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Version 1The 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: ----------- 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] ----- 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] -------- |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] --------- |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] -------- |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] --------- |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] -------------- |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] -------- |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] --------- |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' - -------------- |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 |