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
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.)
[INTRO : ]
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)
