Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and social activist who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation, particularly as Neil Young & Crazy Horse. Young was born in Toronto, but he moved to the family home of Winnipeg as a child, which is where his music career began. Young began performing as a solo artist in Canada in 1960, before moving to California in 1966, where he co-founded the band Buffalo Springfield along with Stephen Stills and Richie Furay.
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I found a rendition of “Oh, Lonesome Me” by Neil Young on YouTube. I capoed up four and tried playing along for a while. This is what came out.
Neil seems to like to pull-off/hammer-on notes in his chords (e.g., in this piece the E (middle finger) in his open C chords, the A (again, middle finger) in his open F chords). Those oh-so-Neil-like embellishments are not reflected here.
Standard tuning Capo on 4
Intro: CFCF
CFCF Everybody's going out and having fun. CFCF I'm a fool for staying home and having none. CC7FFm I can't get over how she set me free. BbFC Oh, Oh, lonesome me.
CFCF There must be some way that I can lose these lonesome blues CFCF Forget about the past, find somethin’ new CC7FFm I've thought of everything from A to Z, BbFC Oh, oh, lonesome me.
DmGEmA7 I bet she's not like me. She's out and fancy free FC flirtin’ with the boys with all her charms. DmGEmA7 But I still love her so and brother don't you know FGC I'd welcome her right back here in my arms.
CFCF There must be some way that I can lose these lonesome blues CFCF Forget about the past, find somethin’ new CC7FFm I can't get over how she set me free. BbFC Oh, Oh, lonesome me.