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Dont Let It Bring You Down

Artist Name
Neil Young
 Don't Let It Bring You Down : After The Goldrush : Neil Young

 Intro:
 A G A C    (x2)

 A                                    
 Old man lying by the side of the road

          Am7               
 With the lorries rolling by

 D                                            
 Blue moon sinking from the weight of the load

         F                    Em7 
 And the buildings scrape the sky

                                          
 Cold wind rippling down the alley at dawn
 And the morning paper fly
 Dead man lying at the side of the road
 And the daylight in his eyes

 Chorus:
 Em7            D7            
   Don't let it bring you down

                   C      
 It's only castles burning

                    Bm7    
 Find someone who's turning

                    A    
 And you will come around

 G A C  A G A C
              
 Blind man running through the light of the night
 With an answer in his hand
 Come on down to the river of sight and
 You can really understand
                                                  
 Red light flashin' through the window in the rain
 Can you hear the sirens moan?
 White cane lying in the gutter in the lane 
 And you're walking home alone
       
 Chorus

 A                          
 Don't let it bring you down

                   D            
 It's only castles burning just

                    Bm7    
 Find someone who's turning
   
   
                    A    
 And you will come around

 G A C
     
 A G A C

 A                          
 Don't let it bring you down

                   D            
 It's only castles burning  just

                    Bm7    
 Find someone who's turning
   
                    A    
 And you will come around

 G A C
     
 A D A D
       
       
 notes:
 Em7 022030 or 020030
 Am7 002010
 the emphasis here is _heavy_ on playability - the actual recorded version
 is on piano - the closest we can get on guitar is the following:
 Verse: CIII (5553)  Cm7IV (5343)  F (33211)  AbIV (66544)
 Gm7 (53333)
 Chorus:  Gm7  F7III (3545) EbIII (5343) Dm7 (3211)
 Chorus2 (first time) C (332010) F Dm7 (0211) 
 CIII (5553) Bb CIII EbIII
 Chorus2 (2nd time) C F Dm7 
 CIII FVIII (10,10,10,8) CIII FVIII
 or retune your guitar (to D) and change accordingly
                                       


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{t:Don't Let It Bring You Down}
{st:Neil Young}
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[A]         [G]         [A]         [C] 

[A]Old man lying by the side of the road
With the [Am7]lorries rolling by
[D]Blue moon sinking from the weight of the load

And the [F]buildings scrape the [Em7]sky
Cold wind rippling down the alley at dawn
And the morning paper fly
Dead man lying at the side of the road
And the daylight in his eyes

{soc}
[Em7]  Don't let it [D7]bring you down
It's only castles [C]burning
Find someone who's [Bm7]turning
And you will come a[A]round
{eoc}

[G] [A] [C]   [A] [G] [A] [C]

Blind man running through the light of the night
With an answer in his hand
Come on down to the river of sight and
You can really understand
Red light flashin' throught he window in the rain
Can you hear the sirens moan?
White cane lying in the gutter in the lane 
And your're walking home alone

{soc}
[A]Don't let it bring you down
It's only castles [D]burning  just
Find someone who's [Bm7]turning
And you will come a[A]round
{eoc}
[G]         [A]       [C]        [A]




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Chord/Tab for: Don't Let It Bring You Down
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(written t.b.d.)     (notes below will be moved here eventually)

Versions: [Tab #1]  [Tab #2]  
Chords/Tabulature for
Don't Let It Bring You Down
Submitted by: David M (davidjo@ozemail.com.au)

Notes about this song:

    * Not checked in detail.
    * Standard tuning (EADGBE)
    * The open Bb tuning included below could be from a tape that was recorded at the wrong speed. On the other hand, Neil has started doing some songs in lower keys, so it is possible that he decided to drop it another notch. 

Legend:
  String: 6  5 4  3  2 1
          C  G C  F  A C   - 4-Way Street Version
          Bb F Bb Eb G Bb  - Seattle Version

  * = 12th fret
  H = Harmonics

Intro:
 654321  654321  654321         654321  654321  654321
 000230  032010  032000         000230  333010  032000

 654321  654321  654321         654321  654321  654321
 000230  032010  032000         000230  333010  032000

Verse:
654321
000230
Old man lying by the side of the road

          654321
          000560
With the lorries rolling by

654321
000780
Blue moon sinking from the weight of the load

        654321              654321
        X88760              577555
And the buildings scrape the sky

654321
000230
Cold wind rippin' down the alley at dawn

        654321
        000560
And the mornin' paper flies

654321
000780
Dead man lying by the side of the road

            654321       654321
            X88760       577555
With the daylight in his eyes

Chorus:
                      654321                654321
                      550030                032010
Dont let it bring you down its only castles burning

                        654321                  654321
                        X22000                  000230 
Just find someone who's turning & you will come around

  (back to Intro)

Last part:
                      654321                654321
                      000230                X20030
Dont let it bring you down its only castles burning

                        654321                  654321   654321
                        X22030                  XX7777H  XX****H
Just find someone who's turning & you will come around

 654321   654321
 XX7777H  XX****H

Verse 2:
Blind man running through the light of the night
With an answer in his hand
Come on down to the river of sight
And you can really understand
Red lights flashing through the window in the rain
Can you hear the sirens moan
White cane lying in the gutter in the lane
If you're walking home alone