Chords for Neil Young Acceptance Speech | 2017 Canadian Songwriters Hall Of Fame
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Ladies and gentlemen, congratulations to Neil Young on a lifetime of rocking in the free world and writing great songs.
Merci beaucoup.
I don't have a note.
I'm just trying to read this to you.
But I really want to say songs are like animals and you really have to be careful with them and sneak up on them and don't scare them.
They're like rabbits.
If it's coming out of a hole, you're not going to stand there with a gun.
The rabbit will see you and go back down the hole.
So you put the gun down, go and sit over there behind a rock and wait for this [Bb] song rabbit to come [B] out of the hole.
Start sniffing around and you [Bbm] start sniffing [B]
around.
[N] Songs are like that.
So, you know, I have a deep respect for the source and thank you so much.
I'd like to thank the Great Spirit for letting me be here tonight with all of you wonderful people.
Thank you.
I want to say also that I'm very proud to be Canadian and proud to be here with you.
I know I've traveled a lot and I've had a lot of chances to stay places and I have stayed in some places for a long time.
But I've always been a Canadian citizen.
I've never been another citizen of anywhere else, even though I love the USA.
By the way, my message is they're already great.
Anyway, I just want to thank you so much.
And I don't know what to say because I'm still doing this.
I was scared to come here in case it ended.
[B] But then I realized, whoa, shit, we waited so long.
Now my mom and dad aren't going to see this.
And that's too [N] bad.
It's good.
I hope you're getting together up there.
I hope so.
What the hell?
You never know.
For those of us who have parents who split up, we always kind of think they're going to get back together.
They probably are.
That's probably true.
So yeah, I'm still writing songs all the time.
It's funny.
Some people see me and go, what are you doing now?
You still, you know, I started writing another one the other day and I was saying to my true love, I was saying, you know, it feels they're still coming.
They just keep coming.
They don't care about awards and accolades.
Nothing matters.
It just keeps coming.
And that's such a gift.
Such a great gift.
I don't know really what to say other than if you write songs, good for you.
That's good.
If you like yourself and you like writing songs, but you're scared shitless to get out in front of people because you can't sing and you have no charisma.
I don't know if I have charisma or not.
I just keep changing.
But I know I can't sing.
That's okay.
But it really doesn't matter.
I'm around the note somewhere.
I'm near it.
I know it.
It knows me.
We've been together for a while.
Not for long, though.
Anyway, you know, songwriting is great.
It's a lot of fun.
Can you imagine getting an award for writing a song?
How crazy is that?
What do you think, Randy?
I don't know.
Taking care of business, rocking in the free world.
What can I say?
Winnipeg.
That's great.
And Canada is great.
I first started looking at bands and getting into it in Pickering.
And then I moved.
That's where my dad bought me a ukulele.
And then I moved to Toronto for a while and started going to dances and looking at bands.
There was a band called the Sultans that played back in the 60s in Toronto.
And I used to follow them around and hang out [A] outside the gig and try to get up and [Bb] look out in the window and see what I could do.
But we always had to leave because then the fights started in the parking lot.
I was like 12 or something.
So we had to get out of there.
Anyway, all of these things add up to this wonderful experience being here with you and getting a chance to thank the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame [N] and all the people who've kept it alive and are realizing that it is important to keep it going.
And all the great people here tonight, all the wonderful people.
Bruce, it's an honour to be here with you.
And I'm really honoured to be here with everyone equally.
The audience, the artists, my mom and dad, everybody.
Thank you so much.
Merci beaucoup.
I don't have a note.
I'm just trying to read this to you.
But I really want to say songs are like animals and you really have to be careful with them and sneak up on them and don't scare them.
They're like rabbits.
If it's coming out of a hole, you're not going to stand there with a gun.
The rabbit will see you and go back down the hole.
So you put the gun down, go and sit over there behind a rock and wait for this [Bb] song rabbit to come [B] out of the hole.
Start sniffing around and you [Bbm] start sniffing [B]
around.
[N] Songs are like that.
So, you know, I have a deep respect for the source and thank you so much.
I'd like to thank the Great Spirit for letting me be here tonight with all of you wonderful people.
Thank you.
I want to say also that I'm very proud to be Canadian and proud to be here with you.
I know I've traveled a lot and I've had a lot of chances to stay places and I have stayed in some places for a long time.
But I've always been a Canadian citizen.
I've never been another citizen of anywhere else, even though I love the USA.
By the way, my message is they're already great.
Anyway, I just want to thank you so much.
And I don't know what to say because I'm still doing this.
I was scared to come here in case it ended.
[B] But then I realized, whoa, shit, we waited so long.
