Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (acoustic) Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays440

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (acoustic) by Neil Young is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Em, A, Am and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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16
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  			Intro:  

e|-------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-2b4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4r2p0---0------0-0h2p0----0-2/4-2-0-0-| 
D|-----------------------2----0h2----------2-------------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------------| 


verse 1: 

  G                    C    G    C            G   C G 
I think I'd like to go back home, and take it easy 
          G                      C    G  C            G   C G 
There's a woman that I'd like to get to know, living there 
 

C                  G      Em                  A 
Everybody seems to wonder what it's like down here 
  C                                           Am 
I gotta get away from this day to day running around, 
          C              G 
Everybody knows this is nowhere. 

G     D        C 
La la la la la la la, everybody, everybody knows 
G     D        C 
La la la la la la la 


break 


verse 2:  

  G                      C    G     C               G   C G 
Every time I think about back home, it's cool and breezy 
  G                           C    G     C            G   C G                  
I wish that I could be there right now, just passing time. 


C                  G      Em                  A 
Everybody seems to wonder what it's like down here 
  C                                           Am 
I gotta get away from this day to day running around, 
          C              G 
Everybody knows this is nowhere. 

G     D        C 
La la la la la la la, everybody, everybody knows 
G     D        C 
La la la la la la la 



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