Heart Of Gold by Neil Young guitar tab (text):

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From: capper@waikato.ac.nz



I've only just started learning the guitar and I'm having trouble working

out the intro to "Heart of gold" by Neil Young.

I play it picking the bottom four strings using the chords



Em x5  D x1  Em7 x1  Em x1



It then has a few notes picked and then played again.  With my useless

ear I can't pick out those notes.  Any help or corrections would be appreciated



Also would anyone know a riff to play instead of the harmonica parts.





                                                                    Thanks  



                                                                         Mike.

    



From: spxhaw@thor.cf.ac.uk (Howard Wright \(???\))

Subject: Re: REQ: Heart of gold / Old Man -N Young



HEART OF GOLD : NEIL YOUNG



Intro:



Em7 / / / / / D / Em7       (Play twice)



Verse:



Em / C / D / G /        (Play three times)



Em7 / / / / / G /  C /  /   C  G/B  Am7  G      (play twice)





For the harmonica bit, play the first line of the verse (3 times) then goto

the opening line once



Then verse two is as verse one



The only 'extra' is at the end where the vocals repeat the line:



"Keep me searching for a heart of gold, keep me searching and I'm growing old"



This is sung over the intro line again,  so for this we have:



Em7 / / / / / D  / Em7       (three times)

Em7 / / / / / G / / /  C /  /   /  G/B  Am7 G





If you listen to the record it should be clear how the lyrics change with the

chords. The only thing to suss out is the rhythm of the strumming.

For the intro you have 6 strong strums on the Em7 , two on D then back to Em7



listen to the record- it's pretty straight forward.



Here are the chord shapes:



  Em7        D         Em         C        G        G/B     Am7

022030    xx0232    022000     032010    320003   x2000x   x02010





Howard



From: VETTERS@VAX1.ELON.EDU (Steve Vetter  )

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Subject: TAB: Heart of Gold - Neil Young



I don't know who originally wrote this,  I just added the riff after "old."  

I got this from the book "Neil Youn for Guitar" or something like that.  





The intro is an Em strum with a brief D:  (each / represents a beat)

(This may actually be a Em7)



Repeat twice:

          Em  Em  Em  Em  Em  Em  D       D   Em

  /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /



e --------0---0---0---0---0---0-|-2-------2---0-----------------|

B --------0---0---0---0---0---0-|-3-------3---0-----------------|

G --------0---0---0---0---0---0-|-2-------2---0-----------------|

D --------2---2---2---2---2---2-|-0-------0---2-----------0-----|

A --------2---2---2---2---2---2-|-------------2-------0-2----2--|

E 0-------0---0---0---0---0---0-|-------------0-----------------|



[Harmonica intro]



Em        C     D         G

I want to live, I want to give

Em          C           D        G

I've been a miner for a heart of gold

Em           C         D       G

It's these expressions I never give

Em                           G        D

That keep me searching for a heart of gold

C                    G

And I'm getting old

Em                      G        D

Keep me searching for a heart of gold

C                  (riff)  G

And I'm getting old



Riff

-----------3------------------

-----------0------------------

-----------0------------------

-----------0------------------

--3--2--0--2------------------

-----------3------------------



[Harmonica solo]



[Repeat intro Em-D pattern]



Em           C          D            G

I've been to Hollywood, I've been to Redwood

Em               C           D        G

I've crossed the ocean for a heart of gold

Em           C        D           G

I've been in my mind, it's such a fine line

Em                            G        D

That keeps me searching for a heart of gold

C                  riff G

And I'm getting old



[Harmonica solo]



Em                      D        Em

Keep me searching for a heart of gold

    Em                        D       Em

You keep me searching and I'm getting old

Em                      D        Em

Keep me searching for a heart of gold

Em                      G        D

I've been a miner for a heart of gold



C     G

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OK this is what I have for Heart of Gold



Strum an Em7 chord 6 times, then 2 on D, then one again on Em7



Here's the Em7 shape



  EADGBE

  022030



And D (in case you don't know)



  EADGBE

  xx0232



after the D and one on Em7 I think he plays an Em once  (022000) then he picks

these notes:



D------2------

A--0h2--------

E--------0----





where you hammer on from the open A to the second fret



Then you go back to the beginning  (6 on Em7, 2 on D, 1 on Em7, 1 on Em)



Hope this helps



Howard



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In article ,

  wrote:

 [...]

 I play it picking the bottom four strings using the chords



 Em x5  D x1  Em7 x1  Em x1



 It then has a few notes picked and then played again.  With my useless

 ear I can't pick out those notes.  Any help or corrections would be appreciated

 [...]





Hiya... I play



  Em    D  Em[  ]       D  Em

| . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . 

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4



where the stuff in the brackets [  ] is, in order:

	an open A and hammer-on to B (5th string, 2nd fret)

	the E (4th string of the Em chord, 2nd fret)

	the B again

	low E (open 6th string)

...Oboy, let me try to tab this out.  It may rot, though!



	|---------------

	|---------------

	|---------------

	|---------------

	|-------2-------

	|--0-h2---2-----

	|-----------0---



(Hey, not too bad!  heh,heh)  Now you're ready for the 6 Em strums,

two D ones, and back to Em again.



...or just screw around!!!   Cheers,



- doug

  viner@virginia