Out on the weekend Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays997

Out on the weekend by Neil Young is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Am and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			G			Am 
Think I'll pack it in, buy a pick-up 
D		  G 
Take it down to L.A. 
G			Am 
Find a place to call my own and try to fix up 
D		   G 
Start a brand new day 
 
G				Am 
The woman I'm thinking of she loved me all up 
D		   G 
But I'm so down today 
G			        Am 
She's so fine, she's in my mind,  
			D 
I hear her calling ... 
 
 
 
Chorus 
G		     Am			D		   G 
See the lonely boy, out on the weekend, trying to make it pay 
G		     Am			    D		   G 
Can't relate to joy, he tries to speak, and can't begin to say 
 
 
 
She got pictures on the wall they make me look up 
 
From her big brass bed 
 
Now I'm running down the road, trying to stay up 
 
Somewhere in my head 
 
The woman I'm thinking of she loved me all up 
 
But I'm so down today 
 
She's so fine, she's in my mind,  
 
I hear her calling ... 
 
 
Chorus 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante