Shock And Awe chords by Neil Young

Chords with lyrics

This is taken, from chords by Derwood and adding all of the lyrics.  Feel free to post under your own name.

I can't believe that this isn't tabbed anywhere yet. It's only the best song on
the album! Sometimes, you just have to do things yourself.

This is in standard tuning. I've written it out in standard chords, though I know that
Neil uses alternate chord forms. Either way, it sounds fine this way.


INTRO
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B minorBm F#F# B minorBm G+G

B minorBm A augmentedA B minorBm

D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm

B minorBm D MajorD E MajorE G+G

B minorBm A augmentedA G+G F#F#

B minorBm      A augmentedA        B minorBm
 Back in the days of Shock and Awe

D MajorD      A augmentedA       B minorBm
 We came to liberate them all

B minorBm       D MajorD       E MajorE     G+G
 History was a cruel judge of overconfidence

B minorBm      A augmentedA         G+G     F#F#
 Back in the days of Shock and Awe


B minorBm      A augmentedA          B minorBm
Back in the days of "mission accomplished"

D MajorD       A augmentedA        B minorBm
Our chief was landing on the deck

D MajorD      A augmentedA       B minorBm
The sun was setting on a golden photo op

B minorBm      A augmentedA        G+G
Back in the days of "mission accomplished"

B minorBm      A augmentedA         B minorBm
Thousands of bodies in the ground

D MajorD       A augmentedA         B minorBm
Brought home in boxes to a trumpet's sound

D MajorD       A augmentedA        B minorBm
No one sees them coming home that way

B minorBm      A augmentedA       G+G
Thousands buried in the ground


INSTRUMENTAL BREAK
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Same as Intro:

B minorBm F#F# B minorBm G+G

B minorBm A augmentedA B minorBm

D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm

B minorBm D MajorD E MajorE G+G

B minorBm A augmentedA G+G F#F#


B minorBm       A augmentedA         B minorBm
Thousands of children scarred for life

D MajorD       A augmentedA          B minorBm
Millions of tears for a soldier's wife

D MajorD      A augmentedA     B minorBm
Both sides are losing now

D MajorD      A augmentedA    B minorBm
Heaven takes them in

B minorBm       A augmentedA         G+G
Thousands of children scarred for life


B minorBm     A augmentedA          B minorBm
We had a chance to change our mind

D MajorD      A augmentedA         B minorBm
But somehow wisdom was hard to find

D MajorD        A augmentedA         B minorBm
We went with what we knew and now we can't go back

B minorBm        A augmentedA       G+G
But we had a chance to change our mind.


Same as Intro:

B minorBm F#F# B minorBm G+G

B minorBm A augmentedA B minorBm

D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm

B minorBm D MajorD E MajorE G+G

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