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You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## lyrics: from the cassette cover chords: audio Rockin' in the Free World : Freedom : Neil Young (There's) [Dm]colors on the streets [C] [Bb] Red [C]white and blue [C] [Bb] People [Dm]shufflin' their feet, [C] [Bb] People [Dm]sleepin' in their shoes [C] [Bb] There's a [Dm]warning sign on the [C]road a[Bb]head There's a [Dm]lot of people sayin' we'd be [C]better off [Bb]dead Don't [Dm]feel like satan but I [C]am to [Bb]them So I [Dm]try to forget it any [C]way I [Bb]can chorus: [F] Keep on [C]rockin' in the free world [Bb]x4 [F]-> [Gm] x4 to next verse I see a girl in the night, with a baby in her hand Under an old street light, near a garbage can Now she's put 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 chorus: (additional verse in the electric version; track 12) (electric is in different key) We got a [Em]thousand points of light [D] [C] For the [Em]homeless man [D] [C] We got a [Em]kinder gentler [D]machine gun [C]hand [D] [C] We got [Em]department stores and [D]toilet [C]paper Got [Em]styrofoam boxes for the [D]ozone [C]layer Got a [Em]man of the people says [D]keep hope a[C]live Got [Em]fuel to burn, got [D]roads to [C]drive [D] [C] Chorus: [G] / / / [D] / / / [C] / / / [G]->[Am] Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero Part I) : Freedom : Neil Young [G]/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Well the [Am]cop made the show-down [Am][F] He was [Am]sure he was right [Am][F] He had [Am]all of the low-down[Am][F] From the [Am]bank-heist last night [Am][F] [Dm]His best friend was the robber,[G][Dm] [Dm]And his wife was a thief[G][Dm] [Dm]All his children were killers, [G][Dm] [Dm]He couldn't get no relief [G][F] The bungalow was surrounded [G][F] When a voice loud and clear [G][F] Said "Come on out with your hands up [G][F] Or we'll blow you out of here" [G][F] There was a face in the [Am]window The [F]t.v. cameras [Am]rolled Then they cut to the [F]announcer,[Am] And the [F]story was told [Am] [F] [G] / / / / / / [F] [G] / / / / / / [F] [G] / / / / / / [Am]... The artist looked at the producer, the producer sat back He said "what we have got here is a perfect track But we don't have a vocal and we don't have a song If we could get these things accomplished nothing else could go wrong" So he balanced the ashtray as he picked up the phone And said "send me a songwriter who's drifted far from home And make sure that he's hungry and make sure he's alone Send me a cheeseburger and a new 'rolling stone' Yeah "There's still crime in the city", said the cop on the beat "I don't know if i can stop it, I feel like meat on the street They paint my car like a target, I take my orders from fools Meanwhile some kid blows my head off well I play by their rules That's why I'm doin' it my way I took the law in my own hand So here i am in the alleyway a wad of cash in my pants I get paid by a ten year old he says he looks up to me There's still crime in the city but it's good to be free Yeah Well I come from a family that has a broken home Sometimes I talk to daddy on the telephone When he says that he loves me i know that he does But I wish I could see him I wish I knew where he was But that's the way all my friends are except maybe one or two Wish I could see him this weekend wish I could walk in his shoes But now I'm doing my own thing wometimes I'm good then I'm bad Although my home has been broken it's the best home I ever had Yeah Well I keep getting younger my life's been funny that way Before I ever learned to talk I forgot what to say I sassed back to my mom I sassed back at my teacher I got thrown out of bible school for sassing back at the preacher Then I grew up to be a fireman put every fire in town Put out anything smokin' but when I put the hose down The judge sent me to prison gave me life without parole Wish I never put the hose down wish I never got old notes: _we_KNOW_ it's redundant to add in the additional [Am] chord, but listen to the song to get what we mean - change from Am to F (or Dm, G or whatever the chord change is) over the space of three stokes E.G 002210 000010 x33211 Don't Cry : Freedom :Neil Young power chord from low E to e E E E E E Don't cry my sweet girl nothin' I say is written in stone Don't cry my sweet love you won't really be alone Woa ah I'll help you pack your things I'll walk with you out to the car I'll hold on to the ring I won't