After the Gold Rush — Neil Young

Chords and lyrics for After the Gold Rush by Neil Young (key of C).

Intro

[C] [F] [D#7] [C]

Verse 1

Well, I dreamed I saw the nightingale on [F]her lap, saying something about [C]a queen.
[Csus4]There were peasants [C/G]singing, and trummers [G]drawing.
The [F]archers split the tree.
[G]There was a fanfare [A]blowing to the [A#]sun that floated [F]on the breeze.

Chorus 1

[Gm/A#] [A#7]
Look [Em]at Mother Nature on [G/D]the run in [A#]the 20th century.
[F]We got [Em]Mother Nature on [G]the run in the 20th [A#]century.
[F]

Verse 2

I was lying [Gm]in a burned -out basement [F/C]with the full [Em/G]moon in my [Gm]eye.
[F/C]I was hoping [Gm]for a replacement when the [F]sun burst through the sky.
[G]There was a fan [A]playing in [A#7]my head, and I felt [Am7]like getting high.

Chorus 2

[Gm/A#] [A#7]
Thinking [Em]about what a friend [G/D]had said, I was [A#/D]hoping it was a [F]lie.
Thinking [A#m][Em]about what a friend [G/D]had said, I was [Gm/A#]hoping it was a lie.
[F] [C/G] [F] [C] [F] [C] [G] [F] [G]
I was hoping [A][A#7]it was a lie.
[F]I was hoping it was a lie.
[A#7]
I was hoping [C/E][G]it was a [A#m][F]lie.

Verse 3

Well, I dreamed [C]I saw the silver spaceships [F]lying in the yellow ways [C]of the sun.
[F]There were children [C/G]crying, and colors [G7]flying all around [F]the chosen ones.
[G]All in a dream, [Am]all in [A#]a dream, the loading [F/C]had begun.

Chorus 3

[A#/D] [Gm/A#]
We were flying [C]Mother Nature silver [G]sea to [A#]anew in the sun.
[F]Flying [C/E]Mother Nature silver [G]sea to anew.
[A#7] [F] [C] [F] [Gm] [C] [Fm] [F#maj7/F]
We were flying Mother Nature silver sea to anew in the sun.