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From: vidarb@alkymi.unit.no (Vidar Bergh)
Date: 6 Sep 1995 13:08:59 GMT
Subject: CRD: World on a String (Neil Young)

I actually posted this transcription some time ago, but considering its
correctness compared to the version at OLGA, I just thought it needed a
repost. I think it's a nifty little tune, well picked by Neil for his
Unplugged concert. Try it out!


 World on a String [Unplugged] - Neil Young
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 Tune Low E (6.string) to D

Chords: [Power chords (5ths) played with single downstroke]

     DADGBE
 D5: 000xxx
 G5: 555xxx (use pointer-finger as barre)
 F5: 333xxx (use pointer-finger as barre)
  D: xx0232 (played with some D5 intermingled)
 G6: 550030
F/A: x03211 (fill in with a 3.string hammer on, pos. 0 -> 2)
  C: x32010 (fill in with a 4.string hammer on, pos. 0 -> 2)

 Note! The root chords are positively the correct ones, but smaller
 details may come on different to other people, so any
 comments/corrections are welcomed.
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 (D5 G5 F5 D5 D) repeated

  D5  G5  F5 D5  D   D5   G5 F5 D5  D
 You know I lose,   you know I win

  D5  G5  F5 G6
 You know I called for the shape I'm in

  D5   G5  F5 D5  D   D5  G5 F5  D5   D
 It's just a game    you see me play

      F/A          C          G6               D
 Only real in the way that I feel from day to day


 Although the answer is not unknown
 I'm searchin', searchin', and how I've grown
 It's not all right, to say good-bye
 And the world on a string doesn't mean a thing

 No the world on a string doesn't mean a thing
 Only real in the way that I feel from day to day


 lyrics: from the c-d sleeve
 chords: audio
 corrections/additions welcomed
 rcwoods|famoore@unix1.tcd.ie
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 World on a String : Unplugged

 (D tuning)

 E   x4

 E
 You know I lose, you know I win

            A
 You know I called for the state I'm in

             E
 It's just a game you see me play

      G           D          A                020003
 Only real in the way that I feel from day to day

 E   x2


 Although the answer is not unknown
 I'm searchin', searchin', and how I've grown
 It's not all right, to say good-bye
 And the world on a string doesn't mean a thing

 E  G D

        G          D              E      G
 No the world on a string doesn't mean a thing

      G           D          E                020003
 Only real in the way that I feel from day to day

 run (on E shape):
 C --- --- --- ---|
 B -2- -0- --- ---|
 D --- --- -3- -0-|

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 Words : Harvest

 Am F G Em x4

 Am                       F
 Someone and someone were down by the pond

 G                        Am
 Lookin' for somethin' to plant in the lawn.

 Am                          F
 Out in the fields they were turnin' the soil

     G                        Am
 I'm sittin' here hopin' this water will boil

        Am                          F
 When I look through the window and out on the road

         G                        Am
 They're bringin' me presents and saying hello.

         Am    F       G                  Am
 Singing Words words between the lines of age.

 Am    F       G                  Am
 Words words between the lines of age.

 Am F G Em  x14


 If I was a junkman sellin' you cars,
 Washin' your windows and shinin' your stars,
 Thinkin' your mind was my own in a dream
 What would you wonder and how would it seem?
 Livin' in castles a bit at a time
 The King started laughin' and talkin' in rhyme.
 Singing Words, Words between the lines of age

 Am F G Em         x8 (to fade)

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WINTERLONG

C
I waited for you, Winterlong;

Am
you seem to be where I belong.

F           G        F  C
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
is not so easy for me now

D         Dmaj7         D6  D
Half the time has passed away;

Bm                    G
things we thought of yesterday

              A               D      C
come back now, come back now, oh, oh,

C
I waited for you Winterlong;

F              G                  (repeat and fade)
(you seem to be where I belong).

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Will To Love - Neil Young

Transcribed by Juan Hunt 

Chords for verse: Fmaj7, Em

Chords for chorus: Em, D, Em

       EADGBE
D      X0777X 
Fmaj7  X33210
Em     022000


(verse)
It has often been my dream
To live with one
    who wasn't there
Like an ocean fish
    who swam upstream
Through nets,
    by hooks, and hungry bears.

When the water grew less deep
My fins were aching
    from the strain
I'm swimming in my sleep
I know I can't go back again.

(chorus)
Got the will to love,
    the will to love.
I'll never lose it,
    never lose the will to love,
Never lose the will.
It's like
    something from up above.

I can be like
    a fire in the night
Always warm
    and giving off light
But there comes a time
    when I shine too bright
Oh, I'm just a fire in the night.

And now my fins are in the air
And my belly's
    scraping on the rocks
I still think
    someone really cares
And I'll keep swimming
    till I stop.

Got the will to love,
    the will to love.
I'll never lose it,
    never lose the will to love,
Never lose the will.
It's like
    something from up above.

