by NEIL YOUNG

 
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A wonderfull ballad by the old Young (though he was young when he wrote it).
The lyrics are even tinged with the naïvety of the seventies. As soon as you hear  the tune you get the Em7 and a D or D9. You feel that the 3rd chord turns around  a Am7 but it never was satisfactory to me until the day when I played the mystery chord quite by chance when improvising on other songs. I called it Am7sus4 though I am not sure of the name. This is in fact the only reason of this web page,as I play the solo in a very simple way. I transcribed the whole with the bass.

Neil Young's solo sentences are intermingled with my (poorer !)improvisations and I invite you to improvise too in-between, it is more funny than bothering to get all the original notes.  This is a mixture from the live version of the film 'RUST NEVER SLEEPS' and my recollections of the original recording which I do not own.

You will get the rhythmic guitar easily ( 3 chords ! with variations at times: do not hesitate to play a natural D at times instead of a D9 and so on .. when you get tired of it just start singing !)

The detailed tab of the rhythm guitar is here as an indication. Read it once and try to let your fingers do it themselves.

To download the MP3 demo which I recorded with 2 guitars and a bass just click on the key :
 
 


 
All guitars are in standard tuning.

Legend :

p : pull-off
h : hammer-on
/ : slide up
\ : slide down
n_: last longer on this note
 

RHYTHM GUITAR
       Em7                                  D9
E  +-------------------------------------+-------------0-----------------------+
B  +--------3---3--3------3----3---------+--3---3---3-----3-----3--------------+
G  +--------0---0----0------0------------+--2-----2----------2-----------------+
D  +--------2---2-----------2------------+--0-----0----------------------------+
A  +------2------------------------------+--0----------------------------------+
E  +----0-----0--------------------------+--2----------------------------------+
 

BASS

G  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
A  +------7-7-----7-7------7-------------+--5--5------5-5-------5--------------+
E  +----0------7--------7----------------+---------5--------5------------------+
 

RHYTHM GUITAR
       Am7sus4
E  +----0--------------------------------+---0---------------------------------+
B  +----3-----3-----3------3---3-----3---+---3--3---3--------------------------+
G  +----5-----5-----5--5-------5-----5---+---5----5----------------------------+
D  +----5-----5-----5----5-----5-----5---+-------------------------------------+
A  +----0--0-------------------0--0------+-------------------------------------+
E  +----3--------3-------------3---------+--3----------------------------------+
 

BASS

G  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
A  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
E  +--5---5---3h5--5--0--3--5--5--3h5--5-+-3--3--------------------------------+

Repeat those three chords over and over...
 
 
 

Here is the simple solo : the notes in blue are rather an improvisation

SOLO GUITAR 
            Em7                             D9
E  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
B  +--------3--3-3-----3-3--------3------+--3h5--5-5-5--3----------------------+
G  +---2/4----------4-------4--4---------+------------------0h2-2--------------+
D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
A  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
E  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

         Am7sus4
E  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
B  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
G  +---4h5--4h5--4h5---4p2-0---4h5-5-5-5-+--7--0_------------------------------+
D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
A  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
E  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

                  Em7               D9
E  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
B  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
G  +-------------------------7--9-9/11---+-11-11-11--9-------------------------+
D  +----4h5p4--0--2_----7h9--------------+--------------5h7--7_----------------+
A  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
E  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

        Am7sus4                                                    Em7
E  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
B  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
G  +----4h5--7_---5--4p0-----------------+--4h5--5-5-5--7-7--------5\4-4_------+
D  +-------------------------------------+------------------5-5/7--------------+
A  +-----------------------7-------------+-------------------------------------+
E  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

                D9                    ^       Am7sus4 
E  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
B  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
G  +-------7h9--12-12-12-12--11-11--7_---+---11--11-11-11-9--7_--7h9-----------+
D  +--7h9--------------------------------+---------------------------7h9-10-10_+
A  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
E  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
 

            Em7        D9                                               Am7sus4
E  +-------------------------10--12-12b--+-10----10-10---------------7---------+
B  +-------------------10h12-------------+----12-------12_---10-8-10----7h8----+
G  +-------------------------------------+----------------------------------9_-+
D  +--9-7-7/9-9_-------------------------+-------------------------------------+
A  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
E  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
 

E  +-------7----------------15p12--15--12+--15p12--15p12--15p12----------------+
B  +--8----8--8--------------------------+-------------------------------------+
G  +--7h9-----9--9p7--9_-----------------+-------------------------------------+
D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
A  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
E  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

       Em7                  D9                         Am7sus4
E  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
B  +------------------------12p10--10p8--+--8p7--7-----------------------------+
G  +--------7-9_-------7h9---------------+----------9--9_-----7h9--7\5---------+
D  +---7h9--------7h9--------------------+-------------------------------------+
A  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
E  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

                                                      Em7
E  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
B  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
G  +---4h5---4p0-------5---5-5-5--7--7/9-+-------------------------------------+
D  +-------------------------------------+--5-5--7--7/9--9_---9p7--7\5--5h7_---+
A  +-------------7-----------------------+-------------------------------------+
E  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

Tabbed by myself . All suggestions welcome  here.

He came dancing across the water
With his galleons and guns,
Lookin' for the new world
And the palace in the sun

On the shore lay Montezuma
With his coca leaves and pearls
In his halls he often wandered
With the secrets of the worlds

And his subjects gathered round him
Like the leaves around the tree
In their clothes of many colors
For the angry gods to see

And the women all were beautiful
And the men stood straight and strong
They offered life in sacrifice
So that others could go on

Hate was just a legend
War was never known
People worked together
And they lifted many stones

And they carried them to the flatlands,
But they died along the way
And they built up with their bare hands
What we still can't do today

And I know she's living there
and she loves me to this day
I still can't remember when
Or how I lost my way

He came dancing across the water
Cortez   Cortez
What a killer.
 
 

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