Chords for Who named Buffalo Springfield? Stephen Stills and Van Dyke Parks square off!
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[F] [C] [F] The name [C] Buffalo Springfield, Van [G] Dyke Park said he was the one [C] that saw it and came up with the [Fm] idea of using it.
Who did?
[C] Van Dyke Park.
[Fm]
It's strange.
I thought up [Bb] that [G] name.
[Cm] They were fixing the [D] street in [Cm] front of the house on, on, um, what is it, Nut Formosa?
Is it Nut Formosa?
I found it.
They were fixing Palm [D] Avenue.
And [Cm] they had all this dirt breaking, which was right out in front of [C] Barry Friedman's house, which is where we were all crashing.
[Fm] I saw the sign.
I went in and I told Dewey, I said, your name is on that sign, on that road leveler.
It had that word Buffalo.
[Cm] [Fm] It had a machismo, [Cm] which I thought it was, [Fm] and a, and a, [C] and a, a, a [Fm] tendency, the [Cm] chaotic Old West.
[G] We were coming [Cm] back and walking across the [F] street.
[Cm] Um, Ritz-A-Tron, wow, that's, [C] [Cm] that's really [Fm] cool.
And we all just, it was a collective [Cm] kind of, wow, because we had been fighting the name game for [Ab] a bad month.
[F] Because they were arguing about the name.
Well, why?
Because it was [D] totally American.
Uh, which, and that did a couple of things.
[Cm] Actually, [Dm] what it did, [Cm] that's a very important, [C] uh, aspect of it.
It did something that was particularly American in a sea of, uh, you know, the [Fm] British invasion.
I mean, that's a story that I can hear about, you know, in the entire, you know, I saw it.
I made it up, you know.
I think that they're either, they're either liars or they're embarrassed that they have no retention and are trying to fabricate something, a lie, which is self-serving.
Or they're [Cm] delusional.
All these things could be the case.
God.
[Fm] Because I'll tell you something, I take such great [Eb] delight [D] in admitting when I don't know [Cm] something.
Now, it took me some time to learn how to say I don't know.
But I don't think that it is a proclivity for self-proclaimed rock stars.
[F] Or, [Bb] you know, [Cm] [C] past pointage news.
It's not a talent that they, that they possess.
[Cm] It took me a long time to say I don't know.
I had to learn that.
I had to learn what was important.
[Bb] I made up those names.
[N] It's a trivial point.
Yeah.
[F]
It's not an open heart surgery.
[C] Well, it is.
But I think that, I [G] think, I, I, for what [F] it's worth.
But I think they would have changed, all of those, would have changed.
The Buffalo Springfield and, and Three Dog Night.
They would have had successful careers.
No matter what they were [G] called.
They were so, so abundantly
[Fm] filled, brimming with talent.
Buffalo [Ab] Springfield, it just sounded like [F] [G] Richie and Neil Buffalo.
You know, it
Who did?
[C] Van Dyke Park.
[Fm]
It's strange.
I thought up [Bb] that [G] name.
[Cm] They were fixing the [D] street in [Cm] front of the house on, on, um, what is it, Nut Formosa?
Is it Nut Formosa?
I found it.
They were fixing Palm [D] Avenue.
And [Cm] they had all this dirt breaking, which was right out in front of [C] Barry Friedman's house, which is where we were all crashing.
[Fm] I saw the sign.
I went in and I told Dewey, I said, your name is on that sign, on that road leveler.
It had that word Buffalo.
[Cm] [Fm] It had a machismo, [Cm] which I thought it was, [Fm] and a, and a, [C] and a, a, a [Fm] tendency, the [Cm] chaotic Old West.
[G] We were coming [Cm] back and walking across the [F] street.
[Cm] Um, Ritz-A-Tron, wow, that's, [C] [Cm] that's really [Fm] cool.
And we all just, it was a collective [Cm] kind of, wow, because we had been fighting the name game for [Ab] a bad month.
[F] Because they were arguing about the name.
Well, why?
Because it was [D] totally American.
Uh, which, and that did a couple of things.
[Cm] Actually, [Dm] what it did, [Cm] that's a very important, [C] uh, aspect of it.
It did something that was particularly American in a sea of, uh, you know, the [Fm] British invasion.
I mean, that's a story that I can hear about, you know, in the entire, you know, I saw it.
I made it up, you know.
I think that they're either, they're either liars or they're embarrassed that they have no retention and are trying to fabricate something, a lie, which is self-serving.
Or they're [Cm] delusional.
All these things could be the case.
God.
[Fm] Because I'll tell you something, I take such great [Eb] delight [D] in admitting when I don't know [Cm] something.
Now, it took me some time to learn how to say I don't know.
But I don't think that it is a proclivity for self-proclaimed rock stars.
[F] Or, [Bb] you know, [Cm] [C] past pointage news.
It's not a talent that they, that they possess.
[Cm] It took me a long time to say I don't know.
I had to learn that.
I had to learn what was important.
[Bb] I made up those names.
[N] It's a trivial point.
Yeah.
[F]
It's not an open heart surgery.
[C] Well, it is.
But I think that, I [G] think, I, I, for what [F] it's worth.
But I think they would have changed, all of those, would have changed.
The Buffalo Springfield and, and Three Dog Night.
They would have had successful careers.
No matter what they were [G] called.
They were so, so abundantly
[Fm] filled, brimming with talent.
Buffalo [Ab] Springfield, it just sounded like [F] [G] Richie and Neil Buffalo.
You know, it
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[F] _ _ _ [C] _ [F] The name [C] Buffalo Springfield, Van [G] Dyke Park said he was the one [C] that saw it and came up with the [Fm] idea of using it.
