Neil Young – Shots (Guitar)

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[email protected] (Steve Vetter ) tabbed by Stan Southern Here are the chords and words to "Shots", the Boarding House 5/27/78 version. This song is played in a "dropped" tuning (DGCFAD, instead of EADGBE). However, the chords I have listed are those that would be played as if there was no dropped tuning. Thus, an Am as I have it written is really a Gm I guess. But it's a lot easier to play it in the dropped tuning. I can't remember the name of one chord - it's A something. I have it listed as A??, but it's really just 003210 (it's that chord from My My Hey Hey) Thanks to Steve Vetter for motivating me to transcribe this. - Stan ---------------------------------------------
Am                 F
Children

                   C          G                 Am       F
Are lost in the sand clearing roads with little hands

          C                   E                Am       F
Trying to join their father's castles together again

          C         G                    Am        F 
Will they make it?  Who knows where or when

                G
Old wounds will mend 

Am                F
Shots

        C             G              Am         F
Ringing all along the borders can be heard

       C           E            Am      F 
Comin' down like a venom in the sky

                    C   G             Am        F    
Cutting through the air faster than a bird

       G
in the night

Am           F
Machines

    C                 G              Am         F
Are winding their way along, looking strong

         C         E             Am          F   
Building roads and bringing back loads

   C      G      Am       F
of building materials

       G
in the night

Am      F
Men

              C        G               Am         F
Are trying to move the boulders on the ground

      C                     E                   Am      F
lines between the different spots that each has found

         C            G               Am     F
but back home another scene was going down

       G
in the night

Am      F
Lust

      C                    G                Am       F
Comes creepin' through the night to feed on hearts

            C         E             Am     F
of suburban wives who learned to pretend

          C         G      Am      F
when they met their dreams end

       G
in the night

Am             G             A??
But I'll never use your love you know I'm not like that

Am             G             A??
and so if you give your heart to me

Dm           E7
I promise to you

Dm           E7
whatever we do

A??         G         C       A??      C       A??
that I will always be true

Am                 F
Children

                   C          G                 Am       F
Are lost in the sand clearing roads with little hands

          C                   E                Am       F
Trying to join their father's castles together again

          C         G                    Am        F 
Will they make it?  Who knows where or when

                G
Old wounds will mend