Forever chords

Neil Young

Key: 

Simplify chords 

  			
Intro: C F (x2) 

verse 1 
C                                F 
Earth is like a church without a preacher 
C                               F 
The people have to pray for themselves 
C           E            A    D7 
Animals and birds cannot help them 
G         E           A       D      C  F 
Trees and plants have nothing new to say 

verse 2 
C                                  F 
Planets are just bumbles, floating carelessly 
C                                  F 
Streets lined up with boxes, so it seems 
C                E              A   D7 
Lined up there forever by their buildings 
G               E      A          D       C  F 
Standing in the way of children's dreams 

verse 3 
C                          F 
So I made my way down this highway 
C                                F 
Stopping now to rest and then to eat 
C             E                  A     D7 
Trying not to damage that that's in my way 
G             E      A  D    C  F  C  F 
Lookin' for a way to be   complete 

verse 4 
C                           F 
That's how it ends in the beginning 
C                            F 
That's how I plan to say goodbye 
C             E                 A  D7 
Leavin' bells just as they were ringing 
G       E         A    D         C  F 
I'm not trying to make something die 

Verse 5 
C                    F 
My friend Al got the message 
C                                       F 
Sent it down that street with the boxes on 
C                E                  A   D7 
Lined up there forever, filled with thinkers 
G            E       A    D   C  F  C  F 
working on solutions here and gone 

Verse 6 
C                       F 
I really want to make a difference 
C                               F 
Trying now to help him with the work 
C           E               A   D7 
Originating in the heart of something 
G                    E         A  D    C  F  C  F 
Worth keeping in the soul when it gets hurt 

Verse 7 
C                               F 
As we keep on building roads of boxes 
C                          F 
To think inside of what we will 
C               E                 A D7 
With increasing distance from the foxes 
G        E          A    D    C  F 
From the wolves and whip-poor-wills 

Verse 8 
    C                              F 
And from the crows and all the sea creatures 
C                            F 
Mermaids and the galleons of horse 
C             E             A  D7 
Crossing over onto waves of fortunes 
G          E      A   D   C  F 
To finally crash upon the shore 
C               F 
Upon the shore  Upon the shore 
C              F 
On the shore   On the shore 
C              F 
On the shore   On the shore 
C              F 
On the shore   On the shore 
C              F 
On the shore   On the shore 

Verse 9 
C                          F 
Rescued there by primative tribesman 
C                                F 
Living in round triangles forevermore 
C     E          A       D7 
Never ever in a straight line 
G          E              A  D     C  F  C  F  C  F 
And always on the road to Heaven's door 

verse 10 
         C                            F 
Will the clouds and the rains come in torrents 
             C                  F 
And will the winds blow forever on the shore 
C            E                A  D7 
Over the dry land between the castles 
G               E      A       D      C  F  C  F 
Or the herds of horses grazing on the clover 

Outro 
C                                F 
Earth is like a church without a preacher 
C               F 
      Without a preacher 
C                                F 
Earth is like a church without a preacher 
C 
Without a preacher 
F 
Earth is like a church 
C                     F 
Earth is like a church 
C                     F  C 
Earth is like a church