Martin Smart wrote: >>I know you all know this, and I also know I'm the only >>person on the planet who can't play it and doesn't know >>the lyrics. I had a crack a working it out against a live >>copy I have but it's a very noisy vinyl copy. Anyway >>I came up with : >> E C D played as A - shape barre chords >>for the verses with a bit of right hand dampening on the E. > >Try Em, D, C for the verse, then G, D, C for the chorus. Toss in an Am >after the C when going from chorus to verse. G, D, C, Em for the chorus, then 4 bars of some A varients (Am, Asus, A7) that I just play A for.
One of my favorites - strong lyrics, but simple enough to play after pouring beer down my throat all night (gotta keep them vocal chords lubricated, ya know). ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD Neil Young - Freedom Album Intro: Em D C (4 times in total) Verse1: Em D C Colours on .. Em D C Red white .... Em D C People shufflin' ... Em D C People sleepin' in ... Em D C But there's a warnin' sign ... Em D C There's a lot of people sayin' ... Em D C Don't feel like ... Em D C so I try to forget it ... CHORUS: ------- G D C C Em Keep on rockin' in ... G D C C Em Keep on rockin' in the ... G D C C Em Keep on rockin' in ... G D C C Em Keep on rockin' in ... A(7) x4 (interleave A with A7) Em D C x4 (just like in the intro) Keep on rockin' in the free world...(x4) A(7) x4 (interleave A with A7) Em D C x4 Verse 3 (not included in the acoustic version): Keep on rockin' in the free world...(x4) A(7) x4 (interleave A with A7) Em D C x4 =============================================================================== Tom Swiss/tms@tis.com | "Born to die." | Keep your laws off my brain! "What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding?" - Nick Lowe You Are Being Lied To. A Law of Computer Programming: "Make it possible for programmers to write in English and you will find that programmers cannot write in English."
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