From [email protected] Sun May 4 09:49:17 1997
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1997 13:36:30 -0700 (MST)
From: Justin John Simison
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
This is one of Jackson Browne’s all time best songs. The chords I’ve
Transcribed have a variation on the C and the D, because I think that kind
Of helps a single guitar arrangement keep the drone of the full band. To
Play it the way Jackson does, play a regular C and a regular D.
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«The Barricades of Heaven» («Looking East», Elektra)
By : Jackson Browne
Transciption by Justin J. Simison (Comments welcome, [email protected])
TUNING — Standard
CHORDS — Em : 022000 C : X32013 G : 3X0003 D : X54035
F : 133211 C/E : 0X2010
(The C to D switch is easier than it looks, just slide the C
Diagram up two frets.)
INTROO : Em, C, G, D (TWICE)
Em C G D
Running down along the towns along the shore
Em C G D
When I was sixteen and on my own
Em C G D
No I couldn’t tell you what the hell those breaks were for
Em C G D
I was just trying to hear my song
Em, C, G, D (TWICE)
Em C G D
Jimmy found his own sweet sound when he won that free guitar
Em C G D
And we’d all get in the van and play
Em C G D
Life became the Paradox, the Bell, the Rouge et noir
Em C G D
And the stretch of road running to L.A.
Em C
BRIDGE : Pages turning
G D
Pages we were years from learning
Em C G D
Straight into the night our hearts were flung
(PLAY REGULAR «C» and «D» for chorus)
C G D C D
CHORUS : Better bring your own redemtion when you come
C G D C
To the barricades of heaven where I’m from
Em, C, G, D (Twice)
Em C G D
All the world was shining from those hills
Em C G D
With the stars above and the lights below
Em C G D
Among those there to test their fortune and their will
Em C G D
I lost track of the score long ago
BRIDGE, CHORUS
Em F C/E
Childhood comes for me at night
Em F C/E
The voices of my friends
Em F C/E
