YOUNG NEIL - "unplugged album" Tablature

lyrics: from the c-d sleeve
chords: audio
all chords by rcwoods@alf2.tcd.ie and famoore, except where stated
corrections/additions welcomed
rcwoods@alf2.tcd.ie
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Unplugged : Neil Young

Tracks:
@1 Old Laughing Lady
@2 Mr. Soul
@3 World on a String
@4 Pocahontas
@5 Stringman
@6 Like A Hurricane (by inges@??? from the decade file)
@7 The Needle and the Damage Done
@8 Helpless
@9 Harvest Moon
@10 Transformer Man
@11 Unknown Legend
@12 Look out for my Love
@13 Long may you run (by inges@??? from the decade file)
@14 From Hank to hendrix

@1
Old Laughing Lady : Unplugged

G C G

G
Don't call ...

C G
She can't hear ...


Don't leave ...

C G
Round her ...

C
They say the old ...

G
Been here b...

D C
She don't ...

G
She don't ...

G C G

G
You can't have ...

C G
If there ain't ...


You got ...

C
There's no time ...

C 020010 Am
They say the old ...

C D G
Dropped by ...

D Am
And when ...

C G
She leaves ...


verse: (without the run through Am)

G
See the drunkard ...

C G
Fallin' on ...


He can't tell ...

C G
From the rest of ...

C 020010 Am
He loves his old ...

C G Bm
Because the taste ...

D
But the laughin' ...

Am C G
Ain't the kind ...

D Am C G


G
There's a fever ...

C G
Blacks out ...


There's a slippin' ...

C G
Just don't ...

C
There's a rumblin' ...

C G
And a ...

D
There's the old ...

C G
Everything is ...
D
There's the old ...

C G
Everything is ...

D Am C G


notes: the quick change to C and G at the end on many lines is omitted
it occurs everywhere but 'if there ain't no wall / you got to move...'
the run through from C to Am via the B note is a familiar ny trick...

@2
Mr. Soul : Unplugged

(Tune the guitar down to D)

E E E E

E
Oh hello Mr. Soul I droped by to ....

E
For the thought that I'd caught that my head ...

A E
Why in crowds just a trace of my ...

D A E
I'll cop out to the change but a ...

D G D x2


I was down on a frown when a messenger ....

D

In a while well the smile on my face ....

D A
Is it strange I should ...

D A
Is it strange I should change....


C--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
G--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
D-0- -0- -0- -2- -3- -3- (3) -3- -2- -3- -2- -3- --- --- ---


@3
World on a String : Unplugged

(D tuning)

E x4

E
You know I lose, ...

A
You know I called for ...

E
It's just a game ...

G D A 020003
Only real in the way that I ....

E x2


Although the answer is ....

E G D

G D E G
No the world on a string ...

G D E 020003
Only real in the way that I ...


run (on E shape):
C --- --- --- ---
B -2- -0- --- ---
D --- --- -3- -0-


@4
Pocahontas : Rust Never Sleeps

(D tuning)

D (Dsus4) (9) x4

D
Aurora Borealis

D
The icy sky ...

Em
Paddles cut ...

D
In a long and ...

A C G D
From the white man ....

A C G D
and the homeland ...

D Em D


They killed us in our ...

D D Em D A C G D

They massacred the ....

D D Em D A C G D A C G D

(verse:)


I wish I was a trapper...

D

And maybe Marlon ....
A C G D
Pocahontas

@5
Stringman : Unplugged

F C Bb C x4

F
You can say the ...

Dm/G
And the feelings ...

Bb C F C Bb C
Not like it ...

F
On the empty ....

Dm/G
You can fill in ...

Bb C F C Bb C
Try to make it good ...


Take the simple case of ....


You can say the ...

F C Bb C


Bb F
And I'm singing for ...

Bb F
Who lately lost ...

Bb Dm
There is no dearer ...

C F
That I know in ...


On his shoulder is a ...

F C Bb C
All those th....

F C Bb C
He's a strin...

F C Bb C
A string...

F C Bb C


F
All those ...

F C Bb C x4


notes: Dm/G 300231

@6
Like A Hurricane : Unplugged

Am G F Em

Am G
Once I thought I saw you in a ...

F Em G
Dancing on the light from ...

Am G
Far across the moon beams, I know ...

F Em G
I saw your brown eyes ....


chorus:
C G F G C G F G
You are like a hurricane: ...

C G F G
And I'm getting ...