Who did?
[C] Van Dyke Park.
_ [Fm] _
It's strange.
I thought up [Bb] that [G] name. _
[Cm] They were fixing the [D] street in [Cm] front of the house on, on, um, _ _ _ _ _ _ what is it, Nut Formosa?
Is it Nut Formosa?
I found it.
They were fixing Palm [D] Avenue.
And [Cm] they had all this dirt breaking, which was right out in front of [C] Barry Friedman's house, which is where we were all crashing.
[Fm] I saw the sign.
I went in and I told Dewey, I said, your name is on that sign, on that road leveler.
It had that word Buffalo.
[Cm] _ _ _ [Fm] It had a machismo, [Cm] which I thought it was, [Fm] and a, and a, [C] and a, a, a [Fm] tendency, the [Cm] chaotic Old West.
_ [G] We were coming [Cm] back and walking across the [F] street.
_ [Cm] _ _ Um, Ritz-A-Tron, wow, that's, [C] [Cm] that's really [Fm] cool.
And we all just, it was a collective [Cm] kind of, _ wow, because we had been fighting the name game for [Ab] a bad month. _ _
_ [F] Because they were arguing about the name.
Well, why?
Because it was [D] totally American.
Uh, which, and that did a couple of things.
[Cm] Actually, [Dm] what it did, [Cm] that's a very important, [C] uh, aspect of it.
It did something that was particularly American in a sea of, uh, you know, the [Fm] British invasion.
I mean, that's a story that I can hear about, you know, in the entire, you know, I saw it.
I made it up, you know.
I think that they're either, they're either liars or they're embarrassed that they have no retention and are trying to fabricate something, a lie, which is self-serving.
Or they're [Cm] delusional.
_ All these things could be the case.
_ _ _ God.
_ _ _ _ [Fm] Because I'll tell you something, I take such great [Eb] delight [D] in admitting when I don't know [Cm] something.
Now, it took me some time to learn how to say I don't know.
But I don't think that it is a proclivity for self-proclaimed rock stars.
[F] Or, [Bb] you know, [Cm] _ _ [C] past pointage news. _
It's not a talent that they, that they possess.
[Cm] It took me a long time to say I don't know.
I had to learn that.
I had to learn what was important.
[Bb] I made up those names. _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ It's a trivial point.
_ _ Yeah.
_ _ [F] _
_ _ It's not an open heart surgery.
_ [C] _ _ _ Well, it is.
But I think that, I [G] think, I, I, for what [F] it's worth.
But I think they would have changed, all of those, would have changed. _ _
The Buffalo Springfield and, and Three Dog Night.
They would have had successful careers.
No matter what they were [G] called.
They were so, so abundantly _
_ [Fm] filled, brimming with talent.
Buffalo [Ab] Springfield, it just sounded like [F] _ _ _ [G] Richie and Neil Buffalo.
You know, it
Who did?
[C] Van Dyke Park.
_ [Fm] _
It's strange.
I thought up [Bb] that [G] name. _
[Cm] They were fixing the [D] street in [Cm] front of the house on, on, um, _ _ _ _ _ _ what is it, Nut Formosa?
Is it Nut Formosa?
I found it.
They were fixing Palm [D] Avenue.
And [Cm] they had all this dirt breaking, which was right out in front of [C] Barry Friedman's house, which is where we were all crashing.
[Fm] I saw the sign.
I went in and I told Dewey, I said, your name is on that sign, on that road leveler.
It had that word Buffalo.
[Cm] _ _ _ [Fm] It had a machismo, [Cm] which I thought it was, [Fm] and a, and a, [C] and a, a, a [Fm] tendency, the [Cm] chaotic Old West.
_ [G] We were coming [Cm] back and walking across the [F] street.
_ [Cm] _ _ Um, Ritz-A-Tron, wow, that's, [C] [Cm] that's really [Fm] cool.
And we all just, it was a collective [Cm] kind of, _ wow, because we had been fighting the name game for [Ab] a bad month. _ _
_ [F] Because they were arguing about the name.
Well, why?
Because it was [D] totally American.
Uh, which, and that did a couple of things.
[Cm] Actually, [Dm] what it did, [Cm] that's a very important, [C] uh, aspect of it.
It did something that was particularly American in a sea of, uh, you know, the [Fm] British invasion.
I mean, that's a story that I can hear about, you know, in the entire, you know, I saw it.
I made it up, you know.
I think that they're either, they're either liars or they're embarrassed that they have no retention and are trying to fabricate something, a lie, which is self-serving.
Or they're [Cm] delusional.
_ All these things could be the case.
_ _ _ God.
_ _ _ _ [Fm] Because I'll tell you something, I take such great [Eb] delight [D] in admitting when I don't know [Cm] something.
Now, it took me some time to learn how to say I don't know.
But I don't think that it is a proclivity for self-proclaimed rock stars.
[F] Or, [Bb] you know, [Cm] _ _ [C] past pointage news. _
It's not a talent that they, that they possess.
[Cm] It took me a long time to say I don't know.
I had to learn that.
I had to learn what was important.
[Bb] I made up those names. _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ It's a trivial point.
_ _ Yeah.
_ _ [F] _
_ _ It's not an open heart surgery.
_ [C] _ _ _ Well, it is.
But I think that, I [G] think, I, I, for what [F] it's worth.
But I think they would have changed, all of those, would have changed. _ _
The Buffalo Springfield and, and Three Dog Night.
They would have had successful careers.
No matter what they were [G] called.
They were so, so abundantly _
_ [Fm] filled, brimming with talent.
Buffalo [Ab] Springfield, it just sounded like [F] _ _ _ [G] Richie and Neil Buffalo.
You know, it