"Rockin' In The Free World" Lyrics by Neil Young

Rockin' In The Free World by Neil Young
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There's 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,
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world.

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.

We got a thousand points of light
For the homeless man
We got a kinder, gentler,
Machine gun hand
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.

Modified: 2009-06-21

Released on:
Freedom (Neil Young, 1989)
Weld (Neil Young & Crazy Horse, 1991)

Submitted by:
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Fredrik (rust@palaxia.se) (Corrections)

Chords & lyrics:
TUNING: 
Acoustic version: 1 step down 
Electric version: Normal 
 
NOTE: In the acoustic version, try to change between Em and Em7 in the verses. And the 3rd verse isn't played either. (E*: 000xxx) 
 
INTRO:   Em    D  C  (x4) 
 
VERSE 1: 
        Em                   D  C 
There's colors on the street 
     Em             D  C 
Red, white and blue 
       Em                    D  C 
People shufflin' their feet 
       Em                       D  C 
People sleepin' in their shoes 
              Em                  D    C 
But there's a warnin' sign on the road ahead 
          Em 
There's a lot of people sayin' 
        D          C 
We'd be better off dead 
      Em 
Don't feel like satan 
      D     C 
But I am to them 
     Em                    D     C 
So I try to forget it, any way I can 
 
CHORUS: 
G          D                            C    E* Em 
   Keep on rockin' in the free world 
G          D                            C    E* Em 
   Keep on rockin' in the free world 
G          D                            C    E* Em 
   Keep on rockin' in the free world 
G          D                            C    E* Em 
   Keep on rockin' in the free world 
 
INTERLUDE: A 
 
Em    D  C  (x4) 
 
VERSE 2: 
        Em                 D  C 
I see a woman in the night 
       Em                D  C 
With a baby in her hand 
         Em               D  C 
Under an old street light 
 
       Em          D  C 
Near a garbage can 
        Em 
Now she puts the kid away 
          D             C 
And she's gone to get a hit 
    Em 
She hates her life 
               D       C 
And what she's done to it 
       Em 
That's one more kid 
          D           C 
That will never go to school 
      Em 
Never get to fall in love 
      D         C 
Never get to be cool 
 
CHORUS 
 
INTERLUDE: A 
 
SOLO: (over verse chords) 
 
VERSE 3: 
         Em                       D  C 
We got a thousand points of light 
        Em            D  C 
For the homeless man 
         Em                 D         C             Em    D  C 
We got a kinder, gentler, machine gun hand 
       Em 
We got department stores 
    D      C 
And toilet paper 
    Em                      D     C 
Got styrofoam boxes for the ozone layer 
      Em 
Got a man of the people 
     D         C 
Says keep hope alive 
    Em 
Got fuel to burn 
    D        C 
Get roads to drive 
 
CHORUS 
 
INTERLUDE: A 
 
SOLO: (over verse chords)