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Mr Soul by Neil Young
Mr Soul
(Tune the guitar down to D)
E E E E
E
Oh hello Mr. Soul I droped by to pick up a reason
E
For the thought that I'd caught that my head is the event of the season
A E
Why in crowds just a trace of my face should seem so pleasin'
D A E
I'll cop out to the change but a stranger is putting the tease on
D G D x2
I was down on a frown when a messenger brought me a letter
I was raised by the praise of a fan who said I upset her
Any girl in the world could have esaily known me better
She said 'You're stange, but don't change' and I let her
D
In a while well the smile on my face turned to plaster
Stick around while the clown who was sick does the trick of disaster
For the race of my head and my face is moving much faster
Is it strange I should change? I don't know - why don't you ask her
D A
Is it strange I should change? I don't know
D A
Is it strange I should change? I don't know
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D-0- -0- -0- -2- -3- -3- (3) -3- -2- -3- -2- -3- --- --- ---
It's in the key of E and in 4/4 time.
Chords: E5 F#/E G/E
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Intro: E5
E5 F#/E G/E F#/E G/E F#/E G/E E5 F#/E G/E
Oh, hello, Mister Soul, I dropped by to pick up a rea_son
F#/E G/E F#/E G/E E5 F#/E G/E F#/E G/E F#/E
For the thought that I caught that my head is the e_vent of the
G/E E5 F#/E G/E
sea_son.
F#/E G/E F#/E G/E A5 E5 F#/E G/E
Why in crowds just a trace of my face could seem so pleasin'
F#/E G/E F#/E G/E D A E5 F#/E G/E
I'll cop out to the change but a stranger is putting the tease on.
I was down on a frown when the messanger brought me a letter.
I was raised by the praise of a fan who said I upset her.
Any girl in the world could have easily known me better.
She said, "You're strange, but don't change," and I let her.
In a while, will the smile on my face turn to plaster,
Stick around while the clown who is sick does the trick of disaster.
For the race of my head and my face is moving much faster.
Is it strange I should change? I don't know, why don't you ask her?
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version 2
Intro: E D E D E D
E D E D
Oh Hello Mr Soul I dropped by to pick up a reason
E D E D
For the thought that I caught in my head its the event of the season
A E D E D
While in crowds just a trace of my face could seem so pleasing.
DMin A E D
I'll cop out to the change but a stranger is putting the tease on.
E D E D
I was down on a frown when a messenger brought me a letter
E D E D
I was raised by the praise of a fan who said I upset her
A E D E D
Any girl in the world could have easily known me better
DMin A E D
She said your strange but dont change and i let her
E D E D
In a while will the smile on my face turn to plaster
E D E D
Stick around while the clown who is sick does the trick of disaster
A E D E D
For the race of my head and my face is moving much faster
DMin A E D
Is it strange i should change i dont know why dont you ask her.
Oh hello Mr. Soul I dropped by to pick up a reason
For the thought that I caught that my head is the event of the season
Why in crowds just a trace of my face could seem so pleasin'
I'll cop out to the change but a stranger is putting the tease on
I was down on a frown when the messenger brought me a letter
I was raised by the praise of a fan who said I upset her
Any girl in the world could have easily known me better
She said you're strange but don't change and I let her
In a while will the smile on my face turn to plaster
Stick around while the clown who is sick does the trick of disaster
For the race of my head and my face is moving much faster
Is it strange I should change I don't know why don't you ask her
Is it strange I should change I don't know why don't you ask her
Is it strange I should change I don't know why don't you ask her
Is it strange I should change I don't know why don't you ask her
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version 3
Tuning: Standard
C7 C6 G C
e|--2--| e|--2--| e|--3--| e|--0--|
B|--1--| B|--0--| B|--3--| B|--1--|
G|--2--| G|--2--| G|--0--| G|--0--|
D|--0--| D|--0--| D|--0--| D|--2--|
A|--x--| A|--x--| A|--2--| A|--3--|
E|--x--| E|--x--| E|--3--| E|--3--|
Intro: hammer on and pulloff C7 to C6
C7/C6 C7/C6
Oh Hello Mr Soul I dropped by to pick up a reason
C7/C6 C7/C6
For the thought that I caught in my head its the event of the season
G C7/C6
While in crowds just a trace of my face could seem so pleasing.
C G C7/C6
I'll cop out to the change but a stranger is putting the tease on.
