Neil Young - After The Gold Rush

Intro -x2-: D G

G       D
Well, I dreamed I saw the knights
   G
In armor coming,
       D                 G
Saying something about a queen.
           D
There were peasants singing and
A
Drummers drumming
        G                A
And the archer split the tree.
            Bm
There was a fanfare blowing
C
To the sun
         G               C
That was floating on the breeze.
D                     A
Look at Mother Nature on the run
       C             G
In the nineteen seventies.
D                     A
Look at Mother Nature on the run
       C             G
In the nineteen seventies.


G     D                     G
I was lying in a burned out basement
         D               G
With the full moon in my eyes.
      D            A
I was hoping for replacement
         G                  A
When the sun burst thru the sky.
            Bm           C
There was a band playing in my head
      G                 C
And I felt like getting high.
      D
I was thinking about what a
A
Friend had said
      C               G
I was hoping it was a lie.
D
Thinking about what a
A
Friend had said
      C               G
I was hoping it was a lie.


G       D
Well, I dreamed I saw the silver
G
Space ships flying
       D                  G
In the yellow haze of the sun,
           D
There were children crying
    A
And colors flying
     G                A
All around the chosen ones.
         Bm         C
All in a dream, all in a dream
    G             C
The loading had begun.
          D
They were flying Mother Nature's
A                C               G
Silver seed to a new home in the sun.
D
Flying Mother Nature's
A                C
Silver seed to a new home.
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