The Great Divide Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays380

The Great Divide by Neil Young is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, F, Am, Em, Csus4 and Gsus4. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
Chords: 
     C    G    F   Am   Em  F(viii) C(viii) Am(v) 
  D--0----3----1----0----0-------------8-----5---| 
  A--1----3----1----1----0----10-------8-----5---| 
  F--0----0----2----2----0----10-------9-----5---| 
  C--2----0----3----2----2----10------10-----7---| 
  G--3----2----3----0----2-----8------10-----7---| 
  D-------3----1---------0-------------8-----5---| 

Chorus riff: 
   Csus4         C Gsus4     G 
  D|---0--0--0--0--0---3-3-3-3-3--| 
  A|---8--8--8--8--8---3-3-3-3-3--| 
  F|--10-10-10-10--9---5-5-5-5-4--| 
  C|--10-10-10-10-10---5-5-5-5-5--| 
  G|------------------------------| 
  D|---8--8--8--8--8---3-3-3-3-3--| 
  (bass roots w thumb optional) 

Intro: 
C    G    F    F    (play twice) 

Verse: 
C      G              F 
In the canyons of the great divide 
C        G                  F 
Familiar places that we can run and hide 
Am              F 
Are filled with strangers 
G              Em      C     G  F 
Walking in our houses alone 

Chorus: 
Csus4          C 
In the great divide 
Gsus4       G 
Nothing to decide 
Csus4           C          Gsus4  G 
No one else to care for or love 
F(viii)        C(viii) 
In the great divide 
Am(v)       F       C    G  F 
You won't fit in too well 

Verse: 
On the horses of the carousel 
She rides along with you and me 
She rides like she knows 
Wherever she goes we'll be there 

Chorus :
On the carousel 
Life is going well 
Anyone can tell we're in love 
On the carousel 
You're gonna like the way you feel 

(Repeat intro) 

Verse: 
You and I, we got lost down there 
In the twisted canyons of the great divide 
We walked the floor 
Now we don't go there anymore 

Chorus:
In the great divide 
Nothing to decide 
No one else to care for or love 
In the great divide 
I don't fit in too well 

In the great divide 
Nothing to decide 
No one else to care for or love 
In the great divide 
You won't fit in too well 
(fade) 
    	

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