TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
INTRO: This is the way I play(improvise)the intro.
Remember, there are 3 guitars playing this not just one.
E | ------------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
B | -------------3b---------- | -------------3b----------------------- |
G | ---------3---3b---------- | -------------3b--5b5b5b5b5r5r---3----- |
D | --3h5-5-3--5----3-5-5-5-- | -3-5--5-3-5-----------------------5--- |
A | ------------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
E | ------------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
NOTE: this section is mainly improvised by me and
therefore it is not like the album version.
E | ------------------------------------------------ |
B | --------5b-3-5b-3-5b---------------------------- |
G | ----3---5b-3-5b-3-5b-3-6-5-3-------------------- |
D | --5--------------------------5-3------------3-5- |
A | ----------------------------------5-3--3-5------ |
E | ------------------------------------------------ |
VERSE:
G5
Well I came upon a child of God
G5 C5 C5
He was walking along the road
C5 C5
And I asked him , tell me where are you going?
G5
This he told me
G5
Said I'm going down to Yasgur's Farm ,
G5 C5 C5
Gonna join in a rock and roll band.
C5 C5 G5
Got to get back to the land and set my soul free.
CHORUS:
C5 G5
We are stardust, we are golden
C5 G5
We are billion year old carbon
Bb5 F5 C5 G5 F5
And we've got to get ourselves back to the gaaar aaar den
VERSE:
G5
Well then, can I walk beside you?
G5 C5 C5
I have come here to lose the smog,
C5 C5 G5
And I feel as I'm a cog in something turning.
G5
And maybe it's the time of year,
G5 C5 C5
Yes, and maybe it's the time of man.
C5 C5 G5
And I don't know who I am , but life is for learning.
CHORUS:
C5 G5
We are stardust, we are golden
C5 G5
We are billion year old carbon
Bb5 F5 C5 G5 F5
And we've got to get ourselves back to the gaaar aaar den
INSTRUMENTAL SOLO over these chords: G5 C5 C5 C5 C5 G5
CHORUS:
C5 G5
We are stardust, we are golden
C5 G5
We are billion year old carbon
Bb5 F5 C5 G5 F5
And we've got to get ourselves back to the gaaar aaar den
VERSE:
G5
By the time we got to Woodstock,
G5 C5 C5
We were half a million strong
C5 C5 G5
And everywhere was song and a celebration.
G5
And I dreamed I saw the bombers, jet planes
G5 C5 C5
Riding shotgun in the sky,
C5 C5
Turning into butterflies
G5
Above our nation.
CHORUS:
C5 G5
We are stardust, we are golden
C5 G5
We are caught in a devils bargain
Bb5 F5 C5 G5 F5
And we've got to get ourselves back to the gaaar aaar den
OUTRO: INSTRUMENTAL
Note: To me the other versions tabbed were not
playable to the album. This one is close as I
believe that the guitars in the original version
were tuned up 1/2 step... Also, I noticed when
CSN played this later in concert their intro was
nothing like the original version. As stated I
believe that it is difficult to get the original
intro as there were 3 guitars doing it instead of
just one... If someone has a better intro send it
to me and I may change the one I have posted here.
Thanks