Neil Young - The Great Divide: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "The Great Divide" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn The Great Divide Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Neil Young

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "The Great Divide" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

C       G               F
In the canyons of the great divide
C          G                 F
Familiar places that we can run and hide
Am                 F
Are filled with strangers
G               Em      C  G F
Walking in our houses alone

Chorus:
Csus4           C
In the great divide
Gsus4         G
Nothing to decide
Csus4           C          Gsus4 G
No one else to care for or love
F               C
In the great divide
Am            F       C  G F
You won't fit in too well

On the horses of the carousel
She rides along with you and me
She rides like she knows
Wherever she goes we'll be there

Chorus:
On the carousel
Life is going well
Anyone can tell we're in love
On the carousel
You're gonna like the way you feel

You and I, we got caught down there
In the twisted canyons of the great divide
We walked the floor
Now we don't go there anymore

Chorus:
In the great divide
Nothing to decide
No one else to care for or love
In the great divide
I don't fit in too well

In the great divide
Nothing to decide
No one else to care for or love
In the great divide
You won't fit in too well


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

C

Guitar chord C

Csus4

Guitar chord Csus4

Em

Guitar chord Em

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

Gsus4

Guitar chord Gsus4

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "The Great Divide" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "The Great Divide" by Neil Young.

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