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lyrics: from the lp cover/audio
chords: audio
corrections/suggestions (especially on 'ride my llama' and 'sedan delivery' -
see below) welcomed
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Thrasher : Rust Never Sleeps : Neil Young.
D G D
D D+C# D+B D G A
D G D
D D+C# D+B D G A
D
They were hiding behind hay bales,
Giii D
they were planting in the full moon
D+C# D+B D Giii Av
They had given all they had for something new
D
But the light of day was on them
Giii D
They could see the thrashers coming
D+C# D+B Giii Av
and the water shone like diamonds in the dew.
Giii Av D Giii
And I was just getting up, hit the road before it's light
Av D DM7 D DM7
Tryin' to catch an hour on the sun ....
Giii Av
When I saw those thrashers rollin' by,
D D+C# D+B
Looking more than two lanes wide
G or Em7 Av
I was feelin like my day had just begun
Where the eagle glides ascending there's an
ancient river bending
Down the timeless gorge of changes
where sleeplessness awaits
I searched out my companions, they were lost
in crystal canyons
When the aimless blade of science slashed
the pearly gates
It was then I knew I'd had enough, burned my
credit card for fuel
Headed out to where the pavement turns to sand
With a one-way ticket to the land of truth
and my suitcase in my hand
How I lost my friends I still don't understand
They had the best selection, they were
poisoned with protection
There was nothing that they needed, they hd
nothing left to find
They were lost in rock formations or became
park bench mutations
On the sidewalks and in the stations
they were waiting, waiting
So I got bored and left them there, they were
just deadweight to me
It's better on the road wothout that load
Brought back the time when I was eight or nine
I was watchin' my mama's T.V., it was that great
Grand Canyon rescue episode
Where the vulture glides descending on
an asphalt highay bending
Thru libraries and museums, galaxies and stars
Down the windy alls of friendship to the rose
clipped by the bullwhip
The motel of lost companions waits with
heated pool and bar
But me I'm not stopping there, got my own row left to hoe
Just another mine in the field of time
When the thrashers come and I'm stuck in the sun
like dinosaurs in shrines
But I'll know the time has come to give what's mine
verse
notes:
the run from D to D+C to D+B (Bm7) to D goes like:
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-0- -2- -4- --- --- --- --- -4- --- --- --- -2- --- --- --- -0- --- --- ---
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'tryin'a catch an hour on the sun D DM7 ...' - alternate between
x00232 and x00222. listen to the music to see what is meant....
