Neil Young : Landing On Water

[Show chord shapes]

G/A x05433

F(b5) 133000

Intro: instrumental verse

Am

G/a

F/a

G/a

I used to carry the weight of the world

Am

G/a

F/a

On my back

Am

G/a

F/a

G/a

I never trusted my friends or my girl

Am

G/a

F/a

G/a

Can you imagine that? I used to shuffle my feet When I walked I hung my head down low Kept to myself all my private thoughts But when I met you girl I dropped the weight of the world I dropped the weight of the world I dropped the weight of the world I dropped the weight of the world I knew some people used to dance all night but not me I never knew if it was wrong or right to be so free I used to close my eyes try to hide from the light of love Spent all my time with the darkness inside but when I met you girl I dropped the weight of the world I dropped the weight of the world I dropped the weight of the world I dropped the weight of the world

C

G/b

Am

G6

F

F(b5)

F

F(b5)

I was alone for all of my life

C

G/b

Am

G6

F

F(b5)

F

F(b5)

I was alone for all of my life

C

G/b

Am

G6

F

F(b5)

F

F(b5)

I was alone for all of my life

C

G/b

Am

G6

I was alone for all of my life

Fmaj7

G

Until you came my way

Repeat intro

Repeat chorus to fade

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Aadd9 x00200

F#/E 044300

Aadd4 x00220

A

Aadd9

A

Aadd4

D

Bm7

Here comes the night here comes the anger

F#/e

F#

Bm

E

Hidden so deep inside no one can see

A

Aadd9

A

Aadd4

D

Bm7

Behind these eyes there walks a stranger

F#/e

F#

Bm

E

Wandering through the dark following me

A

D

A

Control the violent side Control the violent side Control the violent side Control the violent side Electric light shining on your block Saying to everyone the power is on While your alarm set up for safety Keeps out invaders who come but still can't control

A

D

A

Control the violent side (4 times) Control the violent side (4 times) Control the violent side (4 times) Control the violent side (4 times)

Solo

A

Asus4

A

Asus4

E

Esus4

E

Got to fight to control the violent side (got to fight to control it)

Repeat and fade

RIFF: |--------------0--------------3-|

|--------------0--------------0-|

|--------0h2--------------------|

|--0-2-3-----------0-2-3-4-5----|

|-------------------------------|

Dm

Am

Dm

G

x2

G

Dm

Am

Dm

G

Take my advice, don't listen to me

Dm

Am

Dm

G

It ain't paradise, but it used to be

Dm

Am

Dm

G

There was a time when the river was wide

Dm

Am

Dm

G

And the water came running down to the rising tide

G

But the wooden ships were just a hippie dream

G

Just a hippie dream

Dm

Am

Dm

G

x2

Don't bat an eye, don't waste a word Don't mention nothin' that could go unheard 'Cause the tie-dye sails are the screamin' sheets And the dusty trail leads to blood in the streets And the wooden ships are a hippie dream Capsized in excess, if you know what I mean

Dm

Am

G

x4

A

Just because it's over for you

G

Don't mean it's over for me

A

It's a victory for the heart Every time the music starts

G

So please don't kill the machine, don't kill the machine

Bm

Don't kill the machine, don't kill the machine

G

Don't kill the machine, don't kill the machine

Bm

Don't kill the machine, don't kill the machine

G

Don't kill the machine

A

Another flower child goes to seed

G

In an ether-filled room of meat hooks

Bm

G

It's so ugly, so ugly

Dm

Am

G

x2

Dm

Am

Dm

G

...

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Fadd9/e 003213

C

Csus4

C

Csus4

C

Csus4

C

Csus4

Have you heard the news? I lost my baby to another man

C

Csus4

C

Csus4

I got a bulletin of news, late breaking story that I don't understand

C

F

F/g

C

F

Should I call her up late? Should I ask her how she really feels?

C

F

F/g

C

F

Should I try to make a date for a time when we can touch and feel?

Am

Am7

F

She's so on fire

Am

Am7

F

She's my desire I lost my baby to another man, I got a bulletin of news Late breaking story that I don't understand Should I call her up late? Should I ask her how she really feels? Should I try to make a date for a time when we can touch and feel? She's so on fire She's my desire

C

Csus4

C

Csus4

x2

C

Fadd9/e

F/g

C

Fadd9/e

I've got the bad news beat and my reception is loud and clear

C

Fadd9/e

F/g

C

Fadd9/e

I've got a man in the street, telling me what I don't want to hear

C

F

F/g

C

F

I've got an eye in the sky, taking pictures that I don't want to see

C

F

F/g

C

F

She's got a brand new guy, looks like she's never coming back to me She's so on fire She's my desire

C

Fadd9/e

I've got an eye in the sky

F/g

C

Fadd9/e

I've got a man in the street

C

Fadd9/e

I've got the bad news beat

F/g

C

Fadd9/e

C

Fadd9/e

I've got the bad news beat

F/g

I've got an...

In the LOW version the rhythm parts are dominated by keyboards. I listed only

the chords, and didn't attempt to tab out the keyboard "doodlings". On a live

version I have heard of this song, Frank plays the rhythm parts on guitar,

something like this:

Am

F

G

Am

E

E|----------------------------------------------------------x--

B|----------------------------------------------------------x--

G|----------------------------------------------------------x--

D|----------------------------------------------------------2--

A|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-2--

E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--0--

INTRO:

E-------------|------------|

B-------------|------------|

G-------------|------------|

D---------5---|---------5~-|

A-----5-----7-|-----5------| x 4

E-0-7---7-----|-0-7---7----|

Am

F

G

Am

E

Am

F

Out on the road the traffic slowed down to a crawl

G

Am

E

Strobe lights flashin' on the overpass

Am

F

The tangled steel could not reveal what no one saw

G

Am

E

Or how he walked away without a scratch

Am

F

He thought of her and walked along the exit ramp

G

Am

E

He touched the night between two old street lamps

C

G

Am

And every one will touch the night

C

G

Am

And every one will touch the night

C

G

Am

And every one will touch the night

INTRO RIFF x2

Am

F

G

Am

E

x2

Imagine blue dissolve into the empty night Slowly fadin' no one answerin' She walked away and left him standing all alone Between the shadows of his memory And those who loved and lost will know the way it feels To touch the night without the one you love And every one will touch the night And every one will touch the night And every one will touch the night

INTRO RIFF x2

Am

F

G

Am

E

x3

AND FADE

Am

G

F

x12

Am

G/b

C

G

Am7

F

G6

Am

G

F

Am

G

F

People on the street need a place to go

Am

G

F

Am

G

F

People on the street need a place to go

Am

G

F

Am

G

F

Walkin' with the beat if it's not too slow

Am

G

F

Am

G

F

Walkin' with the beat if it's not too slow

Am

G/b

C

G

When the night's dark shadow falls

Am7

F

G

On the sidewalk scenes and the concrete canyon walls

Am

G

F

Am

G

F

People on the street Need a place to go

Am

G

F

Fmaj7

People on the street Need a place to go

Fmaj7

Em7

Fmaj7

Em7

Walkin' through the night up and down the avenue

Fmaj7

Em7

Lookin' for a place

Am

A place to go A place to go There's a muffled scream from the alley scene From the alley scene comes a muffled scream And the siren wails while the system fails In the steaming heat people walk in the street People can't run and hide If you want to feel good then you gotta feel good inside People on the street need a place to go People on the street need a place to go Rising through the grates come the fumes of industry Floating to the sky

Am

Keep walkin' with the beat, walkin' with the beat

Am

G

F

Am

G

F

Keep walkin' with the beat walkin' with the beat

Am

G

F

Am

G

F

Keep walkin' with the beat walkin' with the beat

Am

G

F

Am

G

F

Keep walkin' with the beat walkin' with the beat

Am

G

F

Am

G

F

Walkin' with the beat walkin' with the beat

Am

G

F

x4

Am

G/b

C

G

When the night's dark shadow falls

Am7

F

G

On the sidewalk scenes and the concrete canyon walls

Am

G

F

Am

G

F

People on the street need a place to go People on the street need a place to go People on the street need a place to go People on the street need a place to go

Am

G/b

C

G

Am7

F

G6

Am

G

F

...

|-2-0-2------------------2-0-3----------------|

|-3-3-3------------------3-3-3----------------|

|-2-2-2------------------2-2-2----------------|

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

|---------------------------------------------|

|-2-0-2------------------3-3-2-0---------------------|

|-3-3-3------------------3-3-3-2---------------------|

|-2-2-2------------------2-2-2-2---------------------|

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2----------------------|

|----------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

|----------------------------------------------------|

D

Dsus2

D

Dsus2

Dsus4

Don't tell me hard luck stories

D

Dsus2

D

Dsus4

A

And I won't tell you mine

D

Dsus2

D

Dsus2

Dsus4

Don't tell me hard luck stories

D

Dsus2

Bm

A7

A

D

And I won't tell you mine

D

E

|--0--3--2-------------------0--3--2-------0-----|

|--3--3--3-------------------3--3--3-------0-----|

|--2--2--2-------------------2--2--2-------1-----|

|--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-2-------|

|----------------------------------------------2-|

|----------------------------------------------0-|

E

Every time you're feelin' fine

E

Got another good one on the line

D

It slips away, you feel it slip away, slip away I don't want no more from you Won't do what you want me too Turn me loose, come on, turn me loose, turn me loose Every time I'm feelin' good The phone rings and I knock on wood Hoping that it won't be you, calling like you always do All you ever seem to say Is how much bad luck came your way You won't try to start again, you just count on your old friends Don't tell me hard luck stories And I won't tell you mine Don't tell me hard luck stories

D

Dsus2

Bm

A

E

D

And I won't tell you mine

D

E

Now you call up every day Got no money, no place to stay That girl made a mess of you, you got what was comin' too Build her up, and let her down Tastin' everything in town Treat her right, you never treat her right, treat her right Now she's gone and you're alone Bit your fingers to the bone Slip away, you feel it slip away, slip away You don't know what's going on How you lost it, what went wrong What ever happened too the love that you once knew Don't tell me hard luck stories And I won't tell you mine Don't tell me hard luck stories And I won't tell you mine

There are no chords played during the verses, just the riff. However, from the

structure of the melody, there is a "latent" Am that can be played Also you can

add C and G as shown with the riff tab below.

