The Needle And The Damage Done tab by Neil Young

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/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               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               F               Esus4           E
  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 and F chords are played (simplified) and the passage from the
  concluding E chord to the D chord that starts off the next verse.]

    D               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               F               Esus4           E
  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               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-----------------------------------------------------------------------