Jackson Browne – Lives In The Balance (Guitar Acoustic)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar Acoustic
Guitar
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
This is the more updated solo acoustic version that Jackson plays these days.
He uses standard open tuning and B7
The main riff is played on the bottom four strings and repeated throughout the verses.
Finish on the last Em without the riff, vocals held for all four iterations.
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[Intro]
Em Em Em Em 4x Riff
[Verse]
Em Em Ive been waiting for something to happen Em Em For a week or a month or a year Em Em With the blood in the ink of the headlines Em Em And the sound of the crowd in my ear Em Em You might ask what it takes to remember Em Em When you know that you've seen it before Em Em Where a government lies to a people Em Em And a country is drifting to war C Em And theres a shadow on the faces C Em Of the men who send the guns C G To the wars that are fought in places D B7 Where their business interest runs
[Verse]
Em Em On the radio talk shows and the t.v. Em Em You hear one thing again and again Em Em How the u.s.a. stands for freedom Em Em And we come to the aid of a friend Em Em But who are the ones that we call our friends-- C B7 These governments killing their own? Em Em Or the people who finally cant take any more C B7 And they pick up a gun or a brick or a stone
[Chorus]
Em D Em D There are lives in the balance (There are) Em D Em D There are people under fire (There are) Em D Em D There are children at the cannons C C And there is blood on the wire
[Interlude]
B7 B7 C C B7 B7
Em Em Em Em
[Pre-chorus]
C Em Theres a shadow on the faces C Em Of the men who fan the flames C G Of the wars that are fought in places D B7 Where we cant even say the names
[Verse]
Em Em They sell us the president the same way Em Em They sell us our clothes and our cars Em Em They sell us every thing from youth to religion Em Em The same time they sell us our wars Em Em I want to know who the men in the shadows are C G I want to hear somebody asking them why Em N.C. They can be counted on to tell us who our enemies are C B7 But they're never the ones to fight or to die
[Chorus]
Em D Em D There are lives in the balance (There are) Em D Em D There are people under fire (There are) Em D Em D There are children at the cannons C C And there is blood on the wire
[Interlude]
B7 B7 C C B7 B7
[Outro]
Em Em There are lives in the balance Em There are people under fire Em There are children at the cannons Em Em Em Em There are........................................