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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)
--------0---------|-------0---------|-------0---------|-------0---------|
----3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|
----2-------2---2-|---2-------2---2-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|
--0---0---0---0---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
------------------|-3---3---3---3---|-2---2---2---2---|-1---1---1---1---|
------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
----0----0---0----0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|
----1----1---1----1-|---1---1---1---1-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|
-----------0---02---|-3---2---0-------|-2---------------|-1---------------|
------02------------|-------------3---|-----2-----------|-----2-----------|
--3-----------------|-----------------|---------2-------|---------2-------|
--------------------|-----------------|-------------0---|-------------0---|
^H ^H
--------0---------|-------0---------|-------0---------|-------0---------|
----3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|
----2-------2---2-|---2-------2---2-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|
--0---0---0---0---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
------------------|-3---3---3---3---|-2---2---2---2---|-1---1---1---1---|
------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
----0----0---0----0-|---1----1---1-----1-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0----0-|
----1----1---1----1-|---1----1---1-----1-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0----0-|
--------------------|-----02--------02---|-2---------------|-1----------------|
------02-------02---|-3--------3---------|-----2-----------|-----2------------|
--3--------3--------|--------------------|---------2-------|---------2---02---|
--------------------|--------------------|-------------0---|------------------|
^H ^H ^H ^H ^H
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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