I'm like a singer on the stage
With the golden lights
    and liquid rage
Down from the mountains
    to the sea
Cool running love
    keeps cleansing me.

It keeps my gills
    from getting dry
But it distorts things
    in my eyes
Sometimes I see
    what really isn't there
Like my true lover, and I care.

Got the will to love,
    the will to love.
I'll never lose it,
    never lose the will to love,
Never lose the will.
It's like
    something from up above.

Sometimes I ramble on and on
And I repeat myself
    till all my friends are gone
And get lost in snow
    and drown in rain
And never feel the same again.

I remember the ocean
    from where I came
Just one of millions all the same
But somewhere
    someone calls my name
I'm a harpoon dodger,
    and I can't, won't be tamed.

Got the will to love,
    the will to love.
I'll never lose it,
    never lose the will to love,
Never lose the will.
It's like
    something from up above.

Baby, if I see boredom
    in your eyes
I'll know my river has run dry
But I won't turn back
    with that lonely tide
I bought that ticket
    and I'll take that ride.

If we meet along the way
Please sway beside me,
    let us sway together
Our tails together
    and our fins and mind
We'll leave this water
    and let our scales shine
In the sun above
    and the sky below
So all the water
    and earth will know

It has often been my dream
To live with one
    who wasn't there.

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 White Line

 Intro:
 Em G C G D

 Em G C G

 Bm                   C
 I came to you when I needed a rest

 D                    Em
 You took my love and put it to the test

 Bm                       G
 I saw some things that I never would have guessed

 D                                            G
 Feel like a railroad I pull the whole load behind


 Em                       G
 That old white line is a friend of mine

          C                G D
 And it's good time we bin makin'

 Em                             G
 Right now I'm rollin' down the open road

         C                     G   Em
 And the daylight will soon be breakin'


 I was adrift on a river of pride
 It seemed like such a long easy ride
 You were my raft but i let you slide
 I bin down but I'm comin' back up again

 And I'm rollin' down the open road
 Where the daylight will soon be breakin'
 Right now I'm thinkin' 'bout the things that i know
 But it's good time(s) that we bin makin'

 end on Bm

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Where is the highway tonight ?

(intro: G A  G A    D)

D
I would be feelin' so low
                                       A
She'd have a new place to go
       G                         A
She'd take me in her arms
         G                          A
And show me all her charms
                                       D
Until my troubles were gone.
D
Then when I left her behind
                                  A
Never a tear could I find
      G                   A
Just a haunting melody
    G                  A
Comin' back to me
                                     D
Where is the highway tonight?
D                                  G
Where is the highway tonight?
E7                                             A7
Where are those old days  and crazy nights?
(instr. verse)
D
Now the house is  all quiet and still
                                  A
Coyote howls on the hill
  G                  A
How far did I go
      G                  A
Before we said hello
                                      D
Where is the highway tonight?
D
Darlin', you'll always be mine
                                 A
I'll never treat you unkind
        G                 A
But a haunting melody
   G                           A
Keeps comin' back to me
                                       D
Where is the highway tonight?
D                                  G
Where is the highway tonight?
E7                                             A7
Where are those old days  and crazy nights?
(instr. D
          D       A)
  G                  A
A haunting melody
  G                              A
Keeps comin' back to me
                                      D
Where is the highway tonight?


Send from Laurel Flodder
Germany

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When Your Lonely Heart Breaks - Neil Young
from the book _Life_
typed by Steve Vetter
(thanks to Stephen House for the book)

A(addB)     x02420
C#m         x46654
F#m         244222

          E            A
When your lonely heart breaks
          F#m              D
don't sit counting your mistakes
         E                        A
don't be waiting for love to come back (come back)
         F#m
Don't be wasting time
         D
don't be lost and crying
          E            A      C#m
when your lonely heart breaks
          E            A      C#m
when your lonely heart breaks

            E              A
What's your problem, she's gone
             F#m            D
you're still moving, moving on
           E                 A
you've got mem'ries, she got strong
          F#m                D
there's a lot of things that aren't gone
          E                     A      C#m
when your lonely (lonely) heart breaks
          E            A      C#m
when your lonely heart breaks

E  A  F#m  D  E  A  F#m  D
          E                     A      C#m
When your lonely (lonely) heart breaks
C#m
don't be crying for good times you had
          E            A      C#m
when your lonely heart breaks

          E            A
When your lonely heart breaks
          F#m
don't sit counting your mistakes
         E                        A
don't be waiting for love to come back (come back, come back)
         F#m
don't be wasting time
         D
don't be lost and crying

          E                    A      C#m
When your lonely, lonely heart breaks

          E                     A                 C#m
When your lonely, lonely heart, lonely heart, lonely heart breaks
          E                   A       C#m
When your lonley, loney heart breaks
          E            A(addB)   A(addB)
When your lonely heart breaks

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