The Needle And Damage Done Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays414

The Needle And Damage Done by Neil Young is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, C, Cadd9, G, Gm, Bb, F, Esus4 and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: D C Cadd9  G Gm Bb  C F Esus4 E (2x) 

D                           C      Cadd9 
I caught you knocking at my cellar door 
G                       Gm        Bb 
I love you baby can I have some more 
C    F               Esus4 E 
Ooh ooh the damage done 

D                    C       Cadd9 
I hit the city and I lost my band 
G                          Gm     Bb 
I watched the needle take another man 
C     F                Esus4 E 
Gone gone the damage done 

D C Cadd9  G Gm Bb  C F Esus4 E 

D                         C        Cadd9 
I sing the song because I love the man 
G                             Gm   Bb 
I know that some of you don t understand 
C    F                  Esus4   E 
Milk-blood to keep from running out 

D                            C      Cadd9 
I ve seen the needle and the damage done 
G                      Gm   Bb 
A little part of it in everyone 
C                        F       Esus4 E 
But every junkies like a setting sun 

D C Cadd9  G Gm Bb 
    	

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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante