Find The Cost Of Freedom tab by Crosby Stills Nash And Young

Find The Cost Of Freedom
by Stephen Stills
as performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
originally released in 1970 as the B-side to "Ohio"
tabbed by: Rob Stahl (rgs25@drexel.edu)

Thanks to Lani for contributing the fig. 1 tab
to Harlan L. Thompson for the alternate tuning
and to Dan DeSelm for the chords

I fixed the chords changes a bit and put it in the correct key, which
is
C minor for the original version. Also, I added the Guitar 2 tab
(fig. 2)
which is distinctly in an alternate tuning because you can hear it
hit
those really low C notes. Finally, I tabbed out the lead/solo guitar
which helps pull the song together.

"At the end of the tour came the killings at Kent State University in
Ohio. Young's response was to write a song called 'Ohio', which was
recorded the day it was written and (like John Lennon's 'Instant
Karma' a
few months earlier) in the shops within a week. This was probably
CSNY's
finest hour, taped in a single take and capturing all the fire and
passion
of the band. The flipside was 'Find The Cost Of Freedom', which
Stills had
originally written for the 'Easy Rider' movie, but which had been
rejected
by Peter Fonda. Only the chorus was recorded by CSNY, but in the
early
Seventies Stills added a long preamble to the song, and used it as
the
climax to his gigs. Finally in 1982 CSN recorded a slightly shorter
version of the tune as the final track on their reunion album,
'Daylight Again'."  (http://www.4waysite.com/articles/CSN83.htm)

can also be found on the albums:
    So Far, 1974
    Crosby, Stills & Nash [Box Set], 1991
    Carry On, 1998
as well as live versions on:
    Four Way Street, 1971
    Woodstock: Three Days of Peace & Music [25th Anniversary],
1995




Guitar 1 (left channel): plays intro, lead & rhythm when voices come
in
Guitar 2 (right channel): plays rhythm 0:19-1:02 in alt. tuning: C G
C F A C


(0:00 Guitar 1, fig. 1)
Cm    Bb   Gm7  F  Eb   Bb/D  Cm

(0:12)
Cm    Bb   Gm7  F  Eb   Bb/D  Cm
               ^
              (0:19 Guitar 2 enters, fig. 2)

(0:25 Guitar 1 lead, Guitar 2 rhythm)
Cm    Bb   Gm7  F  Eb   Bb/D  Cm

(0:37)
Cm    Bb   Gm7  F  Eb   Bb/D  Cm

(0:50)
Cm    Bb   Gm7  F  Eb   Bb/D  Cm
                        ^
                 (Guitar 2 harmonics on 7th fret)

(1:02 JUST Guitar 1 rhythm, fig. 1)
Cm    Bb   Gm7  F  Eb   Bb/D  Cm
Find ... cost .. free - dom, buried in ... ground

(1:16)
Cm    Bb     Gm7   F  Eb    Bb/D Cm
Mother  Earth .... swallow you, lay .... body down

(1:29)
[Repeat first line a cappela]

(1:43)
[Repeat second line a cappela]

(1:56 END)



fig. 1:

  Cm  Bb    Gm7   F Eb   Bb/D    Cm
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-1-1--1---------------------------------------------3h4p3--------
G|-0-0--3---3----3----3--------3-3----3-------------5-------5------
D|----------3h5--3h5--3h5p3----5-5----3-----------5-----------5----
A|---------------------------6------5----5p3----3---------------3--
E|--------------------------------------------6--------------------

fig. 2: (and variations of this
     with lots of light strumming and hammer ons)

   Cm  Bb  Gm7 F  Eb   Bb/D  Cm
c|---0-----0---------0---0---------------0------------
A|---3---0h1----1----1---1------1--------3------------
F|-0h2-----2--0h2--0-0---2-0h2--0--------2------------
C|---0-----0----0--------3------2--2-0---0~-----------
G|---0-----0-------------0------0------3----0h3-------
C|---0-----0------------------------------------0~~~--


lead:

 (0:25)
  Cm  / Bb /   Gm7 /   F /
e|-------------------------------------
B|------3--3h4---3h4-4-3-3h4-3---------
G|--3/5------------------------5-5--3--
D|-------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------

 (0:31)
  Eb   /   Bb/D  /   Cm  /   /  /
e|-----------------------------------------------
B|---------3-3h4-4/6-4-3-------------------------
G|-----3h5---------------5-3---3h5~~--3----------
D|-3h5-----------------------5----------5-3------
A|-----------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------

 (0:37)
  Cm  /  Bb   /  Gm7 /  F /
e|-----------------------------------X-------
B|-----------3h4-4/6--6/8-8--6---6-6-X-------
G|-------3h5-------------------8-----X-------
D|--3/5------------------------------X-------
A|-------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------
                   ^rake

 (0:44)
  Eb  /  Bb/D /     Cm   /    /   /
e|-----------------------------------------------------
B|--6h8~--6---------------------------------4^(1/4)---
G|----------8-7-5-3---------------------3h5---------5--
D|------------------5-3-----------3-3/5----------------
A|----------------------5-3---3-5----------------------
E|--------------------------6--------------------------

 (0:50)
  Cm /   Bb  /   Gm7   /   F  /
e|--------------------------------------------
B|-----6-4-6-6/8---6-4-6-6---4-4h6-3-2--------
G|-------------------------------------5~~----
D|--------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------

 (0:56)
    Eb  /   Bb/D /     Cm     /  /  /
e|--------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------4^(1/4)-----------------
G|--------3-------3-----------3-5---------5-3-5-----------
D|----3-5-----3-5---------3-5-------------------3-5-------
A|--5-------5---------3/5---------------------------6~------
E|----------------------------------------------------------
                             ^
                     (Guitar 2 harmonics on 7th
fret)