You Are Not Needed Now Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

DWell the birds were talkin’ all at Aonce

 And the old man Gmowin’ down his lawn

AHe didn’t look like much too bad a Dguy

And I was thinkin’ “Hang on, man, somethin’s wrong

Your blues they do seem to be gone,”

Heaven ain’t bad but you don’t get nothin’ done

F♯Lay down your head awhilGe

DYou are not Aneeded now

 You are not needed nowD

Well Allison laid an egg on me

And every time I turn around

It’s swimmin’ through the air above my bed

And I told Miss Hicks and she said fine

Long as you’re back in your room on time

I’ll keep you clean the girls will keep you fed

Lay down your head with mine

You are not needed now

And we got things to do

Well between the blankets made of wool

The trains go by every half an hour

And a body can’t get no restin’ done it’s true

So I spend my time as best I can

Thinkin’ big and makin’ plans

And wonderin’ where them trains are rollin’ to

Lay down your head poor boy

Feel how the ground does move

And hear how them drivers sing

Well goodbye friends it’s time to close

Everybody knows that’s the way it goes

Where was it you lived in case I’m ever there?

Well three doors down and two behind

And it gets a little bit out of hand sometimes

Don’t let it fool you into thinkin’ you don’t care

Lay down your head and fly

And I’ll quietly pass you by

You won’t even see me go

Well if I thought about it long enough

I just might make some kind of move

Watchful eyes are too hard on the soul

With the smokehouse just across the way

And this fog upon the light of day

I’d be hard pressed comin’ up with where to go

Lay down your head poor boy

Feel how the ground does move

And hear how them drivers sing

And what now my darling one?

We’ll go find a little fun

You are not needed now.

NOTES:

-Chord Shapes: I play standard shapes usually when doing this but I have the “Private

DVD of his and when doing this song, I noticed he uses exclusively partial barre shapes

only makes sparing use of the bass strings, both formations are listed below.

-The last D in the chorus is a very sudden transition, took me a while to get it just

Listen to the song and you’ll see what I mean, also listen to get the chord changes/lyric

just right. This was transcribed from the album version of the song which contains only

and drums so have some fun with it, use whatever shapes you like, there really

a wrong way to go about it. Try throwing a Gsus instead of a G for a nice subtle variation.

D: xx0232 -or- xx0775

A: x02220 -or- xx7655

G: 320003 -or- xx5433

F♯: 244322 -or- xx4322