::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:
Colours on the street
Red white and blue
People shufflin' their feet
People sleepin' in their shoes
But there's a warnin' sign on the road ahead
There's a lot of people sayin' we'd be better off dead
Don't feel like Satan but I'm to them
so I try to forget it anyway I can
CHORUS: -------
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
A(7) x4 (interleave A with A7) Em D C x4 (just like in the intro)
Verse 2: I see a girl in the night With a baby in her hand Under an old street light Near a garbage can Now she puts the kid away and she's gone to get a hit She hates her life and what she's done to it That's one more kid that will never go to school Never get to fall in love never get to be cool
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): We got a thousand points of light For the homeless man We got a kinder gentler machine gun hand ---:[Here add an additional Em, D and C without lyrics] We got department stores and toilet paper Got styrophone boxes for the ozone layer Got a man of the people says keep hope alive Got fuel to burn got roads to drive
Keep on rockin' in the free world...(x4) A(7) x4 (interleave A with A7) Em D C x4
"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."