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Out on the Weekend tab
 
 
Out on the Weekend
Neil Young

Capo 2 

Note:  Song originally recorded w/no capo in key of A.  This uses capo 2 to avoid the Bm chord (for the most part).

Chord Guide
 
        231
Am:   x02210
 
         132
D:    xx0232
 
       13421
Bm:   x24432
 
       231
E:    022100
 
      3    4
G:    3x0003
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Strum: B   B   D   D U
       1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
 
/ Am - - - / - - - - / D - - - / - - - - / (x4)
/ Bm - - - / - - - - / E - - - / - - - -/
/ Am - - - / - - - - / D - - - / - - - - /
 
G (2)                           Am (2)
  Think I'll pack it in and buy a pick-up
D (2)                         G (2)
   Take it down to L.A.
G (2)                              Am (2)
   Find a place to call my own and try to fix up
D (2)                         G (2)
   Start a brand new day
 
G (2)                                         Am (2)
    The woman I'm thinkin' of, she loved me all up
D (2)                            G (2)
     But I'm so down today.
  G (2)                                   Am (2)
She's so fine she's in my mind. I hear her callin'
 
/ D - - - / Dsus4 - - - / 
 
Chorus:
G (2, hold 1st measure)  Am (2)
See the lonely boy,     out on the weekend
D (2)              G (2, anticipate)
Trying to make it pay.
G (2)                           Am (2)
Can't relate to joy, he tries to speak and
D (2)              G (2, anticipate)
Can't begin to say
 
Interlude:
/ Am - - - / - - - - / D - - - / - - - - / (x2)
/ Bm - - - / - - - - / E - - - / - - - -/
/ Am - - - / - - - - / D - - - / - - - - /
 
G (2)                                  Am (2)
   She got pictures on the wall they make me look up
D (2)                             G (2)
  From her big brass bed.
G (2)                                       Am (2)
Now I'm running down the road trying to stay up
D (2)                         G (2)
  Somewhere in her head.
 
 
G (2)                                         Am (2)
    The woman I'm thinkin' of, she loved me all up
D (2)                            G (2)
     But I'm so down today.
  G (2)                                   Am (2)
She's so fine she's in my mind. I hear her callin'
 
/ D - - - / Dsus4 - - - /
 
Chorus
 
Outro:
/ Am - - - / - - - - / D - - - / - - - - / (x2)
/ Bm - - - / - - - - / E - - - / - - - -/

/ Am - - - / - - - - / D - - - / - - - - /

 

End on G


Out on the Weekend tab

 

 

This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song.  It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.


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