My My, Hey Hey (acoustic) Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays603

My My, Hey Hey (acoustic) by Neil Young is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, G, Fmaj7, Am7, C, Em and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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      Am        G             Fmaj7 
d|----0---------3-------------0-0-0--0-0-0--|----0---------3-----------------0-0-0--0-0-0-| 
A|----1---------0-------------1-1-1--1-1-1--|----1---------0-----------------1-1-1--1-1-1-| 
F|----2---------0-------------2-2-2--2-2-2--|----2---------0-----------------2-2-2--2-2-2-| 
C|----2-------0-0-------------3-3-3--3-3-3--|----2-------0-0---0-0h2p0---0---3-3-3--3-3-3-| 
G|--0---0-2-3---2-----2-0---0---------------|--0---0-2-3---2-----------3---0--------------| 
D|--------------3---------3-----------------|--------------3------------------------------| 



Am7 G      Fmaj7 
My my, hey hey 
Am7      G               Fmaj7 
Rock and roll is here to stay 
C              Em 
It's better to burn out 
Am           F 
Than to fade away 
Am7 G      Fmaj7 
My my, hey hey. 


d|----0---------3-------------0-0-0--0-0-0--| 
A|----1---------0-------------1-1-1--1-1-1--| 
F|----2---------0-------------2-2-2--2-2-2--| 
C|----2-------0-0-------------3-3-3--3-3-3--| 
G|--0---0-2-3---2-0-2-0-----0---------------| 
D|--------------3---------3-----------------| 



Am7         G                Fmaj7 
Out of the blue and into the black 
Am7            G                    Fmaj7 
They give you this, but you pay for that 
C               Em             Am         F 
And once you're gone, you can never come back 
Am7                    G                 Fmaj7 
When you're out of the blue and into the black. 


d|----0---------3-------------0-0-0--0-0-0--|----0---------3-----------------0-0-0--0-0-0-| 
A|----1---------0-------------1-1-1--1-1-1--|----1---------0-----------------1-1-1--1-1-1-| 
F|----2---------0-------------2-2-2--2-2-2--|----2---------0-----------------2-2-2--2-2-2-| 
C|----2-------0-0-------------3-3-3--3-3-3--|----2-------0-0-----0h2p0---0---3-3-3--3-3-3-| 
G|--0---0-2-3---2-0-2-0-----0---------------|--0---0-2-3---2-----------3---0--------------| 
D|--------------3---------3-----------------|--------------3------------------------------| 

Harmonica C Em Am F 

d|----0---------3-------------0-0-0--0-0-0--| 
A|----1---------0-------------1-1-1--1-1-1--| 
F|----2---------0-------------2-2-2--2-2-2--| 
C|----2-------0-0-------------3-3-3--3-3-3--| 
G|--0---0-2-3---2-0-2-0-----0---------------| 
D|--------------3---------3-----------------| 



Am7         G                 Fmaj7 
The king is gone but he's not forgotten 
Am7         G                 Fmaj7 
This is the story of a johnny rotten 
C              Em         Am           Fmaj7 
It's better to burn out than it is to rust 
Am7         G                 Fmaj7 
The king is gone but he's not forgotten. 


d|----0---------3-------------0-0-0--0-0-0--| 
A|----1---------0-------------1-1-1--1-1-1--| 
F|----2---------0-------------2-2-2--2-2-2--| 
C|----2-------0-0-------------3-3-3--3-3-3--| 
G|--0---0-2-3---2-0-2-0-----0---------------| 
D|--------------3---------3-----------------| 

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante