Neil Young – Rockin In The Free World
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Em
Capo: none
[Intro]
[Em] [D] [C] x4
[Verse 1]
[Em]Colours on the street [D][C]
[Em]Red white and blue [D][C]
[Em]People shufflin’ their feet [D][C]
[Em]People sleepin’ in their shoes [D][C]
[Em]But there’s a warnin’ sign on the road ahead [D][C]
[Em]There’s a lot of people sayin’ we’d be better off dead [D][C]
[Em]Don’t feel like Satan but I’m to them [D][C]
[Em]so I try to forget it anyway I can [D][C]
[Chorus]
[G]KEEP ON ROCKIN’ IN THE FREE WORLD [D][C][C][Em]
[G]KEEP ON ROCKIN’ IN THE FREE WORLD [D][C][C][Em]
[G]KEEP ON ROCKIN’ IN THE FREE WORLD [D][C][C][Em]
[G]KEEP ON ROCKIN’ IN THE FREE WORLD [D][C][C][Em]
[Instrumental]
[A] (play for 4 bars, interleave [A] with [A7])
[Em] [D] [C] x4
[Verse 2]
[Em]I see a woman in the night [D][C]
[Em]With a baby in her hand [D][C]
[Em]Under an old street light [D][C]
[Em]Near a garbage can [D][C]
[Em]Now she puts the kid away and she’s gone to get a hit [D][C]
[Em]She hates her life and what she’s done to it [D][C]
[Em]That’s one more kid that will never go to school [D][C]
[Em]Never get to fall in love never get to be cool [D][C]
[Chorus]
[G]KEEP ON ROCKIN’ IN THE FREE WORLD [D][C][C][Em]
[G]KEEP ON ROCKIN’ IN THE FREE WORLD [D][C][C][Em]
[G]KEEP ON ROCKIN’ IN THE FREE WORLD [D][C][C][Em]
[G]KEEP ON ROCKIN’ IN THE FREE WORLD [D][C][C][Em]
[Instrumental]
[A] (play for 4 bars, interleave [A] with [A7])
[Solo]
[Em] [D] [C] x8
[Verse 3]
[Em]We got a thousand points of light [D][C]
[Em]For the homeless man [D][C]
[Em]We got a kinder gentler machine gun hand [D][C]
[Em]We got department stores and toilet paper [D][C]
[Em]Got styrofoam boxes for the ozone layer [D][C]
[Em]Got a man of the people says keep hope alive [D][C]
[Em]Got fuel to burn got roads to drive [D][C]
[Chorus]
[G]KEEP ON ROCKIN’ IN THE FREE WORLD [D][C][C][Em]
[G]KEEP ON ROCKIN’ IN THE FREE WORLD [D][C][C][Em]
[G]KEEP ON ROCKIN’ IN THE FREE WORLD [D][C][C][Em]
[G]KEEP ON ROCKIN’ IN THE FREE WORLD [D][C][C][Em]
[Instrumental]
[A] (play for 4 bars, interleave [A] with [A7])
[Em] [D] [C] x8
[Notes]
Progression idea for big chorus tone:
E5 (0799xxx) D5 (x577xx) C5 (x355xx)
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Rockin in the Free World by Neil Young: Guitar Chords and Lyrics
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