The Barricades Of Heaven by Jackson Browne #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # 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. ______________________________________________________________________________ "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) \\\|/// | ~ ~ | (- 0 0 -) !@#$%^&*!@#$%^&*!@#$%^&*!@#$%^--oOOo-(_)-oOOo--*!@#$%^&*!@#$%^&*!@#$%^&*!@#$%^& @ | * # |"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win ! $ Justin J. Simison | glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, ^ % | than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither & ^ Flagstaff, AZ | enjoy much, nor suffer much, because they live in the * & | grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat." ! * | @ ! | - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 # @#$%^&*!@#$%^&*!@#$%^&*!@#$%^&*!@#$%^&*!@#$%^&*!@#$%^&*!@#$%^&*!@#$%^&*!@#$%^&* www.TAB6.com