The Needle and the Spoon - Lynyrd Skynyrd (1974)
Written By: Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant.
Chorded By: Skidaddy, Esq., G.Q.
4/4 TIME @ 112 BPM (3 Min. 51 Sec.) in 'F'.
Chords Used:
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GUITAR KEYS
E A D G B e Bass| Chord
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D5 - x 5 7 7 x x D A-D
C5 - x 3 5 5 x x C G-C
F5 - x x 3 5 6 x F F-C
A5 - 5 7 7 x x x A A-E
D - x x 0 2 3 2 D A-D-F#
F - 1 3 3 2 1 1 F A-C-F
C - x 3 2 0 1 0 C G-C-E -OR-
- x 3 2 0 1 3
G - 3 2 0 0 0 3 G G-B-D -OR-
- 3 2 0 0 3 3
INTRO: [12 M]
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1 2 3 4 1+2+3+4 + 1 2 3 4 1+2+3+4 + 1 2 3 4 1+2+3+4 +
|D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5|D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5|D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5|
|D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5|D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5|D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5|
VERSE #1: [8 M]
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|D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5|
Thir-ty days,… Lord,… and… thir-ty nights…
|D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5|
I'm com-in' home… on an air-… plane… flight…
|D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5|
Ma-ma… wait-in' at the… tick-et line…
|D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5 |
Tell me, son,… why do you stand there… cry'n'?… It was the nee-…
CHORUS #1: [8 M]
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|D F |… C | G |
…-dle… and the spoon… and a trip… to the moon…
|G |D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5|D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5|
… took me a-way,… took… me a-way…
VERSE #2: [8 M]
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|D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5|
I've… been feel-in' so… sick in-… side…
|D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5|
Got-ta get bet-ter, Lord, be-fore I… die…
|D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5 |
Sev-en doc-tors could-n't help my… head… They said,
|D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5 |
You bet-ter… quit, son, be-fore you're… dead… with… the nee-…
CHORUS #2: [12 M]
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|D F |… C |… G |
…-dle,… with the spoon… Took a trip… to the moon…
|G |D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5|D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5|
We gon' take you a-way…
|D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5 |D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5|
It was a nee-dle… and a spoon… Shh…
GUITAR SOLO #1: [24 M]
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|D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5|D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5|D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5|
|D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5|D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5|D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5|
|D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5|D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5|D F |… C|… G|
|… |D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5|D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5|
VERSE #3: [8 M]
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|D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5|
I've seen a lot of peo-ple who thought they were cool,…
|D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5|
but then a-gain,… Lord, I've… seen a-lot of fools…
|D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5|
Well, I hope you peo-ple hear what I say…
|D5 C5 |
You'll have your chance to hear…
|F5 D5 A5 C5 |
… this some-… day. Don't mess with the nee-…
CHORUS #3: [8 M]
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|D F |… C |… G |
…-dle… and the spoon… Took a trip… to the moon…
|G |D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5|D5 C5 |F5 D5 A5 C5|
Took me a-way…
GUITAR SOLO #2: [19.5 M] 'CODA' -
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|D5 C5 |F5 D5 |… C5 |F5 D5 |… C5 |F5 D5 |… C5 |F5 D5 |
|D5 C5 |F5 D5 |… C5 |F5 D5 |… C5 |F5 D5 |… C5 |F5 D5 |
|D5 C5 |F5 D5 |… C5 |F5 D5! NC |