The Needle and the Spoon - Lynyrd Skynyrd (1974) Written By: Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant. Chorded By: Skidaddy Esq. G.Q. 4/4 TIME @ 112 BPM (3 Min. 51 Sec.) in ’F’. Chords Used: ----------- GUITAR KEYS ------------------ ------------ - x 5 7 7 x x - - x 3 5 5 x x - - x x 3 5 6 x - - 5 7 7 x x x - - x x 0 2 3 2 -- - 1 3 3 2 1 1 -- - x 3 2 0 1 3 - 3 2 0 0 3 3 INTRO: [12 M] ----- 1 2 3 4 1+2+3+4 + 1 2 3 4 1+2+3+4 + 1 2 3 4 1+2+3+4 + | | | | | | | | | | | | | | VERSE #1: [8 M] -------- Thir-ty days… Lord… and… thir-ty nights… I’m com-in’ home… on an air-… plane… flight… Ma-ma… wait-in’ at the… tick-et line… Tell me son… why do you stand there… cry’n’?… It was the nee-… CHORUS #1: [8 M] --------- …-dle… and the spoon… and a trip… to the moon… … took me a-way… took… me a-way… VERSE #2: [8 M] -------- I’ve… been feel-in’ so… sick in-… side… Got-ta get bet-ter Lord be-fore I… die… Sev-en doc-tors could-n’t help my… head… They said You bet-ter… quit son be-fore you’re… dead… with… the nee-… CHORUS #2: [12 M] --------- …-dle… with the spoon… Took a trip… to the moon… We gon’ take you a-way… It was a nee-dle… and a spoon… Shh… GUITAR SOLO #1: [24 M] ------------ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |… |… | |… | | | | | VERSE #3: [8 M] -------- I’ve seen a lot of peo-ple who thought they were cool… but then a-gain… Lord I’ve… seen a-lot of fools… Well I hope you peo-ple hear what I say… You’ll have your chance to hear… … this some-… day. Don’t mess with the nee-… CHORUS #3: [8 M] --------- …-dle… and the spoon… Took a trip… to the moon… Took me a-way… GUITAR SOLO #2: [19.5 M] ’CODA’ - ------------ | | |… | |… | |… | | | | |… | |… | |… | | | | |… | ! NC |