Now my mom and dad aren't going to see this.
And that's too [N] bad.
It's good.
I hope you're getting together up there.
I hope so.
What the hell?
You never know.
For those of us who have parents who split up, we always kind of think they're going to get back together.
They probably are.
That's probably true.
So yeah, I'm still writing songs all the time.
It's funny.
Some people see me and go, what are you doing now?
You still, you know, I started writing another one the other day and I was saying to my true love, I was saying, you know, it feels they're still coming.
They just keep coming.
They don't care about awards and accolades.
Nothing matters.
It just keeps coming.
And that's such a gift.
Such a great gift.
I don't know really what to say other than if you write songs, good for you.
That's good.
If you like yourself and you like writing songs, but you're scared shitless to get out in front of people because you can't sing and you have no charisma.
I don't know if I have charisma or not.
I just keep changing.
But I know I can't sing.
That's okay.
But it really doesn't matter.
I'm around the note somewhere.
I'm near it.
I know it.
It knows me.
We've been together for a while.
Not for long, though.
Anyway, you know, songwriting is great.
It's a lot of fun.
Can you imagine getting an award for writing a song?
How crazy is that?
What do you think, Randy?
I don't know.
Taking care of business, rocking in the free world.
What can I say?
Winnipeg.
That's great.
And Canada is great.
I first started looking at bands and getting into it in Pickering.
And then I moved.
That's where my dad bought me a ukulele.
And then I moved to Toronto for a while and started going to dances and looking at bands.
There was a band called the Sultans that played back in the 60s in Toronto.
And I used to follow them around and hang out [A] outside the gig and try to get up and [Bb] look out in the window and see what I could do.
But we always had to leave because then the fights started in the parking lot.
I was like 12 or something.
So we had to get out of there.
Anyway, all of these things add up to this wonderful experience being here with you and getting a chance to thank the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame [N] and all the people who've kept it alive and are realizing that it is important to keep it going.
And all the great people here tonight, all the wonderful people.
Bruce, it's an honour to be here with you.
And I'm really honoured to be here with everyone equally.
The audience, the artists, my mom and dad, everybody.
Thank you so much.
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_ Ladies and gentlemen, _ _ congratulations to Neil Young on a lifetime of rocking in the free world and writing great songs. _ _ _ _ _
Merci _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ beaucoup. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I don't have a note.
I'm just trying to read this to you. _
_ But I really want to say songs are like animals _ and you really have to be careful with them and sneak up on them and don't scare them.
_ They're like rabbits.
If it's coming out of a hole, you're not going to stand there with a gun.
The rabbit will see you and go back down the hole.
So you put the gun down, go and sit over there behind a rock and wait for this [Bb] song rabbit to come [B] out of the hole.
_ Start sniffing around and you [Bbm] start sniffing _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ around.
[N] Songs are like that.
So, you know, I have a deep respect for the source and thank you so much.
I'd like to thank the Great Spirit for letting me be here tonight with all of you wonderful people.
Thank you. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I want to say also that I'm very proud to be Canadian and proud to be here with you. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I know I've traveled a lot and I've had a lot of chances to stay places and I have stayed in some places for a long time.
But I've always been a Canadian citizen.
I've never been another citizen of anywhere else, even though I love the USA.
_ By the way, my message is they're already great.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Anyway, I just want to thank you so much.
And I don't know what to say because I'm still doing this.
I was scared to come here in case it ended.
_ [B] _ _ But then I realized, whoa, shit, we waited so long.
Now my mom and dad aren't going to see this.
And that's too [N] bad.
It's good.
I hope you're getting together up there.
I hope so.
What the hell?
You never know.
_ For those of us who have parents who split up, we always kind of think they're going to get back together.
They probably are.
That's probably true.
_ _ _ So yeah, I'm still writing songs all the time.
It's funny.
Some people see me and go, what are you doing now?
You still, _ you know, I _ _ _ _ _ _ started writing another one the other day and I was saying to my _ true love, I was saying, you know, it feels they're still coming.
They just keep coming.
They don't care about awards and accolades.
Nothing matters.
It just keeps coming.
And that's such a gift.
Such a great gift.
I don't know really what to say other than if you write songs, good for you.
That's good.
If you like yourself and you like writing songs, but you're scared shitless to get out in front of people because you can't sing and you have no charisma. _ _
I _ _ _ _ don't know if I have charisma or not.
I just keep changing.
But I know I can't sing.
That's okay.
_ But it _ _ really doesn't matter.
I'm around the note somewhere.
_ I'm near it.
I know it.
It knows me.
_ We've been together for a while.
