You Are Not Needed Now Townes Van Zandt
Townes Van Zandt
High, Low and In Between/The Late Great Townes Van Zandt
Standard Tuning
[D]Well the birds were talkinâ?? all a[A]t once
And the old man [G]mowinâ?? down his lawn
[A]He didnâ??t look like much too bad [D]a guy
And I was thinkinâ?? â??Hang on, man, somethinâ??s wrong
Your blues they do seem to be gone,â??
Heaven ainâ??t bad but you donâ??t get nothinâ?? done
[F#]Lay down your head awhil[G]e
[D]You are not [A]needed now
You are not needed now[D]
Well Allison laid an egg on me
And every time I turn around
Itâ??s swimminâ?? through the air above my bed
And I told Miss Hicks and she said fine
Long as youâ??re back in your room on time
Iâ??ll keep you clean the girls will keep you fed
Lay down your head with mine
You are not needed now
And we got things to do
Well between the blankets made of wool
The trains go by every half an hour
And a body canâ??t get no restinâ?? done itâ??s true
So I spend my time as best I can
Thinkinâ?? big and makinâ?? plans
And wonderinâ?? where them trains are rollinâ?? to
Lay down your head poor boy
Feel how the ground does move
And hear how them drivers sing
Well goodbye friends itâ??s time to close
Everybody knows thatâ??s the way it goes
Where was it you lived in case Iâ??m ever there?
Well three doors down and two behind
And it gets a little bit out of hand sometimes
Donâ??t let it fool you into thinkinâ?? you donâ??t care
Lay down your head and fly
And Iâ??ll quietly pass you by
You wonâ??t even see me go
Well if I thought about it long enough
I just might make some kind of move
Watchful eyes are too hard on the soul
With the smokehouse just across the way
And this fog upon the light of day
Iâ??d be hard pressed cominâ?? up with where to go
Lay down your head poor boy
Feel how the ground does move
And hear how them drivers sing
And what now my darling one?
Weâ??ll go find a little fun
You are not needed now.
NOTES:
-Chord Shapes: I play standard shapes usually when doing this but I have the â??Private
DVD of his and when doing this song, I noticed he uses exclusively partial barre shapes
only makes sparing use of the bass strings, both formations are listed below.
-The last D in the chorus is a very sudden transition, took me a while to get it just
Listen to the song and youâ??ll see what I mean, also listen to get the chord changes/lyric
just right. This was transcribed from the album version of the song which contains only
and drums so have some fun with it, use whatever shapes you like, there really
a wrong way to go about it. Try throwing a Gsus instead of a G for a nice subtle variation.
D: xx0232 -or- xx0775
A: x02220 -or- xx7655
G: 320003 -or- xx5433
F#: 244322 -or- xx4322
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