My Pledge chords by Neil Young

Chords with lyrics

Intro: G+G  FF C majorC G+G  FF C majorC G+G  FF C majorC G+G


verse 1
    G+G             FF
If it please the court I've had a lot to say
     C majorC         G+G
And it's not always been true
 G+G            FF
Standing here before you, judge
    C majorC           G+G
I make my pledge of truth to you


verse 2
   G+G          FF
The waves came over the bowsprit
      C majorC              G+G
The decks awash with running green and foam
 G+G               FF
Back there at the wheel I was terrified
   C majorC          G+G
Next day we first saw home

verse 3
  G+G             FF
My relatives came over on the Mayflower
 C majorC            G+G
Landed on the shore almost alone
 G+G           FF
No that damn traffic today is terrible
      C majorC             G+G
And everywhere I look I see people alone


verse 4
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Alone with their heads looking in their hands
 C majorC            G+G
Lost in the conversation stare
 G+G               FF
Walking with their eyes looking at the screen
    C majorC              G+G
Talking like they were really there


Instrumental
G+G FF C majorC G+G

Verse 5
   G+G             FF
I'm lost in this new generation
      C majorC      G+G
Left me behind it seems
 G+G                FF
Listening to the shadow of Jimi Hendrix
     C majorC           G+G
"Purple Haze", sounding like TV


Verse 6
  G+G            FF
I stepped on someone's hand laying on the street
 C majorC            G+G
Both asleep and dead it may seem
  G+G               FF
He didn't even move there on the sidewalk
  C majorC              G+G
I stood there staring in a dream


Verse 7
   G+G          FF
She came along in her uniform
    C majorC              G+G
Stood moving me away with a gentle hand
 G+G               FF
Dressed in white like a nightingale
        C majorC            G+G
Her name was Florence, Florence of the Land
   G+G        FF     C majorC G+G
(I knew I'd seen her somewhere)


Verse 8
  G+G            FF
I knew I'd seen her somewhere
       C majorC        G+G
But she was busy with him gone
   G+G                FF
She came with three different brothers
C majorC            G+G
Abraham, Martin and John


Verse 9
  G+G             FF
I heard a song about that once
          C majorC     G+G
And I never knew what it meant
    G+G            FF
Three stars died in a plane one night
     C majorC               G+G
Rock and Roll, the message that was sent


verse 10
  G+G              FF
I couldn't wrap my head around it
           C majorC  G+G
Didn't know what it meant
 G+G            FF
Standing there on that sandy beach
 C majorC            G+G
Watching it turn to cement


verse 11
 G+G            FF
Now I don't see all the colors
       C majorC            G+G
And I might miss some of their beauty
    G+G        FF
But I do see what I see
    C majorC        G+G
And I want to do my duty


verse 12
  G+G             FF
Enlisted in the Navy at the corner store
   C majorC          G+G
They had a recruiting booth
  G+G          FF
I covered my heart and raised my hand
   C majorC          G+G
And swore it was the truth


Outro
G+G        FF C majorC G+G
 That's my pledge
       G+G  FF
 That's my pledge
C majorC            G+G
 That's my pledge, judge
G+G FF C majorC
G+G
 That's my pledge
G+G FF C majorC G+G