I saw it on TV They cut the forest down To build a piece of crap
C
D
B
|
A
... (Piece of crap!)
A
C
D
B
I went back to the store They gave me four more The guy told me at the door It was a piece of crap

Pushed It Over The End
1974

Performed live on the CNSY tour.
A9 xx7657
G9 xx5435
 |
Em7
|
Cadd9
|
x2
Em7
Cadd9
Good looking Milly's got a gun in her hand but she don't know how to use it
Em7
Cadd9
Sooner or later she'll have to take a stand and she ain't about to lose it
Em7
C
All the towns people gather round, they come to see what's goin' down
G
A
And although no one hears a sound
G
A
There's another poor man falling down
Asus4
Gsus4
G
Falling down, falling down
Asus4
Gsus4
G
Asus4
Asus2
Falling down, falling down
G
Dsus2
Fmaj7
On this noisy shore standing at the edge of view
A
G
Dsus2
Could those dreams of yours be true?
Fmaj7
Or did you, did you, did you
A9
G9
Push it over the end?
Dsus2
Fmaj7
How much time did you spend
A9
G9
Push it over the end?
Dsus2
Fmaj7
How much love did you spend? Good looking Milly's into politics now and things are looking much better She keeps ten men in her garage, knitting them fine sweaters At the end of a weary day, she looks hard, she feels hard Although no one hears a sound There's another poor man falling down Falling down, falling down Falling down, falling down I came back for more and find you waiting at the door Far inside your walls I call Did you, did you, did you Push it over the end? How much time did you spend? Push it over the end? How much love did you send? Pushed it over the end

Sample And Hold
1982

Am
Am
F
G
F(b5)
|--------|--------|--------|-------------|-------------|
|-1------|-1------|-1------|-0--1--0-----|----0--------|
|-2------|-2------|-2------|-0--------0--|-2-----2-----|
|-2------|-2------|-3------|-0-----------|-3--------3--|
|-0------|-0------|--------|-2-----------|-3-----------|
|----3---|----3---|-1------|-3-----------|-1-----------|
Am
I need a unit to sample and hold
F
But not the angry one
G
F
A new design, new design I need a unit to sample and hold But not the lonely one A new design, new design I need a unit to sample and hold But not the lonely one A new design, new design
Am
F
G
F
Sample and hold Sample and hold
Am
F
We'll send it out right away
C
E
Satisfaction guaranteed
Dm
Em/a
F
Please specify the color of skin and eye
G
Am
We know you'll be happy
Am
I need a unit to sample and hold Don't hesitate to give us a call We know you'll be satisfied When you energize and see your unit come alive We know you'll be happy
Am
I need a unit to sample and hold I need a unit to sample and hold But not the lonely one The lonely one, the lonely one
Am
F
G
F
Am
F
G
F
Sample and hold Weight: one one oh Perfection in every detail Fabricated from the curl of the hair To the tip of the nail, because our units never fail We know you'll be happy
Am
I need a unit to sample and hold Don't hesitate to give us a call We know you'll be satisfied When you energize and see your unit come alive We know you'll be happy
Am
I need a unit to sample and hold We know you'll be happy We know you'll be happy But not the lonely one A new design, new design
Am
F
G
F
Sample and hold I need a unit to sample and hold But not the angry one The new design, the new design I need a unit to sample and hold But not the jealous one The new design, new design
Am
F
G
F
Am
F
Perfection in every detail
G
F
New design, new design
Am
F
G
F
x2
Sample and hold Sample and hold

