Browne Jackson

Browne Jackson - The Barricades Of Heaven guitar chord

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From jjs6@dana.ucc.nau.edu Sun May  4 09:49:17 1997

Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1997 13:36:30 -0700 (MST)

From: Justin John Simison

To: guitar@olga.net

Cc: acoustic@olga.net

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, JJS6@dana.ucc.nau.edu)

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  

  Your face bathing me in light

Em            F      C/E

  I hope that never ends

Em, C, G, D (TWICE)

Em        C    

  Pages turning

  G                D      

  Pages torn and pages burning

Em             C           G        D

  Faded pages open in the sun

Chorus (TWICE)

Em, C, G, D (FADE)

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