falling from above" by neil young, From Greendale, as performed at the Hammersmith London, England, 5/18/03 Notes: D*:0 5 4 0 3 0 C*: C to Csus2 to C Intro: D* C (do this 3 times.) G Gsus (do this twice) G grandpa said to cousin jed C G sittin' on the porch, D "i won't retire C* but i might retread G seems like that guy singin' this song C G been doin' it for a long time D is there anything he knows C* that he ain't said? G C sing a song for freedom G C sing a song for love G C sing a song for depressed angels G falling from above" D* C D* C D* C D* C G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G grandpa held the paper C G pretendin' he could see D C* but he couldn't read without his glasses on G "how can all these people C G afford so many things? when i was young D C* people wore what they had on...and mama said G C 'a little love and affection G C in everything you do G C will make the world a better place G with or without you'" D* a little love and affection C in everything you do D* C D* C G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G slammin' down a late night shot C G the hero and the artist compared D goals and visions and afterthoughts C for the 21st century G but mostly came up with nothin' C G so the truth was never learned D C and the human race just kept rollin' on G C rollin' through the fighting G C rollin' through the religious wars G C rollin' down the temple walls G and the church's exposed sores D* rollin' through the fighting C the religious wars D* mostly came up with nothin' C D* C D* C G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G "grandpa here's your glasses C G you'll see much better now," G D C* said that young girl of edith and earl's G but grandpa just kept starin' C G he was lost in some distant thought then he turned and said D C Csus2 C to that young girl G C "a little love and affection G C in everything you do G C will make the world a better place G with or without you" D* with or without you C a better place D* with or without you C with or without you D* C G hear that rooster crowin' C down on the double e it's a new morning D C* dawning on the green G bouncing off the towers C and the sun's heading down for the streets the business meeting D C* window shades are drawn G C another morning edition G C headed for the porch G C because grandma puts down the paper G before grandpa raises his fork D* a little love and affection C in everything you do D* C A Better Place D* hear the rooster crowing C down on the double e G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G G Gsus4 Gsus4(Repeat till end)