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The Barricades Of Heaven by Jackson Browne - Guitar Chords

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Version 1 Version 2

            Tuning: Standard EADGBe, or if you're going off the Solo Acoustic album version
(like I did) then down a semitone.

[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 
        

We also have 32 songs by Jackson Browne

• A Little Soon To Say
• Before The Deluge
• Call It A Loan
• Cocaine
• Doctor My Eyes
• For A Dancer
• For Everyman
• Fountain Of Sorrow
• Here Come Those Tears Again
• Im Alive
• In The Shape Of A Heart
• Late For The Sky
• Lives In The Balance
• Love Needs A Heart
• Our Lady Of The Well
• Redneck Friend
• Rock Me On The Water
• Rosie
• Running On Empty
• Sky Blue And Black
• Somebodys Baby
• Something Fine
• Song For Adam
• Stay
• Take It Easy
• Tender Is The Night
• The Barricades Of Heaven
• The Load-Out
• The Pretender
• The Road
• These Days
• Your Bright Baby Blues

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