Sugar Mountain
1965

D
C
G
F
D
Dsus4
C
G
G
F
Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
G
F
With the barkers and the colored balloons
G
F
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain
Dm
G
Though you're thinking that you're leaving there too soon
Dm
G
You're leaving there too soon
G
F
It's so noisy at the fair
G
But all your friends are there
F
And the candy floss you had
G
And your mother and your dad Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain...
D
C
G
F
D
Dsus4
C
G
There's a girl just down the aisle Oh, to turn and see her smile You can hear the words she wrote As you read the hidden note Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain...
D
C
G
F
D
Dsus4
C
G
Now you're underneath the stairs And you're giving back some glares To the people who you met And it's your first cigarette Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain... Now you say you're leaving home 'Cause you want to be alone Ain't it funny how you feel When you're finding out it's real? Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain... Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain...
D
C
G
F
D
Dsus4
C
G

Throw Your Hatred Down
1995

Am
G
F7
Here in the conscious world we place our theories down
Am
G
F7
Why man must bring us to our knees
Am
C
F
Em
F
Before he sees the weakness of his sinful plan
Em
F
Em
G
G7
The power in his hand will never touch a friend
C
F
C
F
Throw your hatred down
C
F
G7
Throw your hatred down Meanwhile in the underworld the weaknesses are seen By peasants and by presidents who plan the counter-scheme Children in the schoolyard finish choosing teams Divided by their dreams while a TV screams Throw your weapons down Throw your weapons down The wheel of fortune keeps on rolling down The street that's paved with sinful plans There but for circumstance may go you or I Dressed in golden lame find a place to stay Throw your hatred down Throw your hatred down Throw your weapons down Throw your weapons down

Transformer Man
1982

C
Transformer man Transformer man You run the show
Am
Remote control
Dm7
Direct the action with the
Fm7
Push of a button. You're a
C
Transformer man
Am
Power in your hand
F
Transformer man
Fm7
Transformer man
C
Transformer Man Transformer Man
E
Sooner or later you'll have to see
F
G
The cause and effect
E
So many things still left to do
F
G
But we haven't made it yet
E
Every morning when I look in your eyes
F
E
I feel electrified by you
G
Oh yeah Transformer man Transformer man Transformer man Still in command Your eyes are shining on a Beam through the galaxy of love Transformer man Transformer man Unlock the secrets Let us throw off the chains that keep you down Transformer man Transformer man Sooner or later you'll have to see The cause and effect So many things still left to do But we haven't made it yet Every morning when I look in your eyes I feel electrified by you Transformer man Transformer man Transformer man Transformer man

Winterlong
1973

C
(Riff1)
C
C
(Riff2)
F
A
(Riff3)
D
|-----------------|---- |-----------------|---- |-----------------|----
|-----------------|---- |-----------------|---- |-----------------|----
|---------------0-|---- |---------------0-|---- |-----------------|----
|---0---2---3-----|---- |---0---2---3-----|-3-- |-----------0---2-|-0--
|-3---------------|-3-- |-3---------------|---- |-0-2---4---------|----
|-----------------|---- |-----------------|---- |-----------------|----
Intro: melody played over verse chords
Riff1
|
C
Am
I waited for you, Winterlong
F
You seem to be where I belong
G
F
C
Riff1
It's all illusion anyway If things should ever turn out wrong And all the love we have is gone It won't be easy on that day
F
E7
Waiting to follow
Am
Am/g
F
Through the dreamlight of your way
E7
A
Riff3
Is not so easy for me now
D
Dmaj7
D6
D
Half the time has passed away
Bm
G
Things we thought of yesterday
G
A
D
C
Riff1
Come back now, come back now, oh, oh
Solo over verse chords; then:
Riff1
C
G
C
G
|-0-----0-0---3---|-0-----0-0---3---|---
|-1-----1-1---0---|-1-----1-1---0---|---
|-0-----0-0---0---|-0-----0-0---0---|---
|-2-----2-2---0---|-2-----2-2---0---|---
|-3-----3-3---2---|-3-----3-3---2---|---
|-------------3---|-------------3---|---
 Waiting to follow Through the dreamlight of your way Is not so easy for me now Half the time has passed away Things we thought of yesterday Come back now, come back now, oh, oh I waited for you Winterlong You seem to be where I belong
Repeat and fade