Not for long, though. _ _ _
Anyway, you know, songwriting is great.
It's a lot of fun.
Can you imagine getting an award for writing a song?
How crazy is that?
What do you think, Randy?
I don't know.
Taking care of business, rocking in the free world.
What can I say?
Winnipeg.
That's great. _
_ And Canada is great.
I first started looking at bands and getting into it in Pickering.
And then I moved.
That's where my dad bought me a ukulele.
And then I moved to Toronto for a while and started going to dances and looking at bands.
There was a band called the Sultans that played back in the 60s in Toronto.
And I used to follow them around and hang out [A] outside the gig and try to get up and [Bb] look out in the window and see what I could do.
But we always had to leave because then the fights started in the parking lot.
I was like 12 or something.
So we had to get out of there.
Anyway, all of these things add up to this wonderful experience being here with you and getting a chance to thank the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame [N] and all the people who've kept it alive and are realizing that it is important to keep it going.
And all the great people here tonight, all the wonderful people.
_ Bruce, it's an honour to be here with you.
And _ _ I'm really honoured to be here with everyone equally.
The audience, the artists, my mom and dad, everybody.
Thank you so much. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Merci _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ beaucoup. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I don't have a note.
I'm just trying to read this to you. _
_ But I really want to say songs are like animals _ and you really have to be careful with them and sneak up on them and don't scare them.
_ They're like rabbits.
If it's coming out of a hole, you're not going to stand there with a gun.
The rabbit will see you and go back down the hole.
So you put the gun down, go and sit over there behind a rock and wait for this [Bb] song rabbit to come [B] out of the hole.
_ Start sniffing around and you [Bbm] start sniffing _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ around.
[N] Songs are like that.
So, you know, I have a deep respect for the source and thank you so much.
I'd like to thank the Great Spirit for letting me be here tonight with all of you wonderful people.
Thank you. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I want to say also that I'm very proud to be Canadian and proud to be here with you. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I know I've traveled a lot and I've had a lot of chances to stay places and I have stayed in some places for a long time.
But I've always been a Canadian citizen.
I've never been another citizen of anywhere else, even though I love the USA.
_ By the way, my message is they're already great.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Anyway, I just want to thank you so much.
And I don't know what to say because I'm still doing this.
I was scared to come here in case it ended.
_ [B] _ _ But then I realized, whoa, shit, we waited so long.
Now my mom and dad aren't going to see this.
And that's too [N] bad.
It's good.
I hope you're getting together up there.
I hope so.
What the hell?
You never know.
_ For those of us who have parents who split up, we always kind of think they're going to get back together.
They probably are.
That's probably true.
_ _ _ So yeah, I'm still writing songs all the time.
It's funny.
Some people see me and go, what are you doing now?
You still, _ you know, I _ _ _ _ _ _ started writing another one the other day and I was saying to my _ true love, I was saying, you know, it feels they're still coming.
They just keep coming.
They don't care about awards and accolades.
Nothing matters.
It just keeps coming.
And that's such a gift.
Such a great gift.
I don't know really what to say other than if you write songs, good for you.
That's good.
If you like yourself and you like writing songs, but you're scared shitless to get out in front of people because you can't sing and you have no charisma. _ _
I _ _ _ _ don't know if I have charisma or not.
I just keep changing.
But I know I can't sing.
That's okay.
_ But it _ _ really doesn't matter.
I'm around the note somewhere.
_ I'm near it.
I know it.
It knows me.
_ We've been together for a while.
Not for long, though. _ _ _
Anyway, you know, songwriting is great.
It's a lot of fun.
Can you imagine getting an award for writing a song?
How crazy is that?
What do you think, Randy?
I don't know.
Taking care of business, rocking in the free world.
What can I say?
Winnipeg.
That's great. _
_ And Canada is great.
I first started looking at bands and getting into it in Pickering.
And then I moved.
That's where my dad bought me a ukulele.
And then I moved to Toronto for a while and started going to dances and looking at bands.
There was a band called the Sultans that played back in the 60s in Toronto.
And I used to follow them around and hang out [A] outside the gig and try to get up and [Bb] look out in the window and see what I could do.
But we always had to leave because then the fights started in the parking lot.
I was like 12 or something.
So we had to get out of there.
Anyway, all of these things add up to this wonderful experience being here with you and getting a chance to thank the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame [N] and all the people who've kept it alive and are realizing that it is important to keep it going.
And all the great people here tonight, all the wonderful people.
_ Bruce, it's an honour to be here with you.
And _ _ I'm really honoured to be here with everyone equally.
The audience, the artists, my mom and dad, everybody.
Thank you so much. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _