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Needle And The Damage Done
Neil Young
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00:00 Song Demo
01:00 Lesson Intro
01:58 Chords
08:26 Strumming Pattern
14:08 Transform your strumming!
14:40 Song Playthrough
16:39 Lesson Outro

It's not WHAT you strum...

...But HOW you strum it!

Not sure what to strum for these songs?

How do you come up with strumming patterns?

Fed up strumming D DU UDU all the time?

You need to LEVEL UP YOUR STRUMMING!

[INTRO]

 

|D     |C    |Bm    |Bb    |

|C     |C    |Esus4 |E     |

 

[VERSE 1]

D                            C

I caught you knockin' at my cellar door

Bm                       Bb

I love you, baby, can I have some more?

C     F               Esus4  E

Ooh, ooh, the damage done

 

D                     C

I hit the city and I lost my band

Bm                          Bb

I watched the needle take another man

C      F                Esus4  E

Gone, gone, the damage done

 

 

[INTERLUDE]

 

|D     |C    |Bm    |Bb    |

|C     |C    |Esus4 |E     |

 

[VERSE 2]

 

D                          C

I sing the song because I love the man

Bm                            Bb

I know that some of you don't understand

C      F               Esus4     E

Milk blood to keep from running out

 

D                             C

I've seen the needle and the damage done

Bm                     Bb

A little part of it in everyone

C                          F       Esus4  E

But every junkie's like a settin' sun

 

[OUTRO]

 

|D     |C    |Bm    |Bb    |

 

 

Watch my lesson on Youtube (@gpguitar_) for a better idea of how to play the chords/ song

D      - xx0232 / Dsus2    - xx0230

C      - x30230

Bm     - x20030

Bb     - x10030

Esus4  - 022200

E      - 022100

F      - xx3210