C7/C6 C7/C6
I was down on a frown when a messenger brought me a letter
C7/C6 C7/C6
I was raised by the praise of a fan who said I upset her
G C7/C6
Any girl in the world could have easily known me better
C G C7/C6
She said your strange but don't change and i let her
C7/C6 C7/C6
In a while will the smile on my face turn to plaster
C7/C6 C7/C6
Stick around while the clown who is sick does the trick of disaster
G C7/C6
For the race of my head and my face is moving much faster
C G C7/C6
Is it strange i should change i dont know why dont you ask her.
Oh hello Mr. Soul I dropped by to pick up a reason
For the thought that I caught that my head is the event of the season
Why in crowds just a trace of my face could seem so pleasin'
I'll cop out to the change but a stranger is putting the tease on
I was down on a frown when the messenger brought me a letter
I was raised by the praise of a fan who said I upset her
Any girl in the world could have easily known me better
She said you're strange but don't change and I let her
In a while will the smile on my face turn to plaster
Stick around while the clown who is sick does the trick of disaster
For the race of my head and my face is moving much faster
Is it strange I should change I don't know why don't you ask her
Is it strange I should change I don't know why don't you ask her
Is it strange I should change I don't know why don't you ask her
Is it strange I should change I don't know why don't you ask her
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version 4
[Verse 1]
E
Oh, hello Mr. Soul, I dropped by to pick up a reason
E
For the thought that I caught that my head is the
event of the season.
A E
Why in crowds just a trace of my face could seem so pleasin'
D A
I'll cop out to the change, but a stranger
E
Is putting the tease on.
[Verse 2]
E
I was down on a frown when the messenger brought me a letter
E
I was raised by the praise of a fan who said I upset her.
A E
Any girl in the world could have easily known me better
D A E
She said, You're strange, but don't change, and I let her.
[Verse 3]
E
In a while will the smile on my face turn to plaster?
E
Stick around while the clown who is sick
does the trick of disaster
A E
For the race of my head and my face is moving much faster.
D A
Is it strange I should change? I don't know,
E
Why don't you ask her?
D A E
Is it strange I should change? I don't know
D A E
Is it strange I should change? I don't know
Oh hello Mr. Soul I dropped by to pick up a reason
For the thought that I caught that my head is the event of the season
Why in crowds just a trace of my face could seem so pleasin'
I'll cop out to the change but a stranger is putting the tease on
I was down on a frown when the messenger brought me a letter
I was raised by the praise of a fan who said I upset her
Any girl in the world could have easily known me better
She said you're strange but don't change and I let her
In a while will the smile on my face turn to plaster
Stick around while the clown who is sick does the trick of disaster
For the race of my head and my face is moving much faster
Is it strange I should change I don't know why don't you ask her
Is it strange I should change I don't know why don't you ask her
Is it strange I should change I don't know why don't you ask her
Is it strange I should change I don't know why don't you ask her
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version 5
Tuning: Double Drop D
Just tune down both E strings to D, gives for some awesome heavy bass for acoustic.
Chords (I don't know the specific name for these chords and don't want to look them up)
"D" "G" "C" "Em7"
0 0 0 0
3 0 1 (3) 3
2 0 0 0
0 0 2 2
0 5 3 2
0 5 X X (0)
The Riff: Not showing the strumming patterns for the chords, I highly suggest
watching the video of him playing this.
D
d|--------0-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------3-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------2-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------0-------------------X--X--X--X------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------X--X--X--X------------------------------------|
D|-0--------------0---2---3---3--3--3--3----3-2-3-2-------------------------|
Now throughout the song, he sometimes hammers-on the G-string 0h2 when playing
the D chords
Another Section
G D C Em7 D
d|---0--------0------------------------------------------0-----0-------0----|
B|---0--------3------------------------------------------1(3)--3-------3----|
G|---0--------2------------------------------------------0-----0-------2----|
D|---0--------0----------------X--X--X--X----------------2-----2-------0----|
A|---5-------------------------X--X--X--X----------------3-----2------------|
D|---5----0--------0---2---3---3--3--3--3----3-2-3-2-----X-----X----0-------|
And he of course plays some badass harmonica throughout these sections.
Oh hello Mr. Soul I dropped by to pick up a reason
For the thought that I caught that my head is the event of the season
Why in crowds just a trace of my face could seem so pleasin'
I'll cop out to the change but a stranger is putting the tease on
I was down on a frown when the messenger brought me a letter
I was raised by the praise of a fan who said I upset her
Any girl in the world could have easily known me better
She said you're strange but don't change and I let her
In a while will the smile on my face turn to plaster
Stick around while the clown who is sick does the trick of disaster
For the race of my head and my face is moving much faster
Is it strange I should change I don't know why don't you ask her
Is it strange I should change I don't know why don't you ask her
Is it strange I should change I don't know why don't you ask her
Is it strange I should change I don't know why don't you ask her
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