Comes a Time by Neil Young

Comes a Time by Neil Young

Ellie Wilkes

Comes A Time is from Neil Young's 1978 album of the same name. Released nearly a decade after Harvest, the album became a classic, full of hits and acoustic guitar favourites.

The titular song dates from Young's performances in the summer of 1977 with The Ducks. When introducing it in concert the following year, he shared that he first remembered singing it with his son Zeke.

The song "Comes a Time" is one of my all-time favourite recordings because it just has a great feeling… That is as close to a perfect recording as I ever have gotten… There was a rhythm guitar section with six great guitarists all playing rhythm on old Martin acoustics. Everyone played and it was the country wall of sound, the Gone With the Wind Orchestra. What a sound!

Comes A Time is an easy playing song that uses a simple strumming pattern. It introduces a couple of bar chords however we can try some easier versions of them.

Here is a tab i found on Ultimate Guitar...

Watch the full lesson here...

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