forget the way things are G E ....... Woa ah my sweet love Your disappointed eyes are haunting my like my big lies I see you glaring now I see you staring in the fire Woa ah my sweet love Don't cry my sweet girl nothin' I say is written in stone Don't cry my sweet love you won't really be alone Woa ah My sweet love my sweet love Ahhh Don't cry my sweet girl you won't really be alone Don't cry my sweet girl you won't really be alone Don't cry my sweet girl you won't really be alone Hangin' on a Limb : Freedom : Neil Young (song originally in key of D ?) verse: GCFCG chorus: DCG?? Though the river flows gently to the sea He was on the shore rooted like tree She was here and there riding on the waves Through it all she heard his call And gave it all she gave CH. And though their love was hangin' on a limb She taught him how to dance and start again And though their love was hangin' on a limb She taught him how to dance When the melody through the window called It echoed in the courtyard and whispered in the halls He played it through the night she knew he had to go There was something about freedom he thought he didn't know CH v1 And though their love was hangin' on a limb She taught him how to dance Eldorado : Freedom : Neil Young [F]In the crystal [G]ball the gypsy saw the [Am]villa [F]The riders on the [G]hill the fire in the [Em]fields [F]She saw the mission [G]bell swinging in the [Am]silence [D]Now the shooting [F]starts [D]the bullets pierce the [F]hearts [D]The senoritas [F]crying at the [G]wall Up in the Gold Hotel the money hits the table The heavies all are there that's why the deal's going down Beautiful women all dressed in diamond and sable Down upon the street beside a garbage heap a mariachi band begins to play Somewhere a blues guitar plays echos in the alleyway The Tijuana dawn claims another day the golden sun rises on the runway The pilot understands the money changes hands Inside the jet the briefcase snaps Goodbye In Eldorado town there lives a great bullfighter His eyes are screaming blue his hair is red as blood And when the gate goes up the crowed gets so excited And he comes dancin' out dressed in gold lame He kills the bull and lives another day The Ways of Love : Freedom : Neil Young [D]You [G]are my [C]special [G]one [D]Made my [G]heart come [C]all un[G]done [D]We've been [G]havin' [C]too much [G]fun [F]Now someone else Will sleep with [Bb]tears when he [C]hears What we've [D]done [A] [D] [A] cH. [D]Oh [A] [D] the [A]ways of [D]love [A] [D] [A] x2 Hear my song and hear my heart We'll be gone when the music starts Then we'll never be apart Just you and I Go flyin' by no one to cry That we're gone cH V1 cH cH Someday : Freedom : Neil Young Rommel wore a ring on his finger He only took it off when he flew his plane Once he told me why He said we all have to fly someday We all have to fly Someday T.v preacher can't be bothered With those petty things He stays a step removed so they say He's pipin' music in We all have to sin someday We all have to sin Someday Workin' on that great Alaska pipeline many men were lost in the pipe They went to fuelin' cars Now smog might turn to stars Someday Smog might turn to stars Someday Hold me baby, put your arms around me Give me all the love you have to give Tomorrow won't be late We won't have to wait someday We won't have to wait Someday On Broadway : Freedom : Neil Young (lyrics by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller 1962/1963 ) [A]They say the [G]neon [A]lights are [G]bright on [A]broad[G]way [A] [G] [A]They say there's [G]always [A]magic [G]in the [A]air [G] [A] [G] [D]But when you're [C]walkin' [D]down the [C]street [D]And you ain't [C]had e[D]nough to [E]eat [A]The glitter [G]rubs right [A]off and [G]you're no[A]where They say the women treat you fine on broadway But lookin' at them just gives me the blues How ya gonna make some time When all you got is one thin dime And that one dime won't even shine your shoe They say that I won't last too long on broadway I'll catch a greyhound bus for home they all say But they're dead wrong I know they are 'cos I can play this here guitar on broadway On broadway On broadway Give me that crack Give me some of that crack Give me that crack Ahh Broadway Wrecking Ball : Freedom : Neil Young [F]My life's an [G]open book you [F]read it on the radi[G]o [F]We've got no[G]where to hide we've [F]got nowhere to [G]go [F]But if you [G]still decide [F]That you want to G]take a ride chorus: [C]Meet