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Version 1
            The Needle and the Spoon - Lynyrd Skynyrd (1974)
Written By: Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant.
Chorded By: Skidaddy, Esq., G.Q.
4/4 TIME @ 112 BPM (3 Min. 51 Sec.) in 'F'.
Chords Used:
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            GUITAR             KEYS
       E  A  D  G  B  e    Bass| Chord
      ------------------   -------------
D5  -  x  5  7  7  x  x     D    A-D
C5  -  x  3  5  5  x  x     C    G-C
F5  -  x  x  3  5  6  x     F    F-C
A5  -  5  7  7  x  x  x     A    A-E
D   -  x  x  0  2  3  2     D    A-D-F#
F   -  1  3  3  2  1  1     F    A-C-F
C   -  x  3  2  0  1  0     C    G-C-E   -OR-
    -  x  3  2  0  1  3
G   -  3  2  0  0  0  3     G    G-B-D   -OR-
    -  3  2  0  0  3  3
INTRO: [12 M]
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 1 2 3 4  1+2+3+4  +  1 2 3 4  1+2+3+4  +  1 2 3 4  1+2+3+4  +
|D5  C5  |F5 D5 A5 C5|D5  C5  |F5 D5 A5 C5|D5  C5  |F5 D5 A5 C5|
|D5  C5  |F5 D5 A5 C5|D5  C5  |F5 D5 A5 C5|D5  C5  |F5 D5 A5 C5|
VERSE #1: [8 M]
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|D5            C5           |F5       D5       A5 C5|
   Thir-ty days,… Lord,… and… thir-ty nights…
|D5               C5          |F5             D5  A5 C5|
  I'm com-in' home… on an air-… plane… flight…
|D5       C5             |F5            D5  A5 C5|
   Ma-ma… wait-in' at the… tick-et line…
|D5            C5           |F5           D5          A5  C5      |
   Tell me, son,… why do you stand there… cry'n'?… It was the nee-…
CHORUS #1: [8 M]
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|D                F    |…           C   |             G   |
…-dle…    and the spoon…      and a trip…      to the moon…
|G                  |D5  C5  |F5 D5 A5 C5|D5       C5  |F5 D5 A5 C5|
…     took me a-way,…               took… me a-way…
VERSE #2: [8 M]
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|D5           C5         |F5         D5     A5 C5|
   I've… been feel-in' so… sick in-… side…
|D5          C5               |F5      D5    A5 C5|
  Got-ta get bet-ter, Lord, be-fore I… die…
|D5       C5                |F5       D5     A5   C5   |
   Sev-en doc-tors could-n't help my… head…  They said,
|D5            C5            |F5           D5        A5 C5      |
   You bet-ter… quit, son, be-fore you're… dead… with…  the nee-…
CHORUS #2: [12 M]
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|D                  F    |…            C   |…            G   |
…-dle,…    with the spoon…      Took a trip…      to the moon…
|G                       |D5  C5  |F5 D5 A5 C5|D5  C5  |F5 D5 A5 C5|
   We gon' take you a-way…
|D5  C5  |F5 D5   A5   C5  |D5     C5           |F5 D5 A5 C5|
               It was a nee-dle…    and a spoon…       Shh…
GUITAR SOLO #1: [24 M]
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|D5  C5  |F5 D5 A5 C5|D5  C5  |F5 D5 A5 C5|D5  C5  |F5 D5 A5 C5|
|D5  C5  |F5 D5 A5 C5|D5  C5  |F5 D5 A5 C5|D5  C5  |F5 D5 A5 C5|
|D5  C5  |F5 D5 A5 C5|D5  C5  |F5 D5 A5 C5|D     F |…      C|…      G|
|…       |D5  C5  |F5 D5 A5 C5|D5  C5  |F5 D5 A5 C5|
VERSE #3: [8 M]
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|D5            C5                |F5                D5      A5 C5|
   I've seen a lot of peo-ple who thought they were cool,…
|D5                C5          |F5            D5      A5 C5|
  but then a-gain,… Lord, I've… seen a-lot of fools…
|D5        C5              |F5          D5    A5 C5|
   Well, I hope you peo-ple hear what I say…
|D5            C5                 |
   You'll have your chance to hear…
|F5           D5              A5   C5      |
… this some-… day. Don't mess with the nee-…
CHORUS #3: [8 M]
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|D                F    |…            C   |…            G   |
…-dle…    and the spoon…      Took a trip…      to the moon…
|G                 |D5  C5  |F5 D5 A5 C5|D5  C5  |F5 D5 A5 C5|
      Took me a-way…
GUITAR SOLO #2: [19.5 M] 'CODA' -
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|D5  C5  |F5 D5   |…   C5  |F5 D5   |…   C5  |F5 D5   |…   C5  |F5 D5   |
|D5  C5  |F5 D5   |…   C5  |F5 D5   |…   C5  |F5 D5   |…   C5  |F5 D5   |
|D5  C5  |F5 D5   |…   C5  |F5 D5! NC  |