Thrasher

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          Thrasher – Neil Young
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Written by: Neil Young
From: "Rust Never Sleeps" (1979)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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capo: 2nd fret
play: C
key: D

For original chords transpose this tab +2 to D.

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These are the voicings used in the intro. Whatever your strumming pattern,
try to use the rhythm indicated here. Many of the hammering ons etc are
Used throughout the song in the verses, too

[Intro]
 [C                                [F               [C
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|1---------------|----------------|----------------|
G|0---0-----------|0---------------|----2-2---0---0-|----------------|
D|2---0h2---------|2—-0h2—2p0------|3---3-3---3-----|2---------------|
A|3---3-----------|3---------3-2p0-|3---------------|3-----------0-2-|
E|----------------|---------------3|1---------------|--------3-------|

 [C      [Gsus4/B [Am7    [C/G     [F               [G
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----1-------1---|----1-------1---|1---------------|0---------------|
G|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|2---------------|0---------------|
D|----2-------0---|----2-------2---|3---------------|0---------------|
A|3-------2-------|0---------------|3---------------|----------------|
E|----------------|--------3-------|1---------------|3---------------|

 [C                                [F/A             [C
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|1---------------|----------------|
G|0---------------|----0---0-------|2---2-2---0---0-|----------------|
D|0h2-------------|---0h2--0-------|3---3-3---3-----|2---------------|
A|3---------------|------------3---|0---------------|3-----------0-2-|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------3-------|

 [C      [Gsus4/B [Am7    [C/G     [F               [G
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
e|----------------|----------------|----1-1---0-----|----------------|
B|----1-------1---|----1-------1---|1---1-1---1-----|0---------------|
G|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|2---------2-----|0---------------|
D|----2-------0---|----2-------2---|3---------------|0---------------|
A|3-------2-------|0---------------|3---------------|----------------|
E|----------------|--------3-------|1---------------|3---------------|

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CHORDS
          E-A-D-G-B-e
Gsus4/B   x-2-0-0-1-x
Am7       x-0-2-0-1-0
C/G       3-x-2-0-1-0
Cmaj7     x-3-2-0-0-0
F/A       x-0-3-2-1-1
Fadd9/A   x-0-3-2-1-3

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[Intro]
| C | % | F | C |
| C Gsus4/B | Am7 C/G | F | G |
| C | % | F | C |
| C Gsus4/B | Am7 C/G | F/A | G |

[Verse 1]
          C
They were hiding behind hay bales
          F               C          C/G
They were planting in the full moon
         C     Gsus4/B  Am7     C/G       F     G
They had given all they had for something new
        C
But the light of day was on them
           F                 C        C/G
They could see the thrashers coming
        C     Gsus4/B    Am7     C/G     F     G
And the water shone like diamonds in the dew

[Bridge]
F                G
  And I was just getting up
        C                F
Hit the road before it's light
F                   G           C   C Cmaj7 C  Cmaj7 C C
 Trying to catch an hour on the sun
       F                   G
When I saw those thrashers rolling by
        C                   Am   C
Looking more than two lanes wide
      Dm7                            G
I was feelin' like my day had just begun

[Verse 2]
          C
Where the eagle glides ascending
           F/A           C       C/G
There's an ancient river bending
         C        Gsus4/B  Am7    C/G
Down the timeless gorge of changes
      F              G 
Where sleeplessness awaits
  C
I searched out my companions
         F/A             C       C/G
Who were lost in crystal canyons
         C       Gsus4/B  Am7     C/G         F             G
When the aimless blade of science slashed the pearly gates

[Bridge]
       F               G
It was then I knew I'd had enough
          C               F
Burned my credit card for fuel
F                        G                 C    C   Csus2 C
 Headed out to where the pavement turns to sand
       F                     G
With a one-way ticket to the land of truth
       C        Cmaj7 Am  C
And my suitcase in my hand
      Dm7                                G
How I lost my friends I still don't understand

[Verse 3]
C
They had the best selection
          Fadd9/A          C
They were poisoned with protection
          C       Gsus4/B   Am7    C/G
There was nothing that they needed
F               G 
Nothing left to find
          C              Csus2 C
They were lost in rock formations
     F/A               C       C/G
Or became park bench mutations
       C             Gsus4/B Am7      C/G
On the sidewalks and in the  stations
          F        G 
They were waiting, waiting

[Bridge]
F                    G
  So I got bored and left them there
          C                  F
They were just deadweight to me
F                G                 C    C   Csus2 C
 Better down the road without that load
F                          G
 Brings back the time when I was eight or nine
      C           Cmaj7    Am  C
I was watchin' my mama's T.V
            Dm7                          G
It was that great Grand Canyon rescue episode

[Verse 4]
          C
Where the vulture glides descending
      F               C        C/G
On an asphalt highway bending
       C       Gsus4/B Am7    C/G
Thru libraries and   museums
F            G 
Galaxies and stars
         C    Csus2     C
Down the windy halls of friendship
       F                   C        C/G
To the rose clipped by the bullwhip
      C      Gsus4/B Am7     C/G        F               G
The Motel of Lost Companions waits with heated pool and bar

[Bridge]
F                G
  But me I'm not stopping there
       C       Cmaj7   F
Got my own row left to hoe
F             G                    C    C   Csus2 C
 Just another line in the field of time
F                         G
  When the thrasher comes I'll be stuck in the sun
         C   Cmaj7    Am       C
Like the dinosaurs in shrines
         Dm7                                   G
But I'll know the time has come to give what's mine

[Outro]
| C | % | F | C |
| C Gsus4/B | Am7 C/G | F | G |
| F | G | C | F |
| F | G | C | C Cmaj7 C6 C |
| F | G | C Cmaj7 | Am C |
| Dm7 | % | G | % |

(fade out over last six bars)