Izzy Stradlin

Needles

Izzy Stradlin


Tom: G

(riff 1)
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---------

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

(riff 1)    C       D         G        Cadd9    G

       G             C          D
I get no calls when I go out ta Needles
        G            C                D
yeah I sleep into the morning til I'm through
       G            C             D        D5    C#5    C
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
                    D                G     Cadd9   G
Yeah I take off out there and I feel good

( G2    F#     Em )

       Dsus2    G2    F#     Em
no complications
       Dsus2    G2    F#     Em
no complications
       Dsus2
no complications
           C       D      G2    F#     Em
when you're here
      Dsus2   G2    F#     Em
so complicated
      Dsus2   G2    F#     Em
so complicated
      Dsus2
so complicated
           C       D
when you're there

(solo 3x) G#   C#   D# 

( D#5  D5  C#   D#  G#    C#  G# )

(riff 2)  C#    D#    G#    C#    G#

        F          Bb             C
found a person out walkin' toward Needles
        F             Bb                  C
he'd been walkin' for five days and man it showed
        F              Bb                  C         C5    B5    Bb
gave him water and then asked him where he came from
          C            F       Bb   F   (riff 3)    Bb
"Mi pueblo esta en Mexico"
           C                F     Bb   F
he said he came up from Mexico

     G          C               D
we gave him a ride up to the next town
              G         C            D
through the desert was 30 miles or more
          G             C             D      D5    C#5    C
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
               D                    G
I'll bet he did though yeah I hope so