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Rockin' In The Free World

Neil Young
INTRO and VERSES:
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For the verses you basically need: Em, D and
but the strumming pattern and fretting actually
involve a G. Here's how to strum the Em measure
(intro and verse alike):
 
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(1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +)
Dn up dn up dn up dn up
B - $ $ - $ $ $
 
Meaning it is an Em chord for the whole measure,
play only the bass note (the E string) on the first
beat (indicated by the 'B' -from Bass- above), the '-' means don't
strum on the strings and a '$' means play the chord indicated
above (Em in this case).
 
The D and C measure is strummed as follows:
D n c n
| | | |
Dn up dn up dn up dn up
$ $ $ $ - $ $ $
 
Meaning play a D chord for the first beat then on the
down stroke of the second beat hit the strings without
any fretting (indicated by 'N' above), this would actually
sound as a G (especially that you're most likely to hit only
the D, G, B and E strings). Then directly play a C chord on
the up-stroke of the second beat (in fact you'd ready your fingers
for the C chord while hitting the "G chord"). The same trick is
done at the last up-stroke of the 4th beat where you, again, play the
open strings just before hitting the bass of the Em chord of the
following measure (as indicated in the Em measure).
 
 
Colors 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 am to them
So I try to forget it, any way I can.
 
Keep on rockin' in the free world,
d c c/b c/
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world.
 
(7fr)x4(interleaveAwithA7)
 
I see a woman 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
There'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,
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world.
(Bass only)
We got a thousand points of light
We got a kinder, gentler,
Machine gun hand
(Guitar starts in)
We got department stores and toilet paper
Got styrofoam 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,
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world.
 
Solo
 
e-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---^^^^^^^^^-------------------------------|
B-12-12-12-12-12-12----15--15-15-15-12-------^^^^^^^--12-------12|
G--------------------------------------15-12-12-12h14----14-14---|
D----------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e-----------^^^^^12-15b15b15^^^15b---12--------------------------|
B-12-------12----12---------------15-------------------14--------|
G----14b14-14-14------------------------14-14-12-^^^^^-14-12-----|
D------------------------------------------------14-14-----------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
=0d
e-------------------------------0---------------------12-12-12-12|
B-------------------------------0-15---------------15-15-15-15-15|
G12----------12--^^^^^------12b14b---14-12-14b-14b---------------|
D---14-12----12-14----14-14--------------------------------------|
A---------14-----------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e-12-12---------^^^^^-12----12-12b---15-15^^^^14 15--------------|
B-15-15-12-15-15---------15b---15b15----------------15-----------|
G-------------------------------0-------------------15-----------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e-15-14-12^^^^12^^^15-14-12----12-14-12-15b----------------------|
B---------------------------15-----------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|