Rockin in the Free World, una canción de Neil Young, critica los problemas sociales y políticos de los Estados Unidos a finales de los años 80. La canción fue inspirada por los eventos políticos de la época, incluyendo la presidencia de George H. W. Bush y las tensiones sociales en ciudades estadounidenses.
Tono: E
Introducción:
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Colours on the street
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Red white and blue
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People shufflin' their feet
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People sleepin' in their shoes
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But there's a warnin' sign on the road ahead
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There's a lot of people sayin' we'd be better off dead
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Don't feel like Satan but I'm to them
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so I try to forget it anyway I can
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KEEP ON ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD
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KEEP ON ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD
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KEEP ON ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD
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(play for 4 bars, interleave A with A7)
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(just like in the intro)
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I see a woman in the night
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With a baby in her hand
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Under an old street light
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Near a garbage can
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Now she puts the kid away and she's gone to get a hit
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She hates her life and what she's done to it
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That's one more kid that will never go to school
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Never get to fall in love never get to be cool
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KEEP ON ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD
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KEEP ON ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD
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KEEP ON ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD
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We got a thousand points of light
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For the homeless man
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We got a kinder gentler machine gun hand
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We got department stores and toilet paper
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Got styrofoam boxes for the ozone layer
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Got a man of the people says keep hope alive
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Got fuel to burn got roads to drive
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KEEP ON ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD
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KEEP ON ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD
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KEEP ON ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD
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KEEP ON ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD
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(play for 4 bars, interleave A with A7)
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Amended to include notes over the last two verses by Chris Blanton. Thanks to the original tab from Brian Dawson.