{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1916845,"song":"My Pledge","artist":"Neil Young","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1916845-my-pledge-chords-by-neil-young/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1916845?type=chord","rating":4.57408,"votes":3,"content":"Song: My Pledge\r\nArtist: Neil Young\r\nAlbum: Peace Trail (2016)\r\nTabbed by: Alexander Zaytsev\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIf it please the court I've had a lot to say[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it's not always been true[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nStanding here before you, judge[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI make my pledge of truth to you[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe waves came over the bowsprit[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe decks awash with running green and foam[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nBack there at the wheel I was terrified[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNext day we first saw home[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMy relatives came over on the Mayflower[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLanded on the shore almost alone[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNo that damn traffic today is terrible[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd everywhere I look I see people alone[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAlone with their heads looking in their hands[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLost in the conversation stare[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWalking with their eyes looking at the screen[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTalking like they were really there[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm lost in this new generation[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLeft me behind it seems[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nListening to the shadow of Jimi Hendrix[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Purple Haze\", sounding like TV[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nI stepped on someone's hand laying on the street[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBoth asleep and dead it may seem[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe didn't even move there on the sidewalk[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI stood there staring in a dream[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe came along in her uniform[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nStood moving me away with a gentle hand[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nDressed in white like a nightingale[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHer name was Florence, Florence of the Land[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n(I knew I'd seen her somewhere)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI knew I'd seen her somewhere[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut she was busy with him gone[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe came with three different brothers[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAbraham, Martin and John[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI heard a song about that once[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I never knew what it meant[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThree stars died in a plane one night[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nRock and Roll, the message that was sent[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI couldn't wrap my head around it[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDidn't know what it meant[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nStanding there on that sandy beach[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWatching it turn to cement[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 11]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow I don't see all the colors[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I might miss some of their beauty[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nBut I do see what I see[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I want to do my duty[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 12]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nEnlisted in the Navy at the corner store[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey had a recruiting booth[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI covered my heart and raised my hand[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd swore it was the truth[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n That's my pledge[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n That's my pledge[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n That's my pledge, judge[/tab]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n That's my pledge[/tab]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"Song: My Pledge\nArtist: Neil Young\nAlbum: Peace Trail (2016)\nTabbed by: Alexander Zaytsev\n\n[Intro]\nG F C G F C G F C G \n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nG F C G \n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 10]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 11]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 12]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\nG F C \n\nG F C G","chords":["G","F","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}