falling from above" by neil young, From Greendale, as performed at the Hammersmith
London, England, 5/18/03
Notes:
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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
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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"
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G
grandpa held the paper
C G
pretendin' he could see
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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
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people wore what they had on...and mama said
G C
'a little love and affection
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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
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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
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and the human race just kept rollin' on
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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
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rollin' through the fighting
C
the religious wars
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mostly came up with nothin'
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G
"grandpa here's your glasses
C G
you'll see much better now,"
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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
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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)