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Campaigner Tab by Neil Young

Campaigner tab by Neil Young

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  • Capo on 3rd
CAMPAIGNER
As recorded by Neil Young
(From the 1977 Album DECADE)
Words and Music by Neil Young
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Neil Young - Acoustic Guitar w/ capo 3rd fret'

Intro:
    Q=115
     D                                Gmaj7
    4/4
    Gtr I (Ac. Gtr. w/ capo 3rd fret)
     Q  E E Q  E E   E E E E E E Q    Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
E||--2----2----2-0-|---2---2--------|------2-------0-|---2---0---2-0-0---||
G||o-3--3------3-3-|---3-3-----3----|----------------|---------------0--o||
B||--2--2------2---|---2-2-----2-2--|----0-------0---|-----0---0---------||
D||--0--0---0--0---|-0---0---0---0--|----0-----0-0---|-0---0---0---------||
A||o----0---0------|---------0---0--|-2--------------|------------------o||
E||----------------|----------------|-3------3-------|-3-----------------||
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
    1st - 4th Verses:
     Segno $
     Segno Segno $$
     D                                G                Gmaj7
     Q  Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   E E Q  E E E E   E E E E E E E E
E||-----2----2-2-2-|----2-2-------0-|---3-3----3---2-|-----2-2---2---0-|
B||o-3--3----3-3---|----3-----3---0-|-----0----0---0-|-----0-0---0-----|
G||--2--2--0---0---|-2--2-------2---|-----0----------|---0---------0---|
D||--0--0--0---0---|-0--0---0---0---|--------0---0---|-0-------0---0---|
A||o---------------|------------0---|----------------|-----------------|
E||----------------|----------------|-3------3---3---|-3-------3-------|

                                                       To Double Coda
   D               Bm              G
   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   E E Q  E E E E   E E E E E E E E
E|----2----2---0-|----2----2---0-|---3-3----3-----|---3---3-----3-3--|
B|----3----3---0-|----3----3---0-|-----0----0-----|-------0-----0-0--|
G|-2--2------0---|----4----------|-----0--0-----0-|-----------0-0----|
D|-0-----0---0---|-4-----4-------|-0---0--0---0---|-0---0-------0----|
A|---------------|-2-----2---0---|----------------|------------------|
E|---------------|---------------|-3------3---3---|-3---3---3--------|

                    F#7              Bm/F#            A
   E E Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
E|---3----3-3---0-|----------------|----2-2---2---2-|------0-------0--|
B|--------0-0-----|----5-5---5-5-5-|----3-3---3---3-|----2-2-----2-2--|
G|--------0---0---|----3-3---3-3---|-4--4---4---4---|-2--2-------2----|
D|-0---0--0---0---|----------------|-4--4---4---4---|-2--2-----2------|
A|-2---2----------|-4--4---4---4---|-2--2-------2---|-0--0------------|
E|-3---3----------|-2--2---2---2---|-2--2-----------|--------0--------|

                    Bm/F#                            G
   Q  E E E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   E E Q  E E E E   Q  E E Q  E E
E|----------0-0-0-|----2----2---2-|---2------2---0-|------3----3-3--|
B|----2-2---2-2---|----3----3---3-|-----3----3---0-|-----------0----|
G|----2-------2---|-4--4------4-4-|-4---4--4---4---|--------0--0----|
D|-2--2---2-------|-4---------4---|-4---4--4---4---|-0--0---0-------|
A|-0--2---0-------|-2-----2---2---|-2---2--2---0---|-2--2---2-------|
E|--------0-------|-2-----2-------|-----2----------|-3--3---3-------|

Interlude:
                    A/E                              Bm
   E E Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   H    E E E E    Q  E E E E E E
E|---3-3----3-3-0-|-0--0-0---0-0-0-|--------------||----2-2----------|
B|-----0--0-0-0---|-2--2-----2-2-2-|--------------||----3-3----------|
G|-----0--0---0---|-2--2-------2---|--------------||----4-4---4------|
D|-0---0--0---0---|-2--2-------2---|------------0-||-4--4---4--------|
A|-2---2--2---2---|-0--0---0---0---|-0------0-2---||-2------2---0-0--|
E|-3---3--3---3---|-0--0---0-------|-0----0-------||------------0----|

                                     1.               2.
                            To Coda
   G                Bm/F#             E                E
   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E    Q  Q  Q  E E     Q  Q  Q  E E
E|----3-3---------|------2----------|----0--0--0-0--||----0-----0-0-||
B|----0-0-------0-|----3-3---3------|----0--0--0---o||----0-----0-0-||
G|----0---------0-|----4-4---4---4--|----1--1--1----||----1--1--1---||
D|----0-------0---|-4--4---------4--|----2--2--2----||----2--2--2---||
A|-2--------0-2---|-2------2---0----|-2--2--2--2---o||-2--2--2------||
E|-3------3-------|-2------2---0----|-0-------------||-0------------||

Interlude:
                                                      1.
     Q  E E Q  E E   E E E E E E Q    Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
E||--2----2----2-0-|---2---2--------|------2-------0-|---2---0---2-0-0--||
B||o-3--3------3-3-|---3-3-----3----|----------------|---------------0-o||
G||--2--2------2---|---2-2-----2-2--|----0-------0---|-----0---0--------||
D||--0--0---0--0---|-0---0---0---0--|----0-----0-0---|-0---0---0--------||
A||o----0---0------|---------0---0--|-2--------------|-----------------o||
E||----------------|----------------|-3------3-------|-3----------------||

Outro:
  2.
      D.S. al Coda   Coda &                Doubel Coda &&
                     D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda   G                F#
                                           PM----------------------------|
   E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E     Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
E|---2---0---2-0-2--||---0-0-0---0-0-0--||-3----2---------|--------------0--|
B|---------------3--||-----0-0---0-0----||----------0---0-|-2----2---3-x----|
G|-----0---0--------||-----1---1--------||--------0---0---|-3------0--------|
D|-0---0---0--------||-----2---2---2----||----0-----------|----4------------|
A|------------------||-2-------2--------||----------------|-----------------|
E|-3----------------||-0-------0--------||----------------|-----------------|

   PM---------------------------------|
   E E E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   W
E|-0h2---2---0-----|-2--------2-----|------*|
B|-----3---3-------|------3-3-----3-|------*|
G|-----4---4-----4-|------4-4---4---|------*|
D|-------------4---|----4-----------|-4----*|
A|-----------------|----------------|------*|
E|-----------------|----------------|------*|

Lyrics:
I am a lonely visitor.
I came to late to cause a stir,
Though I campaigned all my life
towards that goal.
I hardly slept the night you wept
Our secret's safe and still well kept
Where even Richard Nixon has got soul.
Even Richard Nixon has got
Soul.

The podium rocks in the crowded waves.
The speaker talks of the beautiful saves
That went down long before
he played this role
For the hotel queens and the magazines,
Test tube genes and slot machines
Where even Richard Nixon got soul.
Even Richard Nixon has got it,
Soul.

Hospitals have made him cry,
But there's always a free way in his eye,
Though his beach just got
too crowded for his stroll.
Roads stretch out like healthy veins,
And wild gift horses strain the reins,
Where even Richard Nixon has got soul.
Even Richard Nixon has got
Soul.

I am a lonely visitor.
I came to late to cause a stir,
Though I campaigned all my life
towards that goal.

************************************

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| s    Slide
| (n)  hold note

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