Don't Let It Bring You Down : After The Goldrush : Neil Young

[Intro]

        (x2)


[Verse 1]

             
 Old man lying

              
 by the side o

          
f the road
           
 With the lorr

              
ies rolling by
             
 Blue moon sin

              
king from the 

              
weight of the 

    
load
             
 And the build

              
ings scrape th

   
e sky       

         
 Cold wind rip

pling down the

 alley at dawn
           
 And the morni

      
ng paper fly
             
 Dead man lyin

     
g at the side 

of the road
             
 And the dayli

           
ght in his eye

 
s


[Chorus]

           
   Don't let i

            
t bring you do

  
wn
              
 It's only cas

           
tles burning
              
 Find someone 

          
who's turning
              
 And you will 

          
come around

        


[Verse 2]

             
 Blind man run

ning through t

he light of th

e night
         
 With an answe

r in his hand
 
 Come on down 

to the river o

f sight and
             
 You can reall

          
y understand
                                     
             
 Red light fla

shin' through 

the window in 

the rain
         
 Can you hear 

the sirens moa

n?
 
 White cane ly

ing in the gut

ter in the lan

e 
             
 And you're wa

           
lking home alo

 
ne
    
   
[Chorus]

             
 Don't let it 

              
bring you down
              
 It's only cas

             
tles burning j

    
ust
              
 Find someone 

          
who's turning
   
              
 And you will 

          
come around

   
     
    

             
 Don't let it 

              
bring you down
              
 It's only cas

             
tles burning  

    
just
              
 Find someone 

          
who's turning
              
 And you will 

          
come around

   
     
    
       
       
 [notes]

  022030 or 020030
  002010

 the emphasis here is _heavy_ on playability - the actual recorded version
 is on piano - the closest we can get on guitar is the following:


[Verse]
III  (5553)
IV (5343)
     (33211)
IV  (66544)
   (53333)

[Chorus]

III (3545)
III (5343)
   (3211)

[Chorus2] (first time)
    (332010)

  (0211) 
III (5553)

III
III

[Chorus2] (2nd time)
   
III
VIII (10,10,10,8)
III

or retune your

 guitar (to D)

 and change ac

cordingly