Notes about this song:
This acoustic version is taken off the Solo Trans video.
It uses the "Dropped D" tuning, though it can be played in standard tuning easily
enough if you use conventional chord shapes, as the main riff doesn't really use the 1st
or 6th strings.
Note from Wolfgang: Actually, the D5 is a chord without 3rd and in some songbooks
called "D(no 3rd)". But D5 is shorter. :-). In the original TAB from Malc it was called Dm
because this would be the chord to play in standard tuning.
Chords:
D5 D F C(I) C(II) Gm7(I) Gm7(II)
D|---0-----0------x-----x-----x------3------0----|
B|---3-----10-----1-----1-----8------3------3----|
G|---2-----0------2-----0-----0------3------0----|
D|---0-----12-----3-----2-----10-----3------0----|
A|---0-----x------x-----3-----x------5------5----|
D|---0-----12-----x-----x-----10-----5------5----|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/neil_young/ohio_tab_ver_5.html ]
Main riff:
D5 F C(I) D5 F C(I)
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|--3----3--3--------------|--3----3--3--------------|
G|--0h2--2--0-----0--------|--0h2--2--0-----0--------|
D|-------------3--------0--|-------------3-----------|
A|-------------------3-----|-------------------3-----|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Verse:
D5 F C(I)
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
D5 F C(I)
We're finally on our own
D5 F C(I)
This Summer I hear them drumming,
D5 F C(I)
Four dead in Ohio
Chorus:
Gm7(I) C(I)
Gotta get down to it, soldiers are cutting us down
Gm7(II) C(II)
Should have been done long ago
Gm7(I) C(I)
What if you knew her and, found her dead on the ground
Gm7(II) C(II)
How can you run when you know?
D
(main riff)
Verse:
La la la la, la la, la la
La la la la, la la, la
La la la la, la la, la la
La la la la, la la, la
Chorus
Repeat Verse 1
repeating last line as often as you feel happy with.
Finish on D5
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