Neil Young Live At Massey Hall 1971: The Needle And The Damage Done Chords

Tempo:
108.65 bpm
Chords used:

D

C

G

Bm

E

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Neil Young Live At Massey Hall 1971: The Needle And The Damage Done chords
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[N]
Since I left [B] Canada about [D] five years ago or so,
I moved down south,
found out a lot of [Bb] things that I didn't know when I left.
[D]
[Dm] [D]
Some of them are good and some of them are [Bm] bad, you know.
[Gm]
[C] [F]
[E]
[D] Got to [G] see a lot of great [D] musicians before they happened, you know.
[B] Before they [Bb] became famous, [Bm] [D] you [Bm] know, when they were just gigging.
[D]
[B] I got to [Bb] see a lot of great musicians who nobody [Bm] ever got to see
for one reason [D] or another.
[C]
[Dm] Strangely [D] enough, the real good ones that [Bm] you never got [D] to see
was because of heroin.
[G]
[Bm] It started happening over and over
and it happened to [Bb] something that everybody [D] knew about.
So I just wrote a little song.
[Bm] [Bb]
[C]
[E]
[D]
[G] [Bb]
[C] [F]
[E]
[D] I caught you knocking at my cellar door
[G] I love you baby, [Bb] can I have some [C] more?
Gone, [F]
gone, [E] damaged and
I
[D] hit the city [C] and I lost [D] my band
[G] I watched the needle take another [C] man
Gone, [F] gone, [E] damaged and
I
[D]
[G]
[C]
[E]
[D] sing this song because I love the man
[G] I know that some of [Gm] you won't [C] understand
Milk [F] blood to keep [E] from running out
[D] I've seen the needle [C] and the damage [G] done
A little part of [Gm] it in everyone
[C] And every drunk is [F] like a saiyan's son
[Bm] [E] [D]
[G]
[Db]
Key:  
D
1321
C
3211
G
2131
Bm
13421112
E
2311
D
1321
C
3211
G
2131
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To learn Neil Young - (Live at Massey Hall 1971) The Needle And The Damage Done chords, your first step should be understanding these chords - F, E, D, C, D, G and C in sequence. Kick off your practice at a gentle 54 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 109 BPM. For a balanced pitch, adjust the capo with respect to your voice and the song's key: D Minor.

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[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Since I left [B] Canada about [D] five years ago or so, _ _
_ _ _ _ I moved down south,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ found out a lot of [Bb] things that I didn't know when I left.
[D] _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [D] _
Some of them are good and some of them are [Bm] bad, you know.
[Gm] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ Got to [G] see a lot of great [D] musicians before they happened, you know.
_ [B] Before they [Bb] became famous, [Bm] _ _ [D] you [Bm] know, when they were just gigging.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] I got to [Bb] see a lot of great musicians who nobody [Bm] ever got to see
for one reason [D] or another.
[C] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ Strangely [D] enough, the real good ones _ that _ _ _ [Bm] you never got [D] to see
was because of heroin.
_ [G] _ _
[Bm] It started happening over and over _ _
and it happened to [Bb] something that everybody [D] knew about. _ _
So I just wrote a little song. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] I caught you knocking at my cellar door
[G] I love you baby, [Bb] can I have some [C] more?
Gone, _ [F] _
gone, [E] damaged and
I _ _
_ _ [D] _ hit the city [C] and I lost [D] my band
[G] I watched the needle take another _ [C] man
Gone, _ [F] gone, _ [E] damaged and
I _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ sing this song because I love the man
[G] I know that some of [Gm] you won't _ [C] understand
_ Milk [F] blood to keep [E] from _ _ running out
_ _ [D] I've seen the needle [C] and the damage [G] done
A little part of [Gm] it in everyone
_ [C] And every drunk is [F] like a saiyan's son
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was composed by Neil Young.