(Live)
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
CG
sittin' on the porch,
D
"i won't retire
C*
but i might retread
G
seems like that guy singin' this song
CG
been doin' it for a long time
D
is there anything he knows
C*
that he ain't said?
GC
sing a song for freedom
GC
sing a song for love
GC
sing a song for depressed angels
G
falling from above"
D* C D* C D* C D* C
GGGGsusG
grandpa held the paper
CG
pretendin' he could see
D C*
but he couldn't read without his glasses on
G
"how can all these people
CG
afford so many things?
when i was young
D C*
people wore what they had on...and mama said
GC
'a little love and affection
GC
in everything you do
GC
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
GGGGGGGGsusG
slammin' down a late night shot
CG
the hero and the artist compared
D
goals and visions and afterthoughts
C
for the 21st century
G
but mostly came up with nothin'
CG
so the truth was never learned
DC
and the human race just kept rollin' on
GC
rollin' through the fighting
GC
rollin' through the religious wars
GC
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
GGGGGGGGsusG
"grandpa here's your glasses
CG
you'll see much better now,"
G D C*
said that young girl of edith and earl's
G
but grandpa just kept starin'
CG
he was lost in some distant thought
then he turned and said
DCsus2
to that young girl
GC
"a little love and affection
GC
in everything you do
GC
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
GC
another morning edition
GC
headed for the porch
GC
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
GGsusGGsusGGsusG
G Gsus Gsus(Repeat till end)