The Barricades Of Heaven

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

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)

Running down along the towns along the shore

When I was sixteen and on my own

No I couldn't tell you what the hell those breaks were for

I was just trying to hear my song

Em, C, G, D (TWICE)

Jimmy found his own sweet sound when he won that free guitar

And we'd all get in the van and play

Life became the Paradox, the Bell, the Rouge et noir

And the stretch of road running to L.A.

BRIDGE : Pages turning

Pages we were years from learning

Straight into the night our hearts were flung

(PLAY REGULAR "C" and "D" for chorus)

CHORUS : Better bring your own redemtion when you come

To the barricades of heaven where I'm from

Em, C, G, D (Twice)

All the world was shining from those hills

With the stars above and the lights below

Among those there to test their fortune and their will

I lost track of the score long ago

BRIDGE, CHORUS

Childhood comes for me at night

The voices of my friends

Your face bathing me in light

I hope that never ends

Em, C, G, D (TWICE)

Pages turning

Pages torn and pages burning

Faded pages open in the sun

Chorus (TWICE)

Em, C, G, D (FADE)

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