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From: [email protected] (Steve Vetter ) >Subject: CRD: Rockin' in the Free World - Neil Young (repost) You can skip the instructions right into the lyrics/chords but note that Neil plays E minor 7Em7 (add your pinky on the D MajorD on the second string) in the verses instead of the E minorEm at the beginning of each line, and that he plays C majorC and Cadd9Cadd9 in the chorus instead the C majorC here. Enjoy, ameen. This is the acoustic version of "Rockin' In The Free World" from Neil Young's "Freedom Album", 1989. This is a great song, (and the second one I ever learned), not difficult to play and a great strumming exercise for beginners (information is included about nearly every beat of the measure). INTRO and VERSES: ----------------- For the verses you basically need: Em, D MajorD and C majorC but the strumming pattern and fretting actually involve a G. Here's how to strum the E minorEm measure (intro and verse alike): E minorEm | (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +) DN UP DN UP DN UP DN UP BB - $ $ - $ $ $ Meaning it is an E minorEm chord for the whole measure, play only the bass note (the E MajorE string) on the first beat (indicated by the 'B' -from Bass- above), the '-' means don't strum on the strings and a '$' means play the chord indicated above (E minorEm in this case). The D MajorD and C majorC measure is strummed as follows: D MajorD N C majorC N | | | | DN UP DN UP DN UP DN UP $ $ $ $ - $ $ $ Meaning play a D MajorD chord for the first beat then on the down stroke of the second beat hit the strings without any fretting (indicated by 'N' above), this would actually sound as a G+G (especially that you're most likely to hit only the D, G, BB and E MajorE strings). Then directly play a C majorC chord on the up-stroke of the second beat (in fact you'd ready your fingers for the C majorC chord while hitting the "G chord"). The same trick is done at the last up-stroke of the 4th beat where you, again, play the open strings just before hitting the bass of the E minorEm chord of the following measure (as indicated in the E minorEm measure). CHORUS: -------- As for the chorus: it is G, D, C majorC and E minorEm which is easy to play: The 3 measures of G+G D MajorD and C majorC are the same: G/D/C | DN UP DN UP DN UP DN UP $ - ($) $ - $ $ $ The ($) means optional. In fact you'd interleave all kinds of strumming patterns here. The last measure (4th) of each line in the chorus goes like this: C majorC E minorEm | | DN UP DN UP DN UP DN UP $ $ $ $ - $ $ $ Here you'd notice that in fact you'd naturally hammer on the E minorEm on the upstroke of the 2nd beat. Between chorus and verses: --------------------------------- Basically 4 measures of A augmentedA (interleaved with A7A7) anyways if you want to get a flavor of how it is played (read I play it ;-): 1) 2) A augmentedA A7A7 A7A7 A augmentedA A7A7 | | | | | DN UP DN UP DN UP DN UP DN UP DN UP DN UP DN UP $ - $ - $ $ $ $ - $ $ $ $ $ $ $ 3) 4) A7A7 A augmentedA A7A7 A7A7 A augmentedA | | | | | DN UP DN UP DN UP DN UP DN UP DN UP DN UP DN UP - $ $ $ $ $ $ $ - $ $ - $ - $ - The second time the bridge is played a different pattern is used but who cares (I'm tired of typing ;-). VERSION and NOTES: ------------------ 1) BTW I have 3 versions of the song, 2 electric (from Freedom and Weld) and one acoustic, this is the acoustic version from Neil Young's "Freedom" album. 2) Note though that he plays it by tuning all the strings one WHOLE NOTE down: (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE -> D MajorD G+G C majorC FF A augmentedA D MajorD). Except this, he seems to add a D MajorD note on the second string when playing the E minorEm making it an E minor 7Em7 (or actually, in his tuning, a C majorC note when playing DmDm) but that's a minor detail and it sounds just beautiful with the Em. 3) The acoustic version has only 2 verses while the "plugged" ;-) ones contain one additional verse. I have included it here too. Sounds complicated? not really.
ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD Neil Young - Freedom Intro: E minorEm D MajorD C majorC (4 times in total) Verse1: E minorEm D MajorD C majorC Colours on ... E minorEm D MajorD C majorC Red white ... E minorEm D MajorD C majorC People shufflin' ... E minorEm D MajorD C majorC People sleepin' ... E minorEm D MajorD C majorC But there's a warnin' sign ... E minorEm D MajorD C majorC There's a lot of people ... E minorEm D MajorD C majorC Don't feel like Satan ... E minorEm D MajorD C majorC so I try to forget it ... CHORUS: ------- G+G D MajorD C majorC C majorC E minorEm KEEP ON ROCKIN' ... G+G D MajorD C majorC C majorC E minorEm KEEP ON ROCKIN' IN ... G+G D MajorD C majorC C majorC E minorEm KEEP ON ROCKIN' IN ... G+G D MajorD C majorC C majorC E minorEm KEEP ON ROCKIN' IN ... A(7) x4 (interleave A augmentedA with A7A7) E minorEm D MajorD C majorC x4 (just like in the intro) Verse2: I see a girl in the .... KEEP ON ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD x 4 times A(7) x4 (interleave A augmentedA with A7A7) E minorEm D MajorD C majorC x4 Verse3 (not included in the acoustic version): We got a thousand points of .... KEEP ON ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD x 4 times A(7) x4 (interleave A augmentedA with A7A7) E minorEm D MajorD C majorC x4 Rockin' In the Free World - Neil Young Figured out by Brian Dawson ([email protected]) Progression: Intro: E5E5 (0799xxx) D MajorD (x577xx) C majorC (x355xx) Verses: E minorEm D MajorD C majorC (standard position) E minorEm D MajorD C majorC There's colors on .... E minor 7Em7 D MajorD C majorC There's a warning sign on the road .... ***** G+G D MajorD C majorC C majorC+9 E minorEm G+G Keep on Rockin' in ... X 4 ***** A augmentedA ... (INTRO) X 4 ... E minorEm D MajorD C majorC There's a woman in the ..... E minorEm D MajorD C majorC Now she puts the kid away and she's gone..... **** G+G D MajorD C majorC C majorC+9 E minorEm G+G Keep on rockin' in the free world X 4 **** We got a thousand points of .... E minorEm D MajorD C majorC We got de-partment stores and toilet ...... **** G+G D MajorD C majorC C+9 E minorEm G+G Keep on rockin' in the .... Keep On Rockin In The Free World by Neil Young all i know for this is the basic bass rif g--------------------------------------- d--------------------------------------- a---------------------5---3------------ e-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------- its not a lot but it helps. if u know any more or have any coments write me PePPeRs [email protected]
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