Chords for Crosby, Stills & Nash - Just A Song Before I Go / Dark Star - Houston, TX, 1977
Tempo:
95 bpm
Chords used:
G
Am
D
Bm
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[C#m] [D]
[Bm] [C#m]
[D]
[Bm] Just [A] a song before I go, [D] I heard it in a [Bm] prison.
[F#m] Traveling [C#m] twice the speed of sound, [D] it's easy to [Bm] get burned.
[A] When the shows were [G] over, we had to get back [C#m] home.
When we [G] opened up the door, I [Bm] had to be [E] alone.
me with my [C#m] suitcase, [D] she stands before [Bm] my [F#m] eyes.
[Bm] [C#m]
[D]
[Bm] Just [A] a song before I go, [D] I heard it in a [Bm] prison.
[F#m] Traveling [C#m] twice the speed of sound, [D] it's easy to [Bm] get burned.
[A] When the shows were [G] over, we had to get back [C#m] home.
When we [G] opened up the door, I [Bm] had to be [E] alone.
me with my [C#m] suitcase, [D] she stands before [Bm] my [F#m] eyes.
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G
Am
D
Bm
A
G
Am
D
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ Just [A] a song before I go, [D] I heard it in a [Bm] prison. _
_ _ [F#m] Traveling [C#m] twice the speed of sound, [D] it's easy to [Bm] get burned. _
[A] When the shows were [G] over, we had to get back [C#m] home.
_ [A]
When we [G] opened up the door, I [Bm] had to be [E] alone.
_ _ _ [F#m] She helped me with my [C#m] suitcase, _ [D] she stands before [Bm] my [F#m] eyes.
_ Driving me to the [C#m] airport, _ [D] into the friendly [Bm] sky.
_ _ [A] Going through [G]
security, _ [Bm] I held her for so [C#m] _
[E] long.
[A] She finally looked at me [G] and now, she [E] was [Bm] gone.
_ [G#m] _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [F#m] _
Just [F#m] a song [C#m] before I go, [D] a lesson to be [Bm] learned.
_ _ _ [F#m]
Traveling twice the [C#m] speed of sound, [D] it's easy to get [F#] burned. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] Forgive me if my fantasies [G] might seem a little short.
[Am] I'm sure you've heard it all [G] before, and I wonder what's the right word.
[Am] A song written for you, I've been [G] going down for years.
But to sing what's [Am] in my heart, [G] seems more honest than the tears.
I [Am] am curious, _ [G] _ _ don't [F] wanna hurry us.
_ [G] _ _ [Am] I'm intrigued with us, _ [G] _ _ _ [F] ain't this all my fault.
_ [G] _ _ I don't [Am] care if the heart stops.
_ [G] _ Hey, _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] I met you [Em] several years ago.
[Gm] The times they [A#] were so strange, but I [A] had a feeling.
And [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] you looked into [Em] my eyes one [Gm] time, an instant flashing [A#] by.
We [Am] were still in love.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
Dark star, _ [Gm] I see you in the morning.
_ [Em]
Dark star, [Gm] sleeping next to me.
[Em] Dark star, left [Gm] a memory of the evening.
[F#m] First thing next you think of, [F] when you open up your smile, [Am] it's seeming your [A] style.
_ [G] _ _ _ [Am] Yeah.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [A#] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [A#] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em]
Dark star, [Gm] I see you in the morning.
[Em]
Dark star, _ [Gm] sleeping next to me.
_ [Em]
Dark star, [Gm] left a memory of the evening.
[F#m] First thing next you think of, [F] when you open up your smile, it's [Am] seeming your style.
_ _ [G] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am]
Yeah.
[E] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] I hope you hear my [G] fantasies, might seem a little shop worn.
[Am] I'm sure you've heard it all before, [G] and I wonder what's the right form.
[A]
Love song written for you, [G] I've been going down for years.
[Am] But the thing what's in my heart, [D] seems more honest than it is.
Dark [Am] star.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am]
Dark star.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D]
Dark star.
_ [F] Dark star.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ Just [A] a song before I go, [D] I heard it in a [Bm] prison. _
_ _ [F#m] Traveling [C#m] twice the speed of sound, [D] it's easy to [Bm] get burned. _
[A] When the shows were [G] over, we had to get back [C#m] home.
_ [A]
When we [G] opened up the door, I [Bm] had to be [E] alone.
_ _ _ [F#m] She helped me with my [C#m] suitcase, _ [D] she stands before [Bm] my [F#m] eyes.
_ Driving me to the [C#m] airport, _ [D] into the friendly [Bm] sky.
_ _ [A] Going through [G]
security, _ [Bm] I held her for so [C#m] _
[E] long.
[A] She finally looked at me [G] and now, she [E] was [Bm] gone.
_ [G#m] _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [F#m] _
Just [F#m] a song [C#m] before I go, [D] a lesson to be [Bm] learned.
_ _ _ [F#m]
Traveling twice the [C#m] speed of sound, [D] it's easy to get [F#] burned. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] Forgive me if my fantasies [G] might seem a little short.
[Am] I'm sure you've heard it all [G] before, and I wonder what's the right word.
[Am] A song written for you, I've been [G] going down for years.
But to sing what's [Am] in my heart, [G] seems more honest than the tears.
I [Am] am curious, _ [G] _ _ don't [F] wanna hurry us.
_ [G] _ _ [Am] I'm intrigued with us, _ [G] _ _ _ [F] ain't this all my fault.
_ [G] _ _ I don't [Am] care if the heart stops.
_ [G] _ Hey, _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] I met you [Em] several years ago.
[Gm] The times they [A#] were so strange, but I [A] had a feeling.
And [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] you looked into [Em] my eyes one [Gm] time, an instant flashing [A#] by.
We [Am] were still in love.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
Dark star, _ [Gm] I see you in the morning.
_ [Em]
Dark star, [Gm] sleeping next to me.
[Em] Dark star, left [Gm] a memory of the evening.
[F#m] First thing next you think of, [F] when you open up your smile, [Am] it's seeming your [A] style.
_ [G] _ _ _ [Am] Yeah.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [A#] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [A#] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em]
Dark star, [Gm] I see you in the morning.
[Em]
Dark star, _ [Gm] sleeping next to me.
_ [Em]
Dark star, [Gm] left a memory of the evening.
[F#m] First thing next you think of, [F] when you open up your smile, it's [Am] seeming your style.
_ _ [G] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am]
Yeah.
[E] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] I hope you hear my [G] fantasies, might seem a little shop worn.
[Am] I'm sure you've heard it all before, [G] and I wonder what's the right form.
[A]
Love song written for you, [G] I've been going down for years.
[Am] But the thing what's in my heart, [D] seems more honest than it is.
Dark [Am] star.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am]
Dark star.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D]
Dark star.
_ [F] Dark star.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _