• Song:

    Revolution Blues

  • Artist:

    Neil Young

  • Album:

    1974-05-16: New York, N...

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Revolution Blues- Neil Young off the On the Beach album


These are the chords

        Asus (x02230@1)   Amin (x02413@1)    Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)  E (022100@1)    (possibly)-Dmin     Amin7
-----------------------------0--------------------------1----------------|
---------3---------1---------1--------------------------3--------1-------|
---------2---------2---------2------1-------------------2--------0-------|
---------2---------2---------3------2----------------------------2-------|
-----------------------------3------2------------------------------------|
-----------------------------1-------------------------------------------|

its realatively easy to hear the chord changes throughout the song however the ontro 
Asus-> Amin taking the third finger off and on in time with the beat which uses the Amin7

so..

Intro Chords: (this not the strumming pattern or the rhythm just showing the chord changes

   Asus (x02230@1)     Amin (x02413@1) Amin7
------------------------------------------------|
-----3--------1-------1---1---1---1-------------|
-----2--------2-------0---2---0---2-------------|
-----2--------2-------2---2---2---2-------------|
------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------|


Now For the Verse:

  Asus (x02230@1)       AminWell, (x02413@1)we live in a trailer
  Asus (x02230@1)      Aminat (x02413@1)the edge of town
  Asus (x02230@1)     AminYou (x02413@1)never see us
  Asus (x02230@1)      Amin'cause (x02413@1)we don't come around.
         Fmaj7We (1x3210@1)got twenty five rifles
  Fmaj7
just to keep
  Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)               Asus (x02230@1) Aminthe (x02413@1)population down.
       Fmaj7But (1x3210@1)we need you now,
   Fmaj7
and that's why
   Asus (x02230@1)    AminI'm (x02413@1)hangin' 'round.
      Fmaj7So (1x3210@1)you be good to me
        Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)            Eand (022100@1)I'll be good to you,
   EAnd (022100@1)in this land of conditions
   Asus (x02230@1)     AminI'm (x02413@1)not above suspicion
 Asus (x02230@1)       AminI (x02413@1)won't attack you,
 Asus (x02230@1)       Aminbut (x02413@1)I won't back you.

   Asus (x02230@1)         AminWell, (x02413@1)it's so good to be here,
   Asus (x02230@1)       Aminasleep (x02413@1)on your lawn.
   Asus (x02230@1)     AminRemember (x02413@1)your guard dog?
  Asus (x02230@1)     AsusWell, (x02230@1)I'm afraid
  Asus (x02230@1)    Aminthat (x02413@1)he's gone.
     Fmaj7It (1x3210@1)was such a drag
   Fmaj7
to hear him
  Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)          Asus (x02230@1)    Aminwhining (x02413@1)all night long.
   Fmaj7
Yes, that was me with the doves,
    Fmaj7setting (1x3210@1)them free
    Fmaj7near (1x3210@1)the factory
  Asus (x02230@1)       AminWhere (x02413@1)you built your computer,
love.
       Fmaj7I (1x3210@1)hope you get the connection,
      Fmaj7'cause (1x3210@1)I can't take
Ethe (022100@1)rejection
    Asus (x02230@1)   AminI (x02413@1)won't deceive you,
   Asus (x02230@1)     AminI (x02413@1)just don't believe you.

Solo (just in the Amin pentatonic scale)

     Asus (x02230@1)      AminWell, (x02413@1)I'm a barrel of laughs,
   Asus (x02230@1)    Aminwith (x02413@1)my carbine on
  Asus (x02230@1)     AminI (x02413@1)keep 'em hoppin',
 Asus (x02230@1)     Amintill (x02413@1)my ammunition's gone.
       FmajBut (133211@1)I'm still not happy,
  Fmaj7
I feel like
      Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)          Asus (x02230@1)   Aminthere's (x02413@1)something wrong.
    DminI (xx0210@1)got the revolution blues,

I see bloody fountains,
  Asus (x02230@1)        AminAnd (x02413@1)ten million dune buggies
  Asus (x02230@1)        Asuscomin' (x02230@1)down the mountains.
        Fmaj7Well, (1x3210@1)I hear that Laurel Canyon
     Fmaj7is (1x3210@1)full of famous stars,
 Asus (x02230@1)       AminBut (x02413@1)I hate them worse than lepers
  Asus (x02230@1)   Aminand (x02413@1)I'll kill them
 Asus   Amin
in their cars.

More soloing to finish

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