NEIL YOUNG - CRIME IN THE CITY CHORDS

Tuning: E A D G B E

Song: Crime in the city Artist: Neil Young Composer: Neil Young Album: Freedom Tabbed by DJ ['DiddyD' on ultimateGuitar.com] 6th June 2019 Hear the track at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7Ree_MjkB8 TUNING: D-G-C-F-A-D [Will then sound in the recorded key of G] For other instruments use transpose function, select +2 to display in Am. N.B. Please IGNORE ANY POP-UP CHORD BOXES the website might automatically suggest and use the typed shapes shown below: Chords named as if still in standard tuning but will sound a tone lower [in G] with the dropped tuning... A = x02220 Bm = x24432 Bsus2 = x24422 Em = 022000

^G = xx000x Bm/A = x04432 G = 320033 ^G6 = 320030 N.C. = No chords

Please select a star rating for this tab, many thanks ========================================================================== [Intro] A G A G | / / / / | / / / /__/ | / / / / | / / / /__/ |

||: ^Bm/__/ /__/ ^Bm/A /__/^Bm / | ^N.C. / / / / :|| [x4] ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ||: ^Bm/ / ^Bsus2 /__/^Bm / |^Bm /^Bsus2__/ /__^G/ / / :|| [x2]

[Verse 1]

Well, the ^Bmcop made the showdown,^Bm ^Bm/A ^G he was ^Bmsure he was right,^Bm ^Bm/A ^G He had ^Bmall of the lowdown^Bm ^Bm/A .^G..from the ^Bmbank heist last night, ^Bm ^Bm/A ^G ^A ^Em His best friend was a robber, ^A ^Em and his wife was a thief, ^A ^Em All the children were killers, ^A ^Em they couldn't get no relief, ^A ^G The bungalow was surrounded, ^A ^G when a voice, loud and clear, ^A ^G Said, "Come on out with your hands up, ^A ^G Or we'll blow you out of here!" There was a face in the window, t^Bmhe T. V. camera^Gs rolled, ^Bm Then they ^Gcut to the an - ^Bmnouncer, and the ^Gstory was ^Bmtold ^G

[Break]

| ^A/ / / /_/ | / / / ^A/_/ ||: / / /__/ / | ^Bm/ / ^Bm/A / /^Bm :|| [x^N.C.4] ||: ^Bm/ / ^Bsus2 /__/^Bm / |^Bm /^Bsus2__/ /__^G/ / / :|| [x2]

[Verse 2]

The artist ^Bmlooked at the producer,^Bm ^Bm/A ^G the ^Bmproducer sat back, ^Bm ^Bm/A ^G He said, "^BmWhat we have got here ^Bm ^Bm/A ^G...is a ^Bmperfect track, ^Bm ^Bm/A ^G ^A ^Em But we don't have a vocal, ^A ^Em and we don't have a song, ^A ^Em If we could get these things accomplished... ^A ^Em ...nothing else could go wrong!" ^A ^G So he balanced the ashtray, ^A ^G as he picked up the phone, ^A ^G And said, "Send me a songwriter ^A ^G...who's drifted far from home, And make sure that he's hungry, ^Bm ^Bsus2 ^Bm m^Bmake^Bm/A sure he's^G a - lone, ^Bm And ^Gsend me a ^Bmcheeseburger, and a ^Gnew Rolling ^BmStone!" ^GYeah!

[Break]

| ^A/ / / /_/ | / / / ^A/_/ ||: / / /__/ / | ^Bm/ / ^Bm/A / /^Bm :||[x4^N.C.] ||: ^Bm/ / ^Bsus2 /__/^Bm / |^Bm /^Bsus2__/ /__^G/ / / :|| [x4]

[Verse 3]

"There's still ^Bmcrime in the city",^Bm ^Bm/A ..^G.said the ^Bmcop on the beat, ^Bm ^Bm/A ^G "I don't ^Bmknow if I can stop it,^Bm ^Bm/A .^G..I feel like ^Bmmeat on the street,^Bm ^Bm/A ^G ^A ^Em They paint my car like a target,^A ^Em ...I take my orders from fools, ^A ^Em Meanwhile, some kid blows my head off! ^A ^Em Well, I play by their rules, ^A ^G That's why I'm doing it my way, ^A ^G...I took the law in my hands, ^A ^G So here I am in the alleyway, ^A ^G...a wad of cash in my pants, I get paid by a ^Bmten year old, he says he ^Glooks up to ^Bmme, There's still ^Gcrime in the ^Bmcity, but it's ^Ggood to be ^Bmfree!" ^G

