How to Play "The Needle And The Damage Done" Guitar tabs
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This is my first tab so cut me some slack if I mess up. This is a short song and fairly
easy, but I love Cross Canadian Ragweed so I figured I'd put it up.The lyrics are NOT in
line with the guitar parts so you can line that up yourself, but the lyrics are on the right
lines. The chords may not be typed as many times as you actually play it, just listen to the
song and get a feel for the rhythm then play what sounds right to you.
Tuning: sTandard
/:Slide up
To start the song just make a D chord but leave your middle finger off the e string. Then
just put your middle finger on the A string on the third fret. Once you play that riff pick
up your first and middle finger and put you first finger on the second fret and move it down
to the first to finish the opening riff.
A A A A
e------0-----0------0------0----------------------------------0-0-0-0-----------------------
D--3------3------3-----3-------------------------------------2-2-2-2-----------------------
G-----2------2-----0-----0------------------------------------2-2-2-2-----------------------
D-0--------------------------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------
A--------3------2-----1-------3-3/7-7-10-12-13-12-10----------0-0-0-0-----------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I caught you knockin' at my cellar door I love you, baby, can I have some more? Ohh, the
damage done
C C F F A A A A E E E E
e------0-----0------0------0--0-0-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------
D--3------3------3-----3-----1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------
G-----2------2-----0-----0----0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1---------------------------------------
D-0--------------------------2-2-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------------------------
A--------3------2-----1-------3-3-----0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2---------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------0-0-0-0---------------------------------------
I hit the city and I lost my band I watched the needle take another man Gone, gone, the
damage done
C C F F A A A A E E E E
e------0-----0------0------0--0-0-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------
D--3------3------3-----3-----1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------
G-----2------2-----0-----0----0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1---------------------------------------
D-0--------------------------2-2-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------------------------
A--------3------2-----1-------3-3-----0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2---------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------0-0-0-0---------------------------------------
A A A A
e------0-----0------0------0----------------------------------0-0-0-0-----------------------
D--3------3------3-----3-------------------------------------2-2-2-2-----------------------
G-----2------2-----0-----0------------------------------------2-2-2-2-----------------------
D-0--------------------------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------
A--------3------2-----1-------3-3/7-7-10-12-13-12-10----------0-0-0-0-----------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I sing the song because I love a man I know that some of you won't understand Milk-blood
to keep from running out
C C F F A A A A E E E E
e------0-----0------0------0--0-0-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------
D--3------3------3-----3-----1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------
G-----2------2-----0-----0----0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1---------------------------------------
D-0--------------------------2-2-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------------------------
A--------3------2-----1-------3-3-----0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2---------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------0-0-0-0---------------------------------------
I seen the needle and the damage done A little part of it in everyone But every junkie's
like a setting sun
C C F F A A A A E E E E
e------0-----0------0------0--0-0-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------
D--3------3------3-----3-----1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------
G-----2------2-----0-----0----0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1---------------------------------------
D-0--------------------------2-2-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------------------------
A--------3------2-----1-------3-3-----0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2---------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------0-0-0-0---------------------------------------
I caught you knockin' at my cellar door I love you, baby, can I have some more? Ohh, the
damage done
C C F F A A A A E E E E
e------0-----0------0------0--0-0-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------
D--3------3------3-----3-----1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------
G-----2------2-----0-----0----0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1---------------------------------------
D-0--------------------------2-2-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------------------------
A--------3------2-----1-------3-3-----0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2---------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------0-0-0-0---------------------------------------
e------0-----0------0------------0-------0--------------------------------------------------
D--3------3------3--------3-------------3--------------------------------------------------
G-----2------2-----0----------0----------0--------------------------------------------------
D-0-------------------------------------0--------------------------------------------------
A--------3------2-----1--------------1---1--------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------