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Neil Young : Old Ways
1985

  1. The Wayward Wind
  2. Get Back To The Country
  3. Are There Any More Real Cowboys?
  4. Once An Angel
  5. Misfits

  6. California Sunset
  7. Old Ways
  8. My Boy
  9. Bound For Glory
  10. Where Is The Highway Tonight?

The Wayward Wind

<Herb Newman, Stanley Lebowsky>
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In the lonely shack by the railroad track I spent my younger days And I guess the sound of the outward bound
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Made me a slave to my wanderin' ways
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And the wayward wind is a restless wind
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C
A restless wind that yearns to wander
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And I was born the next of kin
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The next of kin to the wayward wind Oh, I met him down In the border town He vowed we'd never part Though he tried his best to settle down Now I'm all alone with a broken heart And the wayward wind is a restless wind A restless wind that yearns to wander And I was born the next of kin The next of kin to the wayward wind And the wayward wind is a restless wind A restless wind that yearns to wander And I was born the next of kin The next of kin to the wayward wind
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The next of kin to the wayward wind
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Get Back To The Country

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(x2)
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When I was a younger man
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Got lucky with a rock 'n' roll band
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Struck gold in Hollywood
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All that time I knew I would ...
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Get back to the country
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Back where it all began
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Get back to the country
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Back in the barn again
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(x2)
Now when we hit the road Big buses and trucks unload After the curtain falls Load up and then we all ... Get back to the country Back where it all began Get back to the country Back on the road again
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(x2)
When I was a younger man Got lucky with a rock 'n' roll band Struck gold in Hollywood All that time I knew I would ... Get back to the country Back where it all began Get back to the country Back on the road again
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Are There Any More Real Cowboys?

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Are there any more real cowboys
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Left out in these hills?
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Will the fire hit the iron one more time?
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And will one more dusty pick-up
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Coming rolling down the road
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With a load of feed before the sun gets high?
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Well I hope that working cowboy never dies Not the one who's snortin' cocaine When the honky-tonk's all closed But the one that prays for more rain, heaven knows That the good feed brings the money And the money buys the clothes Not the diamond sequins shining on TV But the kind the working cowboy really needs
Harmonica over verse chords
Modulate to:
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Are there any more country families
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Still working hand-in-hand
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Trying hard to stay together and make a stand?
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Well the rows and rows of houses
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Come creepin' up on the land
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Where the cattle graze and old grey barn still stands
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Are there any more real cowboys in this land?
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Are there any more real cowboys in this land?
Modulate to:
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Once An Angel

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Once an angel, always an angel
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You're as close to heaven as I'll ever be
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It's been six years now since my ring slipped on your finger
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And those years have made a better man out of me
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Once an angel, always an angel
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You're as close to heaven as I'll ever be There been times when I've treated you so badly I've done things I know you'll never understand But you take me back turn your eyes towards the window Where your hide your tears you don't want me to see Once an angel, always an angel You're as close to heaven as I'll ever be
Instrumental verse
Once an angel, always an angel You're as close to heaven as I'll ever be You're as close to heaven as I'll ever be

Misfits

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Up in that new space station, living Kennedy's dream
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There was an automatic camera shooting elephantine
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While the crew was relaxing before the video screen
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Watching old reruns of Mohammed Ali
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The voice of Houston calling
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Brought them back to the scene
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They said the sky is falling
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Do you know what that means? Out on that Texas sidewalk, through the hotel mezzanine There walked a see-through hooker to a suite with two TVs But by the elevator she began to sneeze With an attack so uncontrollable it brought her to her knees And then the hotel doctor With nurse and stethoscope Announced the worst is over But for her there is no hope Way down in South Dakota, on the Needles highway There's a lone red rider on the road today And though his war is over, he's fighting on anyway Although he's seldom sober, he's drinking whiskey all day Down in that old box canyon Where only misfits can go He rides with no companion But saloon and rodeo Up in that new space station, living Kennedy's dream There was an automatic camera shooting elephantine

California Sunset

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I remember long ago
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How I wondered where I'd go
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While the blizzards, cold wind and snow
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Pounded outside my window
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California sunset
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Going down in the West
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All the colors in the sky
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Kiss another day goodbye
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x2
Land of beauty, space and light Land of promise land of might You're my home now and it's true California, here's to you California sunset Going down in the West All the colors in the sky Kiss another day goodbye

Old Ways

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Old ways, sure is hard to change 'em
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Come what may, it's hard to teach a dinosaur a new trick
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Lately I've been findin' out I'm set in my ways
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Old ways can be a ball and chain
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Well I'm gonna stop that grass and give up all this drinkin' Really gonna make my life last, clean up my whole way of livin' Up until the party last night I was a different man But old ways got the way again
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Economy was gettin' so bad I had to lay myself off But workin' was a habit I had so I kept showin' up anyway Then one day things turned around I got my back pay Old ways coming through again
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I got old ways I got old ways Old ways I got old ways

My Boy

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Why are you growin' up so fast my boy?
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Oh, you'd better take your time
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Why are you growin' up so fast my son? Almost time to live your dreams, my boy Oh, you'd better take your time Almost time to make some plans, my son
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Vacation comes, school is out
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Summer ends, year in, year out |
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| Oh, you'd better take your time, my boy I thought we had just begun Why are you growin' up so fast, my son?
Instrumental verse
Vacation comes, school is out Summer ends, year in, year out
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Why are you growin' up so fast, my boy?
Harmonica over chords:
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Why are you growin' up so fast, my son?

Bound For Glory

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Out on the Trans-Canada highway there was a girl hitchhikin' with a dog
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Fireflies buzzin' 'round her head, like candles in a fog
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He was three miles down the road tryin' to stay up, but he knew that he couldn't
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She was looking for a ride through the night, but out there who wouldn't?
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There were bound for glory, bound for livin' on the edge
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They were bound for each other, like two comets headin' for a bed
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She had a new way of livin, new way of lookin' at life
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He had an '84 International and two kids he left back home with his wife
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He was tired of writing letters to himself and living in the dark She was open to suggestions and some say she had a broken heart He had everything he wanted till it all turned out to be a job One fallen asleep trucker and a girl hitchhikin' with a dog There were bound for glory, bound for livin' on the edge They were bound for each other, like two comets headin' for a bed She had a new way of livin, new way of lookin' at life He had an '84 International and two kids he left back home with his wife
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Modulate to:
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Out on the Trans-Canada highway, the sun came climbin' up the cab
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By the time it hit the window they were waking up from what little sleep they had
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When that heat hit the blankets they were looking for love at second sight
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Just starin' in each other's eyes, findin' it in the morning light
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There were bound for glory, bound for livin' on the edge
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They were bound for each other, like two blankets laying on a bed
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She had a new way of livin, new way of lookin' at life
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He had an '84 International and two kids he left back home with his wife

Where Is The Highway Tonight?

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I would be feelin' so low
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She'd have a new place to go
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She'd take me in her arms
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And show me all her charms
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Until my troubles were gone Then when I left her behind Never a tear could I find Just a haunting melody Comin' back to me Where is the highway tonight?
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Where is the highway tonight?
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Where are those old days and crazy nights?
SOLO (OVER VERSE CHORDS)
Now the house is all quiet and still Coyote house on the hill How far did I go Before we said hello Where is the highway tonight? Darlin', you'll always be mine I'll never treat you unkind But a haunting melody Keeps comin' back to me Where is the highway tonight? Where is the highway tonight? Where are those old days and crazy nights?
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A haunting melody
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Keeps comin' back to me
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Where is the highway tonight?