Guitar lesson for
Out on the Weekend
by Neil Young
Video lesson
Chords w/ lyrics
INTRO
Bm ... E ... Bm ... E ...
Bm ... E ... Bm ... E ...
C#m ... F# ... Bm ... E ...
VERSE
A Bm
Think I'll pack it in and... buy a pickup
E A
Take it down to L.A.
A Bm
Find a place to call my own... and try to fix up
E A A2
Start a brand new day
A Bm
The woman I'm thinking of, she... loved me all up
E A
But I'm so down today
A Bm E E7
She's so fine, she's in my mind... I hear her calling
CHORUS
A Bm
See the lonely boy... out on the weekend
E A
Trying to make it pay
A Bm
Can't relate to joy... he tries to speak and
E A
Can't begin to say
BREAK
Bm ... E ... Bm ... E ...
C#m ... F# ... Bm ... E ...
She got pictures on the wall... they make me look up
From her big brass bed
Now I'm running down the road... trying to stay up
Somewhere in her head
The woman I'm thinking of... she loved me all up
But I'm so down today
She's so fine, she's in my mind... I hear her calling
See the lonely boy... out on the weekend
Trying to make it pay
Can't relate to joy... he tries to speak and
Can't begin to say
OUTRO
Bm ... E ... Bm ... E ...
C#m ... F# ... Bm ... E ...
A ... Bm ... E ... A ... (fade to end)
Notes and tabs
Basic Chords Used
Here are the basic chords used to play this song, at its simplest. There are some more complex chord variations and riffs (shown below), but these should do you for your basic needs.
e-|----0----0-----2-----0----0-----4-----2-----
B-|----2----0-----3-----0----3-----5-----2-----
G-|----2----2-----4-----1----1-----6-----3-----
D-|----2----2-----4-----2----2-----6-----4-----
A-|----0----0-----2-----2----2-----4-----4-----
E-|---------------------0----0-----------2-----
A A2 Bm E E7 C#m F#
Advanced Chords for the Chorus
If you want to sound more like Neil Young does when playing the chorus, try these chords out. It isn’t as easy, but nicely mixes the sound up. Thanks to this source for these tabs: http://hyperrust.org/OLD-ChordTab/OutOnWeekend.html
e-|---5---------------------7---------------------9---------------------9---
B-|---5---------------------7--------------------10---------------------9---
G-|---6---------------------7--------------------11---------------------9---
D-|---7---------------------7--------------------12---------------------7--- (repeat)
A-|---0---------------------0---------------------0---------------------0---
E-|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
A D6/A Dmaj7/A Amaj7
"...See the lonely boy... out on the weekend... trying to make it pay..."
Chord progressions
INTRO
| Bm . . . | E . . . | Bm . . . | E . . . |
| Bm . . . | E . . . | Bm . . . | E . . . |
| C#m . . . | F# . . . | Bm . . . | E . . . |
VERSE
"Think I'll pack it in and buy a pickup..."
| A . . . | Bm . . . | E . . . | A . . . | (repeat)
"She's so fine, she's in my mind, I hear her calling..."
| A . . . | Bm . . . | E . E7 . |
CHORUS
"See the lonely boy, out on the weekend..."
| A . . . | Bm . . . | E . . . | A . . . | (repeat)
BREAK
| Bm . . . | E . . . | Bm . . . | E . . . |
| C#m . . . | F# . . . | Bm . . . | E . . . |
OUTRO
| Bm . . . | E . . . | Bm . . . | E . . . |
| C#m . . . | F# . . . | Bm . . . | E . . . |
| A . . . | Bm . . . | E . . . | A . . . | (fade to end)
Good luck!
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