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Neil Young : Time Fades Away
1973

  1. Time Fades Away
  2. Journey Through The Past
  3. Yonder Stands The Sinner
  4. LA
  5. Love In Mind

  6. Don't Be Denied
  7. The Bridge
  8. Last Dance

Time Fades Away

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Fourteen junkies too weak to work
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One sells diamonds for what they're worth
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Down on pain street, disappointment lurks
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Son, don't be home too late
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Try to get back by eight
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Son, don't wait till the break of day
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'Cause you know how time fades, time fades away
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You know how time fades away All day presidents look out windows All night sentries watch the moon glow All are waiting till the time is right Son, don't be home too late...
Instrumental verse and chorus
Back in Canada I spent my days Riding subways through a haze I was handcuffed, I was born and raised Son, don't be home too late... Thirteen junkies too weak to work One sells diamonds for what they're worth Down on pain street disappointment lurks Son, don't be home too late...
Instrumental chorus
Time fades away You know how time fades away... Son, don't wait till the break of day 'Cause you know how time fades, time fades away

Journey Through The Past

Instrumental verse
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When the winter rains come pouring down
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On that new home of mine
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) Will you think of me and wonder if I'm fine? Will your restless heart come back to mine On a journey through the past Will I still be in your eyes and on your mind?
Instrumental verse
Now I'm going back to Canada On a journey through the past And I won't be back till February comes I will stay with you if you'll stay with me Said the fiddler to the drum And we'll keep good time on a journey through the past
Instrumental verse
When the winter rains come pouring down On that new home of mine Will I still be in your eyes, and on your mind? Will I still be in your eyes, and on your mind?

Yonder Stands The Sinner

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Well, you heard about the Great Pretender?
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I went to see him and he's not the same
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Down by the club on the parking lot cinders
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I was to meet him and play his game
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Yonder stands the sinner
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He calls my name without a sound I saw his face in the attic window Yellin' down through the broken pane Sinner man! What you got to run for? Church bells rang when he said that name Yonder stands the sinner He calls my name without a sound Well, I was about as scared as I could be I went and hid behind the nearest tree Peeked out from behind the branches Sinner! Yonder stands the sinner He calls my name without a sound
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To get down
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I guess you heard about the Great Pretender?
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I went to see him and he's not the same
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I guess you heard about the Great Pretender?
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I went to see him and he's not the same
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LA

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In a matter of time
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There'll be a friend of mine
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Gonna come to the coast
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You're gonna see him up close
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For a minute or two
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While the ground cracks under you By the look in your eyes You'd think that it was a surprise But you seem to forget Something somebody said About the bubbles in the sea And an ocean full of trees
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Fmaj7
Cmaj7
Fmaj7
And you now, LA, uptight
Cmaj7
Fmaj7
City in the smog, city in the smog
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Don't you wish that you could be here too? Don't you wish that you could be here too? Don't you wish that you could be here too? |
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| Well, it's hard to believe So you get up to leave And you laugh at the door That you heard it all before Oh it's so good to know That it's all just a show for you But when the suppers are planned And the freeways are crammed And the mountains erupt And the valley is sucked Into cracks in the earth Will I finally be heard by you LA, uptight City in the smog, city in the smog Don't you wish that you could be here too? Don't you wish that you could be here too? Don't you wish that you could be here too? |
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Love In Mind

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Woke up this morning with love in mind
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It was raining outside but my love still shined
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Cmaj7
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Kept me warm till my plane touched the sky
Cmaj7
Fmaj7
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Em/b
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And I've seen love make a fool of a man
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He tried to make a loser win
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Cmaj7
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But I've got nothing to lose I can't get back again
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Cmaj7
Fmaj7
Em7
Man made rules been holdin' back my love
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Can't hold it back no more
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Cmaj7
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Churches long preach sex is wrong
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Jesus where has nature gone?
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What am I doing here?
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What am I doing here?
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What am I doing here?
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Woke up this morning with love in mind
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It was raining outside but my love still shined
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Kept me warm till my plane touched the sky

Don't Be Denied

Intro riff (also played after every verse and every chorus):
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When I was a young boy My mama said to me
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Your daddy's leavin' home today I think he's gone to stay
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We packed up all our bags And drove out to Winnipeg When we got to Winnipeg I checked in to school I wore white bucks on my feet When I learned the golden rule The punches came fast and hard Lying on my back in the schoolyard
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Don't be denied Don't be denied
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Em7
Don't be denied Don't be denied
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Don't be denied Don't be denied Well pretty soon I met a friend He played guitar We used to sit on the steps at school And dream of being stars We started a band We played all night Don't be denied, don't be denied Don't be denied, don't be denied Don't be denied, don't be denied The businessmen crowded around They came to hear the golden sound There we were on the Sunset Strip Playing our songs for the highest bid We played all night The price was right Don't be denied, don't be denied Don't be denied, don't be denied Don't be denied, don't be denied Well, all that glitters isn't gold I know you've heard that story told And I'm a pauper in a naked disguise A millionaire through a businessman's eyes Oh friend of mine Don't be denied
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The Bridge

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G6 3x0000
Bb6 x1303x
Intro of harmonica over verse chords
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Cmaj9
The bridge, we'll build it now
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G6
It may take a lotta time
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And it maybe lonely but
Fmaj7
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Ooh babe, ooh babe The bridge was falling down And that took a lot of lies And it made me lonely Ooh baby, ooh baby
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The bridge was falling The bridge was falling The bridge was falling
Harmonica over verse chords
One day, when you talked to me I saw myself again And it made me love you Ooh baby, ooh baby And love came running down Like a river on your skin And you let me in Ooh babe, ooh babe You let me in You let me in You let me in The bridge, we'll build it now It may take a lot of time

Last Dance

Riff1 And sometimes like this:
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Intro: Riff1 x4
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Wake up! It's a Monday morning
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No time left to say goodbye
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Can't breathe and the lights are changing
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You can live your own life, making it happen
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Working on your own time, laid back and laughin'
Cmaj7
Oh no, oh no
Riff1 x4
Headlights, make it home by sundown Feeling that the day is through Return back to where you come from You can live your own life, making it happen Working on your own time, laid back and laughin' Oh no, oh no
Solo over repeated Riff1
You wake up in the mornin' And the sun's comin' up It's been up for hours and hours and hours And hours and hours and hours It's been up for hours and hours and hours And you light up the stove And the coffee cup, it's hot And the orange juice is cold, cold, cold Monday morning, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up It's time to go, time to go to work You can live your own life, making it happen Working on your own time, laid back and laughin' Oh no, oh no No, no, no