F
There's somewhere safer ...

Am G F Em G
I wanna love you but I'm ...


I am just a dreamer, but you ...

chorus:

chorus:


notes:
from the decade file by inges@??? pulled off alt.guitar.tab
chords as on the 'everybody knows this is nowhere' album.

@7
The Needle and the Damage Done : Unplugged


D DaddC Em7 Gm+Bb C F Esus4 E


D DaddC
I caught you knocking ...

Em7 Gm+Bb
I love you baby can I ...

C F Esus4 E
Oh oh the ...


I hit the city and I ....

verse:

I sing the song because I love ...

I've seen the needle and the ...

I've seen the needle and the ...

1/2 verse (just short of the 'C' chord)


notes:
DaddC: x30232
Em7: x20030
Gm+Bb: x10333


The Needle and the Damage Done : Unplugged


E --- -2- --- -0- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -0- --- --- --- ---
B --- --- --- --- --- -3- --- -3- --- -3- --- --- --- -3- --- -3-
G --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
D -0- --- -0- --- -0- --- -0- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
A --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -3- --- -3- --- -3- --- -3- ---
E --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

E --- --- --- -0- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -0- --- --- --- ---
B --- -3- --- --- --- -3- --- -3- --- -3- --- --- --- -3- --- -0-
G --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
D --- --- -0- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -0- --- --- --- --- ---
A -2- --- --- --- -2- --- -2- --- -1- --- --- --- -1- --- -1- ---
E --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

note: the very last note is an open b, as the chord changes to a C.

E --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
B --- -1- --- -1- --- -1- --- -1- --- -1- --- -1- --- -1- --- -1-
G --- --- --- --- -0- --- -2- --- 2H3 --- -2- --- -0- --- --- ---
D --- --- 0H2 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -3- ---
A -3- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
E --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

E --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
B --- -0- --- -0- --- -0- --- -0- --- -0- --- -0- --- -0- --- ---
G -2- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -1- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
A --- --- -2- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -2- --- --- --- --- ---
D --- --- --- --- -2- --- -0- --- --- --- --- --- -2- --- -0- ---
E --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

I caught you knocking at my cellar door,
I love you baby can i have some more
Oh-oh the damage done

I hit the city and i lost my van
I watched the needle take another man
Gone, gone, the damage done

I sing the song because i love the man
I know that some of you don't understand
Milk blood to keep from running out

I've seen the needle and the damage down
A little part of it in everyone
Every junky's like a setting sun

I've seen the needle and the damage down
A little part of it in everyone
Every junky's like a setting sun


notes: as on the 'harvest' album.
this is only a basic outlay - there are lots of variations you can do:
hammering on or not, using the 5th string (the root of the chord) or the
open 4th string (D) as the bass note, or to alternate. eg
D --- --- -0- --- -0- --- -0- --- --- --- -0- --- -0- --- -0- ---
A -2- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -1- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
E --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
experiment! enjoy!
tabbed by rcwoods and famoore@unix1.tcd.ie, with additional corrections
by bert@cs.vu.nl. (Spring 1992)

@8
Helpless : Unplugged

C G F x6

C G F
There is a town in ...,

C G F
With dream comfort ...

C G F
And in my mind I still ...

C G F
All my ...


Blue, blue windows behind ...

C G F
Helpless, helpless...

C G F
Baby can you ...

C G F
The chains are locked ...

C G F
Baby, sing with ...

C G F x4

Blue, blue windows behind ....

Helpless, helpless, helpless x2

C G F x2

Helpless, ...

@9
Harvest Moon : Unplugged

intro: (see below) (verse begins on harmonics)

G D
Come a little bit closer, hear ...

G D
Just like children sleepin' we ....

G D
But there's a full moon rising, let's ...

G D
We know where the music's playing, ...


chorus:
G A Em
Because I'm still in love with you, I ...

