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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 4G, 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) [Verse 1] Em D C Colours 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 D C There's a lot of people sayin' we'd be better off dead Em D C Don't feel like Satan but I'm to them Em D C so I try to forget it anyway I can [Chorus] ------- G D C C Em Keep on rockin' in the free world G D C C Em Keep on rockin' in the free world G D C C Em Keep on rockin' in the free world G D C C Em Keep on rockin' in the free world A(7) x4 (interleave A with A7) Em D C x4 (just like in the intro) [Verse 2] I see a girl 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 That'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...(x4) A(7) x4 (interleave A with A7) Em D C x4 [Verse 3] (not included in the acoustic version): We got a thousand points of light For the homeless man We got a kinder gentler machine gun hand --->[Here add an additional Em, D and C without lyrics] We got department stores and toilet paper Got styrophone 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...(x4) A(7) x4 (interleave A with A7) Em D C x4