My Pledge chords by Neil Young

Intro: G  F C G  F C G  F C G


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


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

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


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


Instrumental
G F C G


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Outro
G        F C G
 That's my pledge
       G  F
 That's my pledge
C            G
 That's my pledge, judge
G F C
G
 That's my pledge
G F C G