Aug192020

Neil Young – Lookin For A Leader Chord Progression on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsEm D G C

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This is the chords of Lookin For A Leader by Neil Young on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
Em D    x4

[Verse 1]
Em                      G    
Lookin' for a leader to bring
           Em
 our country home,
Em                            
re-unite the Red White and Blue
     D                Em
 before it turns to stone.
 C                        
Lookin' for somebody young 
    G              D
enough to take it on,
 Em                        
clean up the corruption and 
  D                Em       D
make the country strong.

[Interlude]
Em D

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[Verse 2]
 Em
Walkin' among our people,
         G            
there's someone who's 
              Em
straight and strong,
   Em                         
to lead us from desolation and 
     D               Em
a broken world gone wrong.
 C                         
Someone walks among us, and
    G                 D
 I hope he hears the call,
    Em                     
and maybe it's a woman or a
   D             Em    D
 black man after all.

[Interlude]
Em D    x4

[Verse 3]
 Em                     
Maybe it's Obama, but he
   G                  Em
 thinks that he's too young
 Em                      
maybe it's Colin Powell to 
   D                     Em
right what he's done wrong
  C                      
America has a leader, but 
  G                D
he's not in the house,
     Em                      
he's waking here among us and
       D               Em    D
 we've got to seek him out.

[Interlude]
Em D    x4

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[Verse 4]
      Em                  
Yeah, we got our elections,
       G                 Em
 but corruption has a chance,
       Em                  
we’ve  got to have a clean
        D          Em
 win to regain confidence.
  C                       
America is beautiful, but 
    G            D
she has an ugly side,
      Em                     
we're lookin' for a leader in
      D               Em
 this country far and wide.
      Em                       
We're lookin' for a leader with
             D           Em
 the great spirit on his side.
Em                           
Lookin' for a leader with the 
   D                 Em     D
great spirit on his side.

[Interlude]
Em D    x7
Em

[Verse 5]
 C                         
Someone walks among us, and 
    G                 D
I hope he hears the call,
     Em                    
and maybe it's a woman or a 
   D             Em     D
black man after all.

[Interlude]
Em D    x2
Em

How to play Lookin For A Leader: key, chords and progression

Lookin For A Leader by Neil Young is centred on E minor (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 4 chords: Em, D, G and C.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Em – D – Em – C (i – VII – i – VI in E minor). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.