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Needles

Izzy Stradlin
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
A-------0-0--2-2--3-
E--3-3--------------
 "Riff 2"
A-------------------
E--4-4--6-6--8-8--9-
 "Riff 3"
A------------0-0--1-
E--1-1--3-3---------
 there ain't  nothin' goin'  on out in Needles
 there ain't  nothin' goin'  on there that's why I go
 there ain't  nothin' goin'  on in Needles
 check in my hotel  I'm layin' low
 "Riff 1" C D G Cadd9 G
 I get no  calls when I  go out ta Needles
 yeah I sleep  into the  morning til I'm through
 then I get  up and I take  my motorcycle
  D G Cadd9 G "Riff 1" C
 I ride off out there and I feel good
 Yeah I take off out there  and I feel good
 no complications
 no complications
 no complications
 when you're  here
 so complicated
 so complicated
 so complicated
 when you're  there
 "Riff 2" - C- D# - G# - C# - G#
 found a person  out walkin'  toward Needles
 he'd been  walkin' for five  days and man it  showed
 gave him  water and then  asked him where he came  from
  C F Bb F "Riff 3" Bb
 "Mi pueblo esta en Mexico"
 he said he came  up from Mexico
 we gave  him a ride  up to the next  town
 through the desert  was 30  miles or more
 said he'd take  him a greyhound  bus to la
  D G Cadd9 G "Riff 1" C
 I hope he made it I'll never know
 I'll bet he did  though yeah I hope so
 "USE THE SAME CHORDS..."
 there ain't nothin' goin' on in Needles
 there ain't nothin' goin' on there that's why I go
 there ain't nothin' goin' on in Needles
 I hope he made it I'll never know
 I'll bet he did though yea I hope so

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Readable chord sheet for Needles by Izzy Stradlin

A-------0-0--2-2--3-
E--3-3--------------

"Riff 2"

A-------------------
E--4-4--6-6--8-8--9-

"Riff 3"

A------------0-0--1-
E--1-1--3-3---------

there ain't[G] nothin' goin'[C] on out in [D]Needles
there ain't[G] nothin' goin'[C] on there that's why I [D]go
there ain't[G] nothin' goin'[C] on in N[D]eedles   [D5]         [C#5]                [C]
check in my [D]hotel I'm layin' [G]low    [Cadd9]             [G]

"Riff 1"    C       D         G        Cadd9    G

I get n[G]o calls when I[C] go out ta [D]Needles
yeah I s[G]leep into the[C] morning til I'm [D]through
then I [G]get up and I [C]take my motorc[D]ycle     [D5]           [C#5]                  [C]
            D                    G       Cadd9   G     "Riff 1"   C
I ride off out there and I feel good
Yeah I take off out [D]there and I feel [G]good  [Cadd9]          [G]

[G2]    [F#]     [Em]

no comp[Dsus2]lications[G2]      [F#]             [Em]
no comp[Dsus2]lications[G2]      [F#]             [Em]
no comp[Dsus2]lications
when you're[C] here   [D]          [G2]                [F#]                       [Em]
so com[Dsus2]plicated[G2]      [F#]             [Em]
so com[Dsus2]plicated[G2]      [F#]             [Em]
so com[Dsus2]plicated
when you're[C] there  [D]

[G#]   [C#]   [D#]

[D#5]   [D5]   [C#]   [D#]   [G#]     [C#]   [G#]

"Riff 2" - C

found a [F]person out [Bb]walkin' toward [C]Needles
he'd bee[F]n walkin' for [Bb]five days and man it[C] showed
gave him[F] water and then[Bb] asked him where he [C]came from [C5]       [B5]             [Bb]
          C            F       Bb   F   "Riff 3"    Bb
"Mi pueblo esta en Mexico"
he said he [C]came up from Mexi[F]co    [Bb]         [F]

we ga[G]ve him a ri[C]de up to the nex[D]t town
through the de[G]sert was 3[C]0 miles or mo[D]re
said he'd [G]take him a gre[C]yhound bus to [D]la     [D5]           [C#5]                  [C]
              D                G      Cadd9   G    "Riff 1"    C
I hope he made it I'll never know
I'll bet he did[D] though yeah I hope s[G]o

"USE THE SAME CHORDS..."

there ain't nothin' goin' on in Needles
there ain't nothin' goin' on there that's why I go
there ain't nothin' goin' on in Needles
I hope he made it I'll never know
I'll bet he did though yea I hope so

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