me at the [CM7]wrecking [C]ball [Am]wrecking ball [F]Wear something pretty and [G]white And [F]we'll go dancing to[G]night all x2 I see your smokey eyes right across the bar I've seen that look before shining from star to star Though I can't take that chance If you got time for one dance cH x2 The restless line of cars goes stretching down the road But I won't telephone 'cos you might say 'hello' What is it makes me feel this way? What is it makes me want to say? CH x2 No More : Freedom : Neil Young [Dm]Livin' on the edge of night [Bb] You know the [C]sun won't go down [Dm]slow You don't know which drug is right [Bb] Can't decide which [C]way you wanna [Dm]go [Dm]I feel the way you feel [Bb]'cos not so long a[C]go It had a [Dm]hold on me [C] [Bb] I couldn't [Dm]let it go [C] [Bb] it wouldn't [Dm]set me free [C] [Bb] It wouldn't [Dm]set me free [C] [Bb] [F] [Dm] No more, [F] [Dm] no more, [F] [Dm] no more Seemed like the easy thing To let it go for one more day Like singin' the same old song And twistin' the words in a different way Where did the magic go I searched high and low I can't find it no more I can't get it back i can't find it no more I can't find it no more No more, no more, no more, no more Searchin' for quality Havin' to have the very best Now scroungin' for quantity Never havin' time to do the test That's how the story goes Can't put it down To the last stage I can't put it down I can't put it down I can't put it down Too Far Gone : Freedom : Neil Young [G]When I woke up you were [D]gone And the [C]sun was on the [G]lawn Empty pillow with perfume [D]on I [C]smelled it Well we met in my favorite bar Took a ride in my old car But I still don't know how We made it home Chorus: Was I [G]too [C]far [D]gone Too far gone Too far gone For you? We had drugs and we had booze But we still had something to lose And by dawn I wanted To marry you With our attitudes by day And our secret dreams by night Can we really live our lives That way Chorus: Am I ..... Chorus: Was I .... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |G|/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / |Am| |Am||F||Am| |Am||F| Well the cop made the show-down he was sure he was right |Am| |Am||F||Am| |Am||F| He had all of the low-down from the bank-heist last night |Dm| |G||Dm| |G||Dm| His best friend was the robber, and his wife was a thief |Dm| |G||Dm| |G||F| All his children were killers, he couldn't get no relief |G||F| |G||F| The bungalow was surrounded when a voice loud and clear |F| |G||F| Said "come on out with your hands up or we'll blow you out of here" |Am| |F| |Am| There was a face in the window the t.v. cameras rolled |F| |Am| |F| |Am| Then they cut to the announcer, and the story was told |F| |G| / / / / / /|F| |G| / / / / / / |F| |G| / / / / / / / |Am| From: VETTERS@VAX1.ELON.EDU (Steve Vetter ) Subject: CRD: Too Far Gone - Neil Young Too Far Gone - Neil Young from the book _Freedom_ typed by Steve Vetter D5 x577xx C/G 3x2010 C(addD) x32130 intro: G D5 C G G D C G G D When I woke up you were gone C G and the sun was on the lawn D Empty pillow with perfume on C I smelled it G D Well we met in my favorite bar C G took a ride in my old car But I still don't know how D C We made it home G C/G D7 Was I too far gone C(addD) G too far gone C/G D7 C too far gone for you? G D We had drugs and we had booze C G But we still had something to lose D C G And by dawn I wanted to marry you D With our attitudes by day C G And our secret dreams by night D C Can we really live our lives that way G C/G D7 Am I too far gone C(addD) G too far gone C/G D7 C too far gone for you? From: VETTERS@VAX1.ELON.EDU (Steve Vetter ) Subject: CRD: Don't Cry - Neil Young Don't Cry - Neil Young From the _Freedom_ Book Typed by Steve Vetter E5 022xxx D/E xx2232 C/E xx2010 E5 E D/E Don't cry my sweet girl nothing I say is written in stone E C/E Don't cry my sweet love, You won't really be alone D/E Woa.... E D/E I help you pack your things, I'll walk you out to the car E C/E I'll hold on to the ring, I won't forget the ways things are D/E Woa... E my sweet love G5 E5 No Chord (Add libbed solo) E D/E Your disappointed eyes are haunting me like my big lies E C/E I see you glaring now. I see you staring in the fire D/E Woa... E My sweet love E D/E Don't cry my sweet girl nothing I say is written in stone E C/E Don't cry my sweet love, You won't really be alone D/E Woa.... E my sweet love my sweet love E5 Don't cry my sweet girl You won't really be alone
