Neil Young – Falling From Above Live (Guitar)

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falling from above" by neil young, From Greendale, as performed at the Hammersmith London, England, 5/18/03 Notes: D*:0 5 4 0 3 0 C*: C to Csus2 to C Intro: D* C (do this 3 times.) G Gsus (do this twice)

G
grandpa said to cousin jed

C                G
sittin' on the porch,

                  D
"i won't retire

             C*
but i might retread

G
seems like that guy singin' this song

C                    G
been doin' it for a long time

                           D
is there anything he knows

               C*
that he ain't said?

G                 C
sing a song for freedom

G                 C
sing a song for love

G                C
sing a song for depressed angels

             G
falling from above"

D* C D* C D* C D* C G Gsus G Gsus

G
grandpa held the paper

C                   G
pretendin' he could see

                        D              C*
but he couldn't read without his glasses on

G
"how can all these people

C                G
afford so many things?

when i was young

         D                C*
people wore what they had on...and mama said

  G                  C
'a little love and affection

G                 C
in everything you do

G                      C
will make the world a better place

              G
with or without you'"

D*
a little love and affection

C
in everything you do

D* C D* C G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus

G
slammin' down a late night shot

C                         G
the hero and the artist compared

                         D
goals and visions and afterthoughts

C
for the 21st century

G
but mostly came up with nothin'

C                           G
so the truth was never learned

                              D          C
and the human race just kept rollin' on

G                     C
rollin' through the fighting

G                              C
rollin' through the religious wars

G                       C
rollin' down the temple walls

                         G
and the church's exposed sores

D*
rollin' through the fighting

C
the religious wars

D*
mostly came up with nothin'

C D* C D* C G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus

G
"grandpa here's your glasses

C                       G
you'll see much better now,"

G                         D                C*
said that young girl of edith and earl's

G
but grandpa just kept starin'

C                             G
he was lost in some distant thought

then he turned and said

                D        C Csus2 C
to that young girl

G                     C
"a little love and affection

G                 C
in everything you do

G                             C
will make the world a better place

                 G
with or without you"

D*
with or without you

C
a better place

D*
with or without you

C
with or without you

D* C

G
hear that rooster crowin'

C
down on the double e

it's a new morning

D                C*
dawning on the green

G
bouncing off the towers

C
and the sun's heading down for the streets

the business meeting

D                    C*
window shades are drawn

G                 C
another morning edition

G                C
headed for the porch

G                              C
because grandma puts down the paper

                           G
before grandpa raises his fork

D*
a little love and affection

C
in everything you do

D*             C
A Better Place

D*
hear the rooster crowing

C
down on the double e

G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus G G Gsus Gsus(Repeat till end)