Broken Arrow Live chords by Neil Young

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: G


The intro and interludes are played as 8 firm strums with a pause between each strum.

Intro:

G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G

Verse 1:
    G             Bm         Em           C  N.C.
The lights turned on and the curtain fell down
    Am7                 D
And when it was over it felt like a dream
     Am7                         D
They stood at the stage door and begged for a scream
    G          G/F#         Em
The agents had paid for the black limousine
     C                     D
That waited outside in the rain

Pre-chorus:
        Gsus4  G        Gsus4  G           C
Did you see      them?             Did you  see them?

F  Fmaj7  F6  F  Fmaj7  F6

Chorus:
Dm                 G
  Did you see them in the river?
Bb                   Dm   Em/D   F/D  Em/D
  They were there to wave   to you
Dm                        G
  Could you tell that the empty-quivered
Bb                Dm        Em/D
Brown-skinned Indian on the banks
          F/D         Em/D
That were crowded and narrow
F             G
Held a broken arrow?

Interlude:
G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G

Verse 2:
G        Bm        Em      C    N.C.
Eighteen years of American dream
   Am7                      D
He saw that his brother had sworn on the wall
   Am7                     D
He hung up his eyelids and ran down the hall
    G          G/F#       Em
His mother had told him a trip was a fall
    C                       D
And don't mention babies at all

Pre-chorus:
        Gsus4  G       Gsus4  G           C
Did you see      him?             Did you  see him?

C  Cmaj7  C  Cmaj7  C  Cmaj7

F  Fmaj7  F6  F  Fmaj7  F6

Chorus:
Dm                G
  Did you see him   in the river?
Bb                Dm   Em/D   F/D  Em/D
  He was there to wave   to you
Dm                        G
  Could you tell that the empty-quivered
Bb                Dm        Em/D
Brown-skinned Indian on the banks
          F/D         Em/D
That were crowded and narrow
F             G
Held a broken arrow?

Interlude:

e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-0---o---0h2-0---|-0---------------|
D|-0---0h2-0---0h2-|-0---------------|
A|-0h2-x---x-------|-0h2-------------|
E|-3---3---3---3---|-3---------------|
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G

Verse 3:
    G            Bm            Em        C
The streets were lined for the wedding parade
    Am7                         D
The queen wore the white of the county of song
    Am7                       D
The black-covered caisson her horses had drawn
   G          G/F#          Em
Protected her king from the sun rays of dawn
     C                          D
They married for peace and were gone

Pre-chorus:
        Gsus4  G        Gsus4  G           C
Did you see      them?             Did you  see them?

C  Cmaj7  C  Cmaj7

F  Fmaj7  F6  F  Fmaj7  F6

Chorus:
Dm                 G
  Did you see them in the river?
Bb                   Dm   Em/D   F/D  Em/D
  They were there to wave   to you
Dm                        G
  Could you tell that the empty-quivered
Bb                Dm        Em/D
Brown-skinned Indian on the banks
          F/D         Em/D
That were crowded and narrow
F               G
  Held a broken arrow?

Outro:

e|-----------------|-----3---3---3---|
B|-----------------|-----0---0---0---|
G|-0---o---0h2-0---|-0---0---0---0---|
D|-0---0h2-0---0h2-|-0---0---0---0---|
A|-0h2-x---x-------|-0h2-2---2---2---|
E|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &