Chord Ambulance Blues - Neil Young

[Intro 1]
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[Bait 1]
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Back in the old folky days
Em                  Bm                    A
The air was magic when we played
G
The Riverboat was rockin'
            C
in the rain
Em                    Bm           A
Midnight was the time for the raid
D
Oh, Isabella, proud Isabella
Em
They tore you down
and plowed you under
F#m                              G
You're only real with your make-up on
D                      A
How could I see you and stay too long?

[Bait 2]
G                          C
All along the Navajo Trail
Em                        Bm
Burn-outs stub their toes
           A
on garbage pails
G                                    C
Waitresses are crying in the rain
Em
Will their boyfriends
Bm                        A
pass this way again?
D
Ol' Mother Goose, she's on the skids
Em
Shoe ain't happy, neither are the kids
F#m
She needs someone
G
that she can scream at
D
And I'm such a heel
A
for makin' her feel so bad

[Bait 3]
G                                     C
I guess I'll call it sickness gone
Em                        Bm              A
It's hard to say the meaning of this song
G                              C
An ambulance can only go so fast
Em                    Bm                 A
It's easy to get buried in the past
G
When you try to make
             C
a good thing last
Em   Bm  A  A

[Solo 1]
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[Bridge 1]
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I saw today
D                               G
in the entertainment section
Em
There's room at the top
for private detection
F#m
To mom and dad,
G
this just doesn't matter
D
But it's either that
A
or pay off the kidnapper

[Bait 4]
G                               C
So all you critics sit alone
Em                            Bm
You're no better than me
                      A
for what you've shown
G
With your stomach pump
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and your hook- and- ladder dreams
Em                      Bm
We could get together
         A
for some scenes

[Solo 2]
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[Bridge 2]
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Well, I'm up in T.O.
D                     G
keepin' jive alive
Em
And out on the corner,
it's half past five
F#m
But the subways are empty,
G
and so are the cafes
D
Except for the Farmer's Market,
A
and I still can hear him say

[Bait 5]
G                                       C
"You're all just pissin' in the wind
Em                  Bm               A
You don't know it, but you are"
G                                        C
And there ain't nothin' like a friend
Em                                Bm
Who can tell you you're just pissin'
            A
in the wind

[Solo 3]
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[Bridge 3]
D                     G
I never knew a man
D                          G
could tell so many lies
Em
He had a different story
for every set of eyes
F#m
How can he remember
G
who he's talkin' to?
D
'Cause I know it ain't me,
A
and I hope it isn't you

[Outro 1]
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