This is how Norah Jones plays this song at the Neil Young Tribute
https://youtu.be/oqiw5a4wdkE
She plays it with capo first fret.
The song is played basically with a typical country 2/4 strumming
including some hammer-on variations like they are shown in the Intro tabs below.
Important exception:
In the Chorus, in the first two lines after "Tell me why" the "C" is a three steps basswalk down
to the following G chord.
Intro
Picking:
[C] [D]
e|---------|--------------------------|---2---2----2-----|
B|---------|----1------1--------------|---3---3----3-----|
G|---------|----0------0--ho2-2-------|---2---2----2-----|
D|---------|----2--ho2-2--------ho2-0-|-0--------0-------|
A|----0--2-|-3------------------------|-----0--------3-2-|
E|-3-------|--------------------------|------------------|
[Am] [G]
e|---------------------------|---3--------------------|
B|---1-------1-----1---------|---0--------------------|
G|---2-------2-----2---------|---0--------------------|
D|---2--ho2--2-----2-----ho2-|---0------ho2-----------|
A|-0------------0-----ho2----|---2--ho2----------0-2--|
E|---------------------------|-3------------3--3------|
[C] [C] [D] [D] [Am] [Am] [G] [G]
Verse 1
[C] [D]
Sailing heartships through - broken harbors
[Am] [G] [G]
Out on the waves in the night
[C] [D]
Still the searcher must - ride the dark horse
[Am] [G] [G]
Racing alone in his fright
Chorus
[D] [Am] [C] [G]
Tell me why
[D] [Am] [C] [G]
Tell me why
[Gmaj7] [C] [C]
Is it hard to make arrangements with yourself
[D] [C] [Bm] [Em]
When you're old enough to repay but young enough to sell
Interlude 1
[C] [C] [D] [D] [Am] [Am] [G] [G]
Verse 2
[C] [D]
Tell me lies later - come and see me
[Am] [G] [G]
I'll be around for a while
[C] [D]
I am lonely but - you can free me
[Am] [G]
All in the way that you smile
Chorus
[D] [Am] [C] [G]
Tell me why
[D] [Am] [C] [G]
Tell me why
[Gmaj7] [C] [C]
Is it hard to make arrangements with yourself
[D] [C] [Bm] [Em]
When you're old enough to repay but young enough to sell
Interlude 2
[C] [C] [D] [D] [Am] [Am] [G] [G]
[C] [C] [D] [D] [Am] [Am] [G] [G]
Chorus
[D] [Am] [C] [G]
Tell me why
[D] [Am] [C] [G]
Tell me why
[Gmaj7] [C] [C]
Is it hard to make arrangements with yourself
[D] [C] [Bm] [Em]
When you're old enough to repay but young enough to sell
Outro
[C] [C] [D] [D] [Am] [Am] [G] [G]
