Neil Young - Rockin' in the Free World (Live Acoustic)

Neil Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician and film director. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist in 1995 and also as a member of Buffalo Springfield in 1997.

Young's work is characterized by deeply personal lyrics, distinctive guitar work, and signature tenor singing voice. Although he accompanies himself on several different instruments—including piano and harmonica, his clawhammer acoustic guitar style and often idiosyncratic electric guitar soloing are the linchpins of a sometimes ragged, sometimes polished sound. Although Young has experimented widely with differing music styles, including swing, jazz, rockabilly, blues, and electronic music throughout a varied career, his best known work usually falls into either of two distinct styles: acoustic folk/country ("Heart of Gold", "Harvest Moon" and "Old Man") and electric-charged hard rock (like "Cinnamon Girl", "Rockin' in the Free World" and "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)"). In recent years, Young has adopted elements from newer styles like industrial, alternative country and grunge. Young's profound influence on the latter caused some to dub him "the Godfather of Grunge".
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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.

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[deeppurple123456]

Finally! This is the best version!

[NonfictionRobert]

@psycohockeyfan I drove a 68 Mustang that belongs to my dad for a few months in high school. Awesome memories in that car with music like this playing

[papafik]

@papafik So I was false. All live records I have are realy on F harmonica. It sounded me different in some songs, but it depends very much on the quality of a record how it sounds.

[papafik]

@raveninaforest I think in this performance it is F harmonica, but on other live records from 89 solo tour he is using Bb harp for this song. Am I right, does anybody have the same opinion?

[Thespidey665]

@raveninaforest F

[meathookmayhem]

They used to have the video up for a while but it was taken down. Nice upload pal.

[HeadBangerHippy]

@ryuki94 E, D and C for the verse parts. G, D, C and an E for the chorus, and an A kinda thing for the post chorus. The chords he does in the outro should be a G-D-C kinda thing. Hope that helps! :P

[raveninaforest]

Does anyone know what harmonica key he is using?

[ryuki94]

Does anyone know the chords to this song?

[dbeees]

Brilliant. Simply brilliant.

[rabidgoon]

is there a time in one's life when this song is not eerily relevant?