YOUNG NEIL - "keep on rockin in the" Tablature

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From: tms@tis.com (Tom Swiss)
Subject: Re: Help:Young - Keep on Rockin'

>Martin Smart <mvs@mobicom.demon.co.uk> 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:
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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

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