Cocaine Eyes

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VETTERS@VAX1.ELON.EDU (Steve Vetter)
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
A B
: x02220 : x2444x
G C#
: 320003 :x4666x
EmA
Intro: ,
Em A Em A
Ain't a day goes by I don't burn a little bit of my soul
Em A Em A
Ain't a day goes by I don't burn a little bit of my soul
G A G A
Scored some friends along the way, did what I did, said what I had to say
G A
And I'd do it all again if I had to today
C D Em A Em A
When all is said and done, I'm the one
E B C# A
Cocaine eyes won't hide your face
E B C# A B Em A Em A
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:
Em, A 0 2 3 3 2 0 Em, A 0 2 3 3 2 0 Em etc...Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 14:08:07 -1000
From: Harlan L Thompson <harlant@hawaii.edu>
COCAINE EYES- Neil Young
EmA EmA
(w/RIFF each time)
Em A Em A
Ain't a day goes by I don't burn a little bit of my soul
Em A Em A
Ain't a day goes by I don't burn a little bit of my soul
G A G A
Scored some friends along the way, did what I did, said what I had to say
G A
And I'd do it all again if I had to today
C D EmA EmA
(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):
E B C#m A
Cocaine eyes won't hide your face
E B C#m A B Em A Em A
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
Em A
Cocaine eyes
Em A
Won't hide your face
Em A
Cocaine eyes
Em A
Won't hide your face
Em
Cocaine eyes
RIFF:
Em Em7 A
E
^ | ^ | ^
B
| | | | |
G
| | | | |
D | | | | | 2 4 5 5 4 2
A | / | / |
E
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.

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VETTERS@VAX1.ELON.EDU (Steve Vetter)
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
                A: x02220       B: x2444x
                G: 320003       C#:x4666x
Intro: Em, A
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:
      Em, A     0 2 3 3 2 0   Em, A   0 2 3 3 2 0  Em  etc...Date:      Mon, 25 Sep 1995 14:08:07 -1000
From: Harlan L Thompson 
COCAINE EYES- Neil Young
Em  A  Em  A (w/RIFF each time)
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):
REPEAT FIRST VERSE (add extra "I'm the one" at the end)
CHORUS
RIFF:
   Em    Em7 A
E   ^ | ^ |  ^
B   | | | |  |
A   | / | /  |
E 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.

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