RIFF: (the chords are not played on the recording)

Am

C

G

Am

A|--0--3-----0-------------- E|--------3----------------- I got a problem, I can't explain It's hard to solve it, I can't lose face

F

G

Am

They all try to help me but I can't see the light Me and my shadow are so in despair Cause we keep hurting someone who cares

F

Every time we talk about it

G

Am

I break out in a cold sweat

F

There must be some way outta here

G

Am

But I can't find it yet

G

I got a problem that's so intense

G

I try to fight it but there's no defense

LEAD: (over RIFF)

e|--------------------------------------12-----

B|-13------------13-------13---------------13--

G|----12-14-9-12----14-------12-14-9-12--------

F

Every time we talk about it

G

Am

I break out in a cold sweat

F

There must be someway outta here

G

Am

But I can't find it yet

C

Am

I got a problem I got a problem I got a problem I got a problem

F

Ever time we talk about it

G

Am

I break out in cold sweat

I don't quite agree with the chorus, there's hardly any chord at all.

My suggestion is to stay on F or FaddB (133201) during the chorus.

|

Dm

|

C

|

Bb

|

Bb

|

Bb

A funny thing happened yesterday I felt the pressure in a brand new way

Dm

C

Bb

It kept hitting me from all directions I got this feeling I was cracking up My knees were shaking and I couldn't close my eyes

Dm

C

Bb

I fought to gain control and make corrections A funny thing happened yesterday

C

I felt the pressure in a T.V. way

F

G/f

F

G/f

F

G/f

F

Don't feel, don't feel, feel pressure from me

G/f

F

G/f

F

G/f

F

Don't feel, don't feel, no pressure from me

G/f

F

G/f

F

G/f

Don't feel, don't feel, feel pressure from me

F

G/f

F

G/f

F

G/f

F

Don't feel, don't feel, feel pressure from me

G/f

F

G/f

F

G/f

F

Don't feel, don't feel, no pressure from me

G/f

F

G/f

F

G/f

F

Don't feel, don't feel, feel pressure from me

G/f

F

G/f

F

G/f

Bb

Don't feel, don't feel, no pressure from me You watch the box and the video jocks If you could talk that could even be you up there That's why you need max head room Too much pressure for peace on earth Too much trying to get your money's worth Too much dying The Eldorado, the Mercedes Benz The job security that never ends

CHORUS

|

Bb

|

Bb

|

Bb

|

Bb

| |

Dm7

Dm

|

C

|

Bb

|

Bb

|

Bb

I feel the pressure building every night

Dm

C

Bb

One of these days I'm gonna go out like a light, oh ba-by I feel the pressure building every night

Dm

C

One of these days I'm gonna go out like a light

|

Am

|

C

D

|

x4

Am

I'm just a drifter

C

D

Am

C

D

I'll stay until you try to tie me down

Am

I'm not a quitter, baby

C

D

Am

C

D

I'd like to stay and see the whole thing go down Don't try to tell me What I gotta do to fit Don't try to rescue me I'm gonna go with my ship

F

G

What about you, did I ever take a thing from you?

F

G

What about me, how do I know that your love is true?

F

Am

F

E

What about you, how can I count on you to count on me? |

Am

|

C

D

|

x4

I like to drive my car If I've got someplace to go I like to feel the wheel Put down the top and let it roll Don't try to fence me in Don't try to slow me down Don't try to speed me up Or tie my feet down to the ground What about you, did I ever take a thing from you? What about me, how do I know that your love is true? What about you, how can I count on you to count on me? |

Am

|

C

D

|

x4

I'm just a drifter I'll stay until you try to tie me down Don't try to rescue me Don't try to rescue me

Am

C

D

I like to feel the wheel I like to feel the wheel I like to feel the wheel |

Am

|

C

D

| ...

Neil Young : Landing On Water
1986

Weight Of The World

Violent Side

Hippie Dream

Bad News Beat

Touch The Night

People On The Street

Hard Luck Stories

I Got A Problem

Pressure

Drifter

Neil Young : Landing On Water 1986

Weight Of The World

Violent Side

Hippie Dream

Bad News Beat

Touch The Night

People On The Street

Hard Luck Stories

I Got A Problem

Pressure

Drifter

Neil Young : Landing On Water
1986