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Neil Young- Ohio

Based on the live acoustic version from the Live at Massey Hall recording.

Tuning: This is where everyone seems to go wrong when making tabs of Neil's songs as he

uses abnormal tuning settings. He frequently will use something called D modal tuning,

by simply dropping the two E strings to D.

For this song I think he drops only the high e string to d (although the first part does

pretty cool with the low D). This not only makes it sound better but it also makes the

FAR easier to play as it is exactly the same as a normal G chord with regular tuning.

opening: In this version he is constantly picking the higher strings and adding in bass

This is just an overview, listen to the song for the finer details. You can leave your

on the 1st fret of the B string for this whole opening

d ------0--------0-------0-------------|

Note: Gm7 in this tuning this is same as a regular G

Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming

we're finally on our own

this summer I hear the drumming

four dead in Ohio

Gotta get down to it

Soldiers are cutting us down

should have been done long ago

what if you knew her and

found her dead on the ground

how can you run when you know?

~D(building)

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