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Neil Young : Misc 1970s

  1. Bad Fog Of Loneliness
  2. Campaigner
  3. Dance, Dance, Dance
  4. Give Me Strength
  5. Goodbye Dick
  6. Hawaii
  7. Helpless
  8. I Am A Child
  9. Long May You Run
  10. Love Art Blues
  11. Love Is A Rose
  12. Ohio
  13. Pushed It Over The End
  14. Sugar Mountain
  15. Traces
  16. Winterlong

Bad Fog Of Loneliness
1971

C
D
/a
/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
/g
D
/a
/b
Bad fog of loneliness
C
/g
D
/a
G
/g
/f#
Put a cloud on my single-mindedness
Em
Bm7
Am7
/g
/f#
/f
C
/d
/e
G
I dream of sweet caress from you...........
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
/a
/b
D
So much pain to go through
C
D
G
/f#
Em
Come back baby, I was wrong

Campaigner
1976

From the 1976 album Hitchhiker
Capo:
III
|
D
Dsus2
|
D
Dsus2
| |
Gmaj7
G6
|
Gmaj7
G6
|
x2
D
I am a lonely visitor
G
I came too late to cause a stir
D
Bm
G
Though I campaigned all my life towards that goal
G
F#7
I hardly slept the night you wept
Bm
/a
Our secrets safe and still well-kept
A
Bm
Where even Richard Nixon has got soul
G
A
Even Richard Nixon has got soul
Bm
G
Bm
E
----------|---2------3---------|---2-------0---|
----------|---3------0---------|---3-------0---|
----------|---4------0---------|---4-------1---|
--------0-|---4------0-------0-|---4-------2---|
----0h2---|-2-2--0---2---0h2---|-2-2--0----2---|
----------|--------3-3---------|--------0--0---|
 Traffic cops are all color blind People steal from their own kind Evening comes too early for a stroll Down neon streets the streaker streaks The speaker speaks, but the truth still leaks Where even Richard Nixon has got soul Even Richard Nixon has got it... soul The podium rocks in the crowded waves The speaker talks of the beautiful saves That went down long before he played this role For the hotel queens and the magazines Test tube genes and slot machines Where even Richard Nixon has got soul Even Richard Nixon has got it... soul
Repeat intro
Hospitals have made him cry But there's always a freeway in his eye Though his beach just got too crowded for his stroll Roads stretch out like healthy veins And wild gift horses strain the reins Where even Richard Nixon has got soul Even Richard Nixon has got soul I am a lonely visitor I came too late to cause a stir Though I campaigned all my life towards that goal

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

Give Me Strength
1976

From the 1976 album Hitchhiker
Tuning: DADGBE (Drop D)
Performed live in Chicago, 1976-11-15
G 550003 D(v) x54030
G* 550033 D(vii) 000770
Am7 775550 B x99870
A(v) x77500 C xAA980
G*
G
Am7
The lonely man I made myself to be
A(v)
C
D
Is not as bad as some things I have seen
G
Am7
The picture painted here is not a dream
A(v)
C
D
The only reality the way it seems
D(vii)
The happier you fly the sadder you fall
B
C
The laughter in your eyes is never all
G
Am7
Give me strength to move along
A(v)
C
D(v)
Give me strength to realize she's gone I'm riding down this wet in my old car The moon is almost full except for star shine The party ended long before the night She made me feel alive and that's all right The happier you fly the sadder you fall The laughter in your eyes is never all Give me strength to move along Give me strength to realize she's gone
Verse chords
The happier you fly the sadder you fall The laughter in your eyes is never all
G
Am7
Give me strength to move along Give me strength to move along Give me strength to move along

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

Hawaii
1976

From the 1976 album Hitchhiker
Tuning: DADGBE (Drop D)
Fmaj9 333010
G6 555030
Am
Em
x2
Am
Em
At first I didn't like him, he came asking for a loan
Am
Em
I got nervous when he came into view
Am
Em
On an overdose of vitamins, trying to explain
C
D
Something that I already knew
Fmaj9
G6
He said help me stay afloat and get back to
Am
Em
Hawaii
Am
Em
Hawaii All the paintings and the sketches laid scattered on the sand And the condominium was close at hand Things were getting hard to follow, I was feeling pretty hollow When a stranger came to me and put out his hand I think we better talk there's something you don't understand About Hawaii Hawaii With my baby and my bicycle I up and rode away And many nights have passed since that morning came my way And I think about him often with his vitamins and kids Does he sleep with half a woman on his mind While the other half just got left behind In Hawaii Hawaii

Helpless
1970

Harp:
D
(straight)
|
D
|
A
|
G
|
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

I Am A Child
1979

From Live Rust
Harp:
G
(cross)
|
Dmaj7
|
G
|
D
|
G
|
G
|
D
|
D
|
x2
Dm
C
Am
F
I am a child, I'll last a while
Dm
F
C
Em
You can't conceive of the pleasure in my smile
Dm
C
Am
F
You hold my hand, rough up my hair
Dm
D
It's lots of fun to have you there
Dmaj7
G
D
God gave to you, now you give to me
G
D
I'd like to know what you learned
Dmaj7
G
D
The sky is blue and so is the sea
Am7
/a
/b
C
What is the color when black is burned?
Am7
D
What is the color? |
Dmaj7
|
Em
|
D
|
G
|
G
|
D
|
D
| You are a man, you understand You pick me up and you lay me down again You make the rules, you say what's fair It's lots of fun to have you there God gave to you, now, you give to me I'd like to know what you learned The sky is blue and so is the sea What is the color, when black is burned? What is the color? |
Dmaj7
|
G
|
D
|
G
|
G
|
D
|
D
| I am a child, I'll last a while You can't conceive of the pleasure in my smile

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

Harp:
G
(cross)
Reworking of Dance, Dance, Dance (from the first Crazy Horse album).
|
/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
|-------------------------|---|---|
|---------------------3---|---|---|
|---------------------4---|---|---|
|-0-------------------5---|---|---|
|------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
|
x4
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 What if you knew her and Found her dead on the ground? How can you run when you know? Na, na, na, na, na, na, na Na, na, na, na, na, na, na Na, na, na, na, na, na, na 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

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

Sugar Mountain
1965

|
D
|
C
|
G
|
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
F
G
But all your friends are there
G
F
And the candy floss you had
F
G
And your mother and your dad Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain... 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... 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...

Traces
1974

Performed live on the CNSY tour.
Harp:
A
Dmaj7/c# x4x222
Amaj7
D
Amaj7
D
Amaj7
D
Esus4
E
Esus4
E
Amaj7
D
Believe me
Amaj7
D
When I tell you
Amaj7
D
Esus4
E
Esus4
E
That a love true isn't hard to find
Amaj7
D
'Cause I've found mine
Amaj7
D
And she's so fine
Amaj7
D
Esus4
E
Esus4
E
Like a lifeline from across the sea
F#m
E
None of the neighbours remember names
D
A
E
They only see the faces
F#m
E
With destination still unnamed
Dm7/g
It's hard to leave the traces For someone to follow
Harmonica instrumental
Amaj7
D
Amaj7
D
Amaj7
Dmaj7
D
Esus4
E
Dmaj7/c#
E
D
A
E
F#m
E
Dm7/g
Dm7/g
It's hard to leave the traces
Amaj7
For someone to follow
Amaj7
D
A
Believe me

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