After the Goldrush chords

by Neil Young

After the Goldrush was written by Neil Young - Canadian-American singer-songwriter, musician, and activist.
Recorded: March 12, 1970
Released: August 31, 1970
Album: After the Goldrush
Music: D Major in 4/4 time at 100 bpm
Chords: D, Dsus2, G, A, Bm, C

Chart Legend

Numbered Circles: Fingers used to play chords O: Optional Note
Barre Line: One finger holds down multiple strings R: Root Note
Unmarked strings: Play open X: Don't play string B: Bass Note

After the Goldrush chords & lyrics

The Relative Major Key of Em is highlighted - Transpose to any other key.

             
             Dsus2  D          G    Dsus2  D     Dsus2  G    G
Intro: 4/4 | 1      &2&3&4& |     | 1      &2&3  &4     & |     |
                    ↑                      ↑     
                   (Hammer On)            (Hammer On)

 
           D                            G
1. Well, I dreamed I saw the knights in ar-mor com-ing,
           D                   G
   Say-in' some-thing a-bout a queen.
               D                      A
   There where pea-sants sin-gin' and drum-mers drum-min'
           G                 A
   And the ar-cher split the tree.
               Bm                C
   There was a fan-fare blow-in' to the sun
            G                C
   That was float-ing on the breeze. |  𝄎  |
   D                       A
   Look at Mo-ther Na-ture on the run
          C                G
   In the nine-teen se-ven-ties.
   D                       A
   Look at Mo-ther Na-ture on the run
          C                G
   In the nine-teen se-ven-ties. 
 

         D                      G
2. I was ly-ing in a burned out base-ment
          D               G
   With a full moon in my eye
         D              A
   I was hop-ing for re-place-ment
            G                     A
   When the sun burst through the sky
               Bm            C
   There was a band play-ing in my head
         G                  C
   And I felt like get-ting high |  𝄎  |
         D                      A
   I was think-ing about what a friend had said
         C                G
   I was hop-ing it was a lie
   D                      A
   Think-ing about what a friend had said
         C                G
   I was hop-ing it was a lie
   
        
          D     G     D     G     D     A     G     A 
Instr: |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
    
          Bm    C     G     C           D     A     C
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          G     D     A     C     G
       |     |     |     |     |     | 
                                  (Well I)  

          D                        G
3. Well I dreamed I saw the silver space-ships fly-ing
          D                   G
   In the yel-low haze of the sun
              D                     A
   There were child-ren cry-ing and col-ors fly-ing
         G                 A
   All a-round the cho-sen ones
            Bm         C
   All in a dream, all in a dream
       G               C
   The load-ing had be-gun |  𝄎  |
   D                        A
   Fly-ing Mother Na-ture's sil-ver seed
        C               G
   To a new home in the sun
   D                        A
   Fly-ing Mother Na-ture's sil-ver seed
        C              G
   To a new home... |  𝄑  |

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