Tabbed By Reedoo From 'Stephen Stills Live @ Dick Cavett Show 1969' + Album Version
Tuning: DADDAd
Guitar Tuned Up 1/2 Step - As An Alternative Put A Capo On 1st Fret<<<<<
P = right hand thumb
i = right hand index finger
m = right hand middle finger
a = right hand ring finger
~ = vibrato
VERSE
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Count: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +|
| | | | |
d|--7~-------------|5~-------------|4--------------|------4--------|
A|------------9~---|----------7~---|----------5----|2-0---5--------|
D|--------0-------0|------0-------0|------0-------0|----------0---0|
D|------0-------0--|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|------------0--|
A|-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|--0-------0------|0-------0------|0-------0------|----0----------|
m p i p m p i m p i p m p i m p i p m p i m i p m i p i
p p p i
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/crosby_stills_nash_and_young/420_tab.html ]
VERSE_2 / CHORUS
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Count: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +|
| | | | |
d|----------------0|--------------0|10~---10~------|10~---10~------|
A|---0--------0----|-0--------0----|----12~---12~--|----12~---12~--|
D|--3-----3--------|5-----5--------|--------------0|--------------0|
D|------0-------0--|----0-------0--|------------0--|------------0--|
A|-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|--3-------3------|5-------5------|0-----0--------|0-----0--------|
im p i p m p m im p i p m p m m i m i p i m i m i p i
p p p p p p
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Count: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +| |
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d|----------------0|--------------0|10~---10~------|10~---10~------|-10~-|
A|---0--------0----|-0--------0----|----12~---12~--|----12~---12~--|-----|
D|--3-----3--------|5-----5--------|--------------0|--------------0|-----|
D|------0-------0--|----0-------0--|------------0--|------------0--|-----|
A|-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----|
D|--3-------3------|5-------5------|0-----0--------|0-----0--------|-----|
im p i p m p m im p i p m p m m i m i p i m i m i p i m
p p p p p p
LYRICS
Four and twenty years ago, I come into this life
The son of a woman and a man who lived in strife
He was tired of being poor
And he wasn't into selling door to door
And he worked like the devil to be more
A different kind of poverty now upsets my soul
Night after sleepless night, I walk the floor and I want to know
Why am I so alone
Where is my woman, can I bring her home
Have I driven her away, is she gone
Morning comes to sunrise and I'm driven to my bed
I see that it is empty and there's devils in my head
I embrace the many colored beast.
I grow weary of the torment, can there be no peace
And I find myself just wishing that my life would simply cease.
