Neil Young – Campaigner (Guitar)

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THE CAMPAIGNER [Intro] F Bb F Dm Bb [