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Cocaine Eyes Tab

by Neil Young



From the semi-rare Eldorado.  What a killer tune!!!!OK, here's Cocaine Eyes, from Eldorado.
Thands to Shakey

Chords used:    Em:022000       E: 022100
                : x02220       : x2444x
                : 320003       :x4666x

Intro: , 

                                                            
 Ain't a day goes by I don't burn a little bit of my soul
                                                             
 Ain't a day goes by I don't burn a little bit of my soul
                                                   
 Scored some friends along the way, did what I did, said what I had to say
                            
 And I'd do it all again if I had to today
                                                        
 When all is said and done, I'm the one

                             
 Cocaine eyes won't hide your face
                                                               
 It's no surprise, you'll lose the race again, my old friend

It's a long hard road when your friends start to leave you behind
 It's a long hard road when you're tryin' to find peace of mind
 Some might go for poison, some go for too much stuff
 Some just go to sleep at night and forget to wake up

Have fun!

Shakey
 PS- for the acoustic version, Neil plays the Em, A intro and before
returning to the Em chords, he plays these frets on the A string:


COCAINE EYES- Neil Young

       (w/RIFF each time)

                                                            
Ain't a day goes by I don't burn a little bit of my soul
                                                            
Ain't a day goes by I don't burn a little bit of my soul
                                                             
Scored some friends along the way, did what I did, said what I had to say
                            
And I'd do it all again if I had to today
                                          (w/RIFF each time)
When all is said and done, I'm the one

It's a long hard road when you're tryin' to find peace of mind
It's a long hard road when your friends start dropping like flies
Some might go for poison, some go for too much love
Some just go to sleep at night and forget to wake up

Em  A   4 TIMES (w/RIFF)

CHORUS (barre chords):
                           
Cocaine eyes won't hide your face
                                                            
It's no surprise, you'll lose the race again, my old friend

REPEAT FIRST VERSE (add extra "I'm the one" at the end)
CHORUS
 
            
Cocaine eyes
                   
Won't hide your face
             
Cocaine eyes
                    
Won't hide your face
          
Cocaine eyes


RIFF:
        
   ^ | ^ |  ^
   | | | |  |
   | | | |  |
D   | | | |  | 2 4 5 5 4 2
A   | / | /  |
 0

NOTE: What I mean by the above riff explanation is this:  The first part 
is strummed (trying to imitate up and down strums) then the 2 4 5... are 
individual notes played on the D string.  This is from the solo acoustic, 
still unreleased version.