Chords for Needle of Death - Neil Young

_ _ When I was growing up, _ I lived in Canada.
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_ One night I was [Eb] sleeping on the floor.
_ [C] What was that?
I didn't hear that. _
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_ _ I'm from Manitoba.
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_ _ _ [Eb] I was enjoying you guys' [N] music.
I was listening. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] You paid real good money [C] to get in here, so we should be able to listen to each other.
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_ [Db] I hear what your voice is. _
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_ [C] Thanks, Gerard.
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_ [Db] So I had a _ bed [N] _ in a_
It was a bed. _ _
I used to roll it up in the morning and take it with me. _
_ And one night I unrolled it and got in it.
It was from the [Abm] fireplace.
I was listening to some music. _ _ _ _ _
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So, [A] yeah.
_ The song came along.
_ [Db] It was a great song.
_ Songwriter.
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_ _ His name was Bert Jansch.
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_ [Eb] _ When sadness fills your [Ab] heart _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] Sorrow hides the longing to [Bb] see _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ Things go wrong with each [Ab] day
You _ _ [Cm] fix your mind to escape your misery
[Bb] And _ _ _ [Ab] your troubled young _ life
Had made [Eb] you turn to the needle of death
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How strange your happy _ [Ab]
words
Cease _ _ [Cm] _
to bring a smile from [Bb] everyone
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How tears have filled [Ab] the eyes
Of _ _ [Cm]
friends that you once walked [Bb] among
_ _ _ _ [Ab] Your troubled young life
Had [Eb] made you turn
To the needle [Ab] of _ death
One [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ grain of pure white [Cm] snow _ _ _
_ _ Dissolved in blood spread quickly [Bb] to your brain
You _
_ [Eb] _ _ fix your mind _ [Ab] withdraws _
Your [Cm] death so near your soul can't feel [Bb] the pain
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_ [Ab] Your troubled young _ life
Had made [Eb] you turn
_ To the needle [Ab] of _ death
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Your mother stands crying
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[Cm] While to near your body slowly [Bb]
casts
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Your father stands in [Ab]
silence
[Cm] _ _ _ Caressing every young dream of the [Bb]
past
Your _ _ [Eb]
troubled young _ life
Had made you turn
To the needle [Ab] of death _ _
Through [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ ages men's [Ab] desires _ _ _
_ [Cm] Free his mind and release his [Bb] fears _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ As proof to all [Ab] who live _ _ _
_ [Cm] That death itself is freedom _ _ [Bb] forevermore _ _
And [Eb] your troubled young [Ab] _
_ life
Had made you [Eb] turn
To the needle of death
_ Your _ [Bb] _
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troubled [Ab] young _ life
Had [Eb] made you turn
To the needle of _ [Ab] death
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