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The Needle and the Damage Done

Marcy Playground
Tab
4.6(3)

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Song

The Needle And The Damage Done

Intro / Middle 8

e|-----2-----0--------------|-----------0--------------|
B|-----------------3-----3--|-----3-----------3-----3--|
G|--------------------------|--------2-----------2-----|
D|--0-----0-----0-----0-----|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|--3-----------3-----------|
E|--------------------------|--------------------------|
e|-----------0--------------|-----------0--------------|
B|-----3-----------3-----3--|-----3-----------3-----3--|
G|--------0-----------0-----|--------0-----------0-----|
D|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A|--2-----------2-----------|--1-----------1-----------|
E|--------------------------|--------------------------|
e|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
B|-----1-----1-----1-----1--|-----1-----1-----1-----1--|
G|--------------0----0h2----|--3-----2------0----------|
D|-------0h2----------------|--------------------3-----|
A|--3-----------------------|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|--------------------------|
e|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
B|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
G|--2-----------------------|--1-----------------------|
D|--------2-----------------|--------2-----------------|
A|--------------2-----------|--------------2-----0-----|
E|--------------------0-----|--------------------------|

Verse

e|-----2---------2-------2---------|-----------0--------------|
B|------------------------------3--|-----3-----------3-----3--|
G|---------2-----------------2-----|--------2-----------2-----|
D|--0---------------0--------------|--------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|--3-----------3-----------|
E|---------------------------------|--------------------------|

I caught you knocking at my cel---lar door

e|-------------0--------------|-----------0--------------|
B|-----3-------------3-----3--|-----3-----------3-----3--|
G|--------0-------------0-----|--------0-----------0-----|
D|----------------------------|--------------------------|
A|--2-------------2-----------|--1-----------1-----------|
E|----------------------------|--------------------------|

I love you baby can I have some more

e|-----0--0--0-----0--0--0--|-----1--1--1-----1--1--1--|
B|-----1--1--1-----1--1--1--|-----1--1--1-----1--1--1--|
G|-----0--0--0-----0--0--0--|-----2--2--2-----2--2--2--|
D|--------------2-----------|--3-----------3-----------|
A|--3-----------------------|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|--------------------------|

Oh oh the da---mage

-----0--0--0-----0--0--0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
-----0--0--0-----0--0--0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
-----2--2--2-----2--2--2--|--------------------------|
--------------------------|-------------2/4----2-----|
--------------------------|-------0h2----------------|
--0-----------0-----------|--0-----------------------|

done.

I hit the city and I lost my band,

I watched the needle take another man,

Gone, gone, the damage done.

Middle 8

I sing the song because I love the man,

I know that some of you don't understand,

Milk-blood to keep from running out.

I've seen the needle and the damage done,

A little part of it in everyone,

But every junkie's like a setting sun.

End

e|-----2-----0--------------|-----------0--------------|
B|-----------------3-----3--|-----3-----3-----3-----3--|
G|--------------------------|-----2-----2-----2-----2--|
D|--0-----0-----0-----0-----|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|--3-----3-----3-----3-----|
E|--------------------------|--------------------------|
e|-----------0--------------|-----0-----0--------------|
B|-----3-----3-----3-----3--|-----3-----3--------------|
G|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0--------------|
D|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A|--2-----2-----2-----2-----|--1-----1-----------------|
E|--------------------------|--------------------------|

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