A D
Because I'm still in love with you, ...


intro:

When we were strangers I watched you ....

chorus:

half verse

chorus:

intro:


notes: basic chords by rcwoods and famoore.
the following riffs (by pfein@remus.rutgers.edu) are very easy to include:
(we leave out the DM7)... call this 'low '

D Dmaj7 A Bm7 (with A bass)
---2--2--2--2--2--2--x--2----
---3--3--3--3--3--2--2--3----
---2--2--2--2--3--2--2--2----
---0--0--0--0--0--0--2--4----
---------------------0--0----
-----------------------------

call this 'high'
D
----0---0---0------9---9---9--
---10--12--12-----10--10--10--
---11--11--11-----11--11--11--
0-----------------------------
------------------------------
------------------------------


also suggested is this one ... whc2993@ritvax.isc.rit.edu :

--5-5--------7-7--------9--9---|
--7-7--------5-5--------10-10--|
--7-7--------7-7--------9--9---|
--0-0--------0-0--------0--0---|
-------------------------------|
-------------------------------|

the harmonics are: call this 'H'

Harmonics*******|
e-12---------
B----12------
G--------12--
D---------12-
A-----------7
E------------

so from the top...
intro: high x4, H
'come a little bit c.... H
'here what i have ...low x2, H
'just like ....H
'we could dream ....low x2
'but there's a full moon rising ....high x2
'we know where the music's playin' ....' high x2
etc

@10

lyrics: from the c-d sleeve
chords: audio
rcwoods|famoore@unix1.tcd.ie
corrections by hsteinke@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU
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Transformer Man : Unplugged

C
Transformer man

C
Transformer man


C
You run ...

Am
Remote co...

Dm7
Direct the action ...

Fm7
Push of a botton. ...

C
Transformer...

Am
Power in ...

F
Transformer....

Fm7
Transformer ...

C
Transformer ....

C
Transformer ...

E
Sooner or later ....

F G
The cause and ...

E
So many things still ...

F G
But we haven't ...

E
Every morning when I ...

F E
I feel electrified ....

G
Oh yeah



@11
Unknown Legend : Harvest Moon : Neil Young


intro:
Strum G chord Strum...
-----------3-------------------------3------------------3--
-----------0-------------------------0------------------0--
-----------0-------------------------0------------------0--
--------0--0---------------------0---0---------------0--0--
-2--3------2---------------2--3------2---------2--3-----2--
-----------3-------------------------3------------------3--


Strum C chord Strum G chord
-----------0----------------------------3
-----------1----------------------------0
-----------0----------------------------0
-----------2--------------------0-------0
-3--2------3----------------------------2
-------0---0--------------0--3----------3


G
She used to work in a diner, ...

C
I used to order just to see her ....

C G C G
She grew up in a small town, ...

C
Daddy kept movin so ...


chorus:
C G C G
Somewhere on a desert highway, ...

C
Her long blonde hair ...

C G
She's been runnin half ...

C G
The chrome and steel ...

C G
Collidin' with the very air she ....


intro:

You know it ain't easy, you got to ...

chorus:

intro:

chorus:


notes:
as on the 'harvest moon' album (with extra chorus at end)
tab at beginning by zito@cpchq.cpc.gmeds.com (James L. Zito)

@12
Look out for my love : Unplugged

E D A D x4

E D
There's a ...

A G
For wastin' ...

E D
There's a heart ...

A D
There's an ...

Bm G
Look out for ...(x4)

Evii
You ...

Evii
You own ...

Evii
You own ...



Look out ...(x4)

C
Look out ...

Em(7)
It's in your n...

Am
I know things ...

G
But I can't ....



Bm G
Look out ....(x10)

Bm G ad infinitum ... :-)


notes:
as on the 'comes a time' album
the riffs are very simple to work out...

@13
Long May You Run : Unplugged

(intro)verse:

D A/D G D
We've been through ....

Bm G A
With trunks of memories ...

D A/D G D
We found things to do ....

Bm A D
Long may ...


chorus:
D A/D G D
Long may you run, ...

Bm G A
Although these ...

D A/D
With your chrome ....

G D Bm A D
in the sun, long ....

G Bb



chorus:

D Dsus4 D

verse:
.

chorus:

verse:

chorus:

D Dsus4 D


notes:
A/D x00220
Dsus4 x00233
from the decade file by inges@??? pulled of alt.guitar.tab
as on the 'long may you run' album, with extra chorus, and an extra harp solo
in place of the guitar solo.

@14
From Hank to Hendrix : Unplugged

G Bm C Am

G Bm C Am
From Hank to Hendrix, I walked .....

Em G C Am
Here I am with this old guitar....

G Bm C Am
I always expected, that you ....

Em G C Am G
I never believed in much, ....


chorus:
F C G
Can we get it together, can we ....

F C G
Can we make it last, ....


From Marilyn to Madonna, I ....

chorus:

Sometimes its distorted not .....

chorus:


notes:
use G 320033 or Giii rather than a straight open G?
as on the 'harvest moon' album