Cortez The Killer chords by Neil Young

Chords with lyrics

CORTEZ THE KILLER

     E minor 7Em7
He came dancing ...

     D MajorD
with his ...

Am7Am7
lookin' for ...

and the palace in ...

            Cortez The Killer - Neil Young
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                 From the album Zuma
                 tabbed by Howard Wright

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Tuning :
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For this song you need a double dropped D MajorD tuning (Neil's favourite
alternative tuning).

To get this, just tune both E MajorE strings down a tone (a whole step) so they
both end up at D.
Check them with the 'normal' D MajorD string to check they're in tune.


Chord Shapes :
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 DADGBD  DADGBD  DADGBD
 222000  000230  x02010

  E minor 7Em7   D5D5   Am11Am11

The sequence is : one bar of Em7, one bar of D5, two bars of Am11.

Keep repeating over and over .....

There are a lot of little variations you can try - one thing he tends to
do on the live versions is hammer on to the E minor 7Em7 shape like this :

D---0------0----------------
B---0------0-----------------
G---0------0----------------
D---0h2----2-------------------
A---0h2----2------------------
D---0h2----2-------------------


You could also hammer on the note on the BB string for the Am7Am7 chord :

D----0----0------0----0-----
B----0h1--1------0h1--1---------
G----0----0------0----0-----
D----2-------2------------
A----0-------0------------
D-----------------------


Experiment with your own variations on these chords.


When soloing he also goes for harmonics on the live versions - try harmonics
on the top 4 strings (DGBD) at the 5th and 7th frets.


Have fun !

Howard

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