[Bridge in 6/8 time] D A G | /_/_/ /_/_/ | /_/_/ / | /_/_/ /_/_/ | /_/_/ / | /_/_/ /_/_/ | /_/_/ / | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ [Break] A G A G | / / / / | / / / /__/ | / / / / | / / / /__/ |

||: ^Bm/__/ /__/ ^Bm/A /__/^Bm / | ^N.C. / / / / :|| [x4] ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ||: ^Bm/ / ^Bsus2 /__/^Bm / |^Bm /^Bsus2__/ /__^G/ / / :|| [x2]

[Verse 4]

Now, I ^Bmcome from a family^Bm ^Bm/A .^G..that has a ^Bmbroken home, ^Bm ^Bm/A ^G Sometimes I ^Bmtalk to Daddy^Bm ^Bm/A ^G ...on the ^Bmtelephone, ^Bm ^Bm/A ^G ^A ^Em When he says that he loves me, ^A ^Em ...I know that he does, ^A ^Em But I wish I could see him, ^A ^Em ...I wish I knew where he was, ^A ^G But that's the way all my friends are, ^A ^G...except maybe one or two, ^A ^G Wish I could see him this weekend, ^A ^G...wish I could walk in his shoes, But now I'm doing my ^Bmown thing, sometimes I'm ^Ggood, then I'm ^Bmbad, Although my ^Ghome has been ^Bmbroken, it's the ^Gbest home I ever ^Bmhad! ^G

||: ^Bm/__/ /__/ ^Bm/A /__/^Bm / | ^N.C. / / / / :|| [x4] ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

||: ^Bm/ / ^Bsus2 /__/^Bm / |^Bm /^Bsus2__/ /__^G/ / / :|| [x2] [Verse 5] Well, I ^Bmkeep getting younger, ^Bm ^Bm/A ^G ...my life's been ^Bmfunny that way,^Bm ^Bm/A ^G Before I ^Bmever learned to talk,^Bm ^Bm/A ^G...I for - ^Bmgot what to say, ^Bm ^Bm/A ^G ^A ^Em I sassed back to my mom, ^A ^Em ...I sassed back to my teacher, ^A ^Em I got thrown out of Bible school^A ^Em...for sassing back at the preacher, ^A ^G Then I grew up to be a fireman, ^A ^G put out every fire in town, ^A ^G Put out anything smoking, ^A ^G but when I put the hose down, The judge sent me to ^Bmprison, he gave me ^Glife without par - ^Bmole, Wish I ^Gnever put the ^Bmhose down, G Bm Bm/A Bm N.C. Wish I never got old---------------------------------- | /__/ /__/ /__/ / | / / / / | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ||: ^Bm/__/ /__/ ^Bm/A /__/^Bm / | ^N.C. / / / / :|| [x3] ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

[Coda]

||: ^Bm/ / ^Bsus2 /__/^Bm / | ^Bm /_^Bsus2_/ /__^G/ / / :|| [Repeat] | ^Bm / || ===============================================================================

[Examples of Intro and Break riffs]

A ^G A ^G A ^G A d |--0---0---0-0-----0--0-0---0-----|--0---0---0-0-----0--0-0---0--0--| A |--2---2---2-2--0-h2--2-2---2--0--|-h2---2---2-2--0-h2--2-2---2--2--| F |--2---2---2-2--0-h2--2-2---2--0--|-h2---2---2-2--0-h2--2-2---2--2--| C |--2---2---2-2--0-h2--2-2---2--0--|-h2---2---2-2--0-h2--2-2---2--2--| G |--0---0---0-0-----0--0-0---0-----|--0---0---0-0-----0--0-0---0--0--| D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Bm Bm/A Bm d |--[2][2]-[2][2]--[2][2]--|-----------2--1--0--------| A |--[3][3]-[3][3]--[3][3]--|------0--3---------3--0---| F |---4--4---4--4----4--4---|--------------------------| C |---4--4---4--4----4--4---|--------------------------| G |---2--2---2--2----0-h2---|--------------------------| D |-------------------------|--------------------------| Bm Bm/A Bm d |--[2][2]-[2][2]--[2][2]--|----0--2--3--2--3--2-0----| A |--[3][3]-[3][3]--[3][3]--|--3--------------------3--| F |---4--4---4--4----4--4---|--------------------------| C |---4--4---4--4----4--4---|--------------------------| G |---2--2---2--2----0-h2---|--------------------------| D |-------------------------|--------------------------|