Chords for Neil Young Down by the River Guitar Lesson (Easy Acoustic)

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_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Em] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
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_ Hey, what's up you guys?
Marty Schwartz here with Marty Music again.
Gonna break down _ this pretty epic Neil Young tune for you guys.
Hope you enjoy it.
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First comment, you can check it out. _ _
Anyway, let's break this down.
Three parts to this song. _ _
_ E minor 7, which we love as a beginner chord.
_ It's the first finger _ on the second fret of the A string, and you can strum the [Em] whole guitar. _ _ _ _
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_ The next chord's _ A7.
_ Now, I usually play it with middle finger on the second fret of the D, _ ring finger on the second fret of the B.
If you prefer these two, you can go like that.
If you prefer that, to that.
_ _ Whatever works for you there. _ _ _
So, those are the two parts. _
I mean, I'm sorry, those are the two chords for the first part.
And that's the main part, and they jam over it, and they get all _ spacey and psychedelic over it.
But basically, you get this. _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
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_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
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_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ [A#] _
_ _ _ Down, [G#m] down, down, down, up, up, _ _ _ _ down, down, up, up, _ _ _ _ down, down, up, _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
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_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ down, down, up, up, [Em] down, up, down. _
Speed it up.
_ _ [A] _
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_ _ _ _ Next part, I'm gonna show you _ the _ non-beginner way, and then I'll show you a beginner choice.
So the next part is a C major chord,
_ which _ you could also play as a C major seven,
_ [C] taking your finger off. _
_ _ It's more spacey with that chord,
_ _ but a regular C, either one's gonna work.
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_ _ _ [N] _ _ _
B minor, _ barring the second fret, A minor [B] shape.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
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So C [A] to B minor.
[C] _
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_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _
Now, if you were a straight beginner,
you could play [C] a C, _ _
and then just grab that [B] _
_ _ _ second fret A [E] string
[C] within that shape. _
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_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ You know, and [F#] that will get you through it. _
Then that brings us to _ the chorus. _
_ [G] _ _ _ G, _ _ _ _ and I'm playing with my pinky and ring finger,
middle index, _
because it pivots [D#] beautifully.
Ring finger can stay there for the [D] D chord. _ _ _ _
So it [G] goes, _ _
G, [D] _ D, D, _ _ [A] D, A.
_ _ _ _ [G] So there's G, [E] _ there's that [D] D.
_ _ And then D, _ A, you know, baby. _ _ _
_ D, A, and it's an A major [A] chord. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] So [A] third fret, third fret, third fret. _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ So, _ [D] G, D, _ D, D, [A] _ A. _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ G, [D] D, _ D, D, [A] _ A. _ _
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_ _ _ _ [G] All right, thanks again, you guys.
Hope you had fun with the song.
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Thank you so much.
_ And we'll see you real soon. _
_ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [C#] _
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_ [Dm] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F#] _
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_ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [G] _
Gosh, [Dm] close to [F#] nothing.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _