xTuning: Standard EADGBE [Intro] Em C G Em e|--0-------------------0-0---------------------------| B|--0-------------------1-1---------------------------| G|--0-------------------0-0---------------------------| D|--2--------------0----2-2--0--2---------------------| A|--2----------0h2---3--3-3--------2p0----------------| E|--0----------------------------------3-0------------| (Strum the first Em for a while) (1 and half bars or so) Em C G D e|--0--------0-------------------3------------2--------------| B|--0--------1-------------------3------------3--------------| G|--0--------0---0---0-----------0------------2--------------| D|--2--------2-----4------2---0--0------------0--------------| A|--2--------3---------3---------2--3--2--0------------------| E|--0----------------------------3---------------3--2--0-----| (This phrase is repeated at other times in the song, just listen to find out when) [Verse] Em C G D Running down around the town's along the shore Em C G D I was sixteen and on my own Em C G D Though 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 Jimmy found his own sweet sound, when he won that free guitar Em C G D We'd all get in the van and play Em C G D Life became the paradox, the bear, the rouge et noir Em C G D And a stretch of road running to L.A [Pre-Chorus] Em C G D Pages turning, pages we were years from learning Em C G D Straight into the night our hearts were flung [Chorus] C G D C G D Better bring your own redemption when you come C G D C To the barricades of heaven where I'm from [Verse] Em C G D All the world was shining from those hills Em C G D The stars above and the lights below Em C G D Among those there to test their fortunes and their wills Em C G D I lost track of the score long ago [Pre-Chorus] Em C G D Pages turning, pages we were years from learning Em C G D Straight into the night our hearts were flung [Chorus] C G D C G D Better bring your own redemption when you come C G D C To the barricades of heaven where I'm from [Bridge] Em F C Childhood comes for me at night Em F C Voices of my friends Em F C Your face bathing me in light Em F C Hope that never ends [Pre-Chorus] Em C G D Pages turning, pages we were years from learning Em C G D Straight into the night our hearts were flung [Chorus] C G D C G D Better bring your own redemption when you come C G D C To the barricades of heaven where I'm from C G D C G D Better bring your own redemption when you come C G D C To the barricades of heaven where I'm from [Outro] Good song, enjoy it, I know I did