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This is one of Jackson Browne's all time best songs.  The chords I've
transcribed have a variation on the C and the D, because I think that kind
of helps a single guitar arrangement keep the drone of the full band.  To
play it the way Jackson does, play a regular C and a regular D.

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"The Barricades of Heaven"  ("Looking East", Elektra)

by : Jackson Browne

TUNING - Standard

CHORDS -    Em :  022000   C  : X32013   G : 3X0003   D : X54035
F  :  133211  C/E : 0X2010
(The C to D switch is easier than it looks, just slide the C
diagram up two frets.)

INTROO : Em, C, G, D (TWICE)

EmEm Piano Chord 
        CC Piano Chord 
              GG Piano Chord 
               DD Piano Chord 

Running down along the towns along the shore
EmEm Piano Chord 
           CC Piano Chord 
                 GG Piano Chord 
         DD Piano Chord 

When I was sixteen and on my own
EmEm Piano Chord 
              CC Piano Chord 
                 GG Piano Chord 
                      DD Piano Chord 

No I couldn't tell you what the hell those breaks were for
EmEm Piano Chord 
           CC Piano Chord 
                 GG Piano Chord 
           DD Piano Chord 

I was just trying to hear my song

Em, C, G, D (TWICE)

EmEm Piano Chord 
                CC Piano Chord 
                       GG Piano Chord 
             DD Piano Chord 

Jimmy found his own sweet sound when he won that free guitar
EmEm Piano Chord 
             CC Piano Chord 
                   GG Piano Chord 
            DD Piano Chord 

And we'd all get in the van and play
EmEm Piano Chord 
                CC Piano Chord 
            GG Piano Chord 
                  DD Piano Chord 

Life became the Paradox, the Bell, the Rouge et noir
EmEm Piano Chord 
                   CC Piano Chord 
               GG Piano Chord 
            DD Piano Chord 

And the stretch of road running to L.A.

EmEm Piano Chord 
            CC Piano Chord 

BRIDGE :  Pages turning
GG Piano Chord 
               DD Piano Chord 

Pages we were years from learning
EmEm Piano Chord 
                  CC Piano Chord 
                     GG Piano Chord 
       DD Piano Chord 

Straight into the night our hearts were flung

(PLAY REGULAR "C" and "D" for chorus)

CC Piano Chord 
                GG Piano Chord 
       DD Piano Chord 
           CC Piano Chord 
     DD Piano Chord 

CHORUS :  Better bring your own redemtion when you come
CC Piano Chord 
                GG Piano Chord 
    DD Piano Chord 
         CC Piano Chord 

To the barricades of heaven where I'm from

Em, C, G, D (Twice)

EmEm Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
               GG Piano Chord 
                  DD Piano Chord 

All the world was shining from those hills
EmEm Piano Chord 
                CC Piano Chord 
                    GG Piano Chord 
        DD Piano Chord 

With the stars above and the lights below
EmEm Piano Chord 
              CC Piano Chord 
                   GG Piano Chord 
               DD Piano Chord 

Among those there to test their fortune and their will
EmEm Piano Chord 
       CC Piano Chord 
                       GG Piano Chord 
         DD Piano Chord 

I lost track of the score long ago

BRIDGE, CHORUS

EmEm Piano Chord 
         FF Piano Chord 
          C/EC/E Piano Chord 

Childhood comes for me at night
EmEm Piano Chord 
           FF Piano Chord 
       C/EC/E Piano Chord 

The voices of my friends
EmEm Piano Chord 
           FF Piano Chord 
      C/EC/E Piano Chord 

Your face bathing me in light
EmEm Piano Chord 
            FF Piano Chord 
      C/EC/E Piano Chord 

I hope that never ends

Em, C, G, D (TWICE)

EmEm Piano Chord 
        CC Piano Chord 

Pages turning
GG Piano Chord 
                DD Piano Chord 

Pages torn and pages burning
EmEm Piano Chord 
             CC Piano Chord 
           GG Piano Chord 
        DD Piano Chord 

Faded pages open in the sun

Chorus (TWICE)

Em,Em, Piano Chord 
 C,C, Piano Chord 
 G,G, Piano Chord 
 DD Piano Chord 
 (FDD Piano Chord 
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