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Needle and the damage done (2)
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One of the first songs I ever learned on guitar!
This is not identical to what Neil plays on the record (his C/FC/F
section is very slightly different) but your audience won't pick it.
Especially with your wailing emotional vocal over the top (so to speak).
(^H means hammer-on where indicated)
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The Needle and the Damage Done by Neil Young, on Harvest (1972) Intro and half-way interlude without vocals: [I play this as an extremely regular alternate bass/high picking with either a flat pick or two fingers; all notes (or pairs of notes in the hammer-ons and slides) in what I outline here should have the same duration] D MajorD D/C D/B D/Bb e---2---0---------------0---------------0---------------0--------------- b-----------3---3---3-------3---3---3-------3---3---3-------3---0------- g----------------------------------------------------------------------- d-0---0---0---0-------0---0---0-------0---0---0-------0---0------------- a-----------------3---------------2---------------1-----------0--------- e----------------------------------------------------------------------- C majorC FF Esus4Esus4 E MajorE e----------------------------------------------------------------------- b---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------- g---------0--0h2--3---2---0-------2---------------1--------------------- d----0h2----------------------3-------2-------2-------2----------------- a-3---------------------------------------2---------------2---0--------- e----------------------------------------------------------------------- Verses: [Note how the first strip of tab is identical; what changes is the way the C majorC and FF chords are played (simplified) and the passage from the concluding E MajorE chord to the D MajorD chord that starts off the next verse.] D MajorD D/C D/B D/Bb e---2---0---------------0---------------0---------------0--------------- b-----------3---3---3-------3---3---3-------3---3---3-------3---0------- g----------------------------------------------------------------------- d-0---0---0---0-------0---0---0-------0---0---0-------0---0------------- a-----------------3---------------2---------------1-----------0--------- e----------------------------------------------------------------------- C majorC FF Esus4Esus4 E MajorE e----------------------------------------------------------------------- b---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------- g---------0---------------2------0h2--------------1--------------------- d----0h2------2-------3-------3-------2-------2----------2\4--2--------- a-3---------------3-----------------------2----------0h2---------------- e----------------------------------------------------------------------- Conclusion: [This is just the intro but truncated early] D MajorD D/C D/B D/Bb e---2---0---------------0---------------0---------------0--------------- b-----------3---3---3-------3---3---3-------3---3---3------------------- g----------------------------------------------------------------------- d-0---0---0---0-------0---0---0-------0---0---0-------0----------------- a-----------------3----------------2--------------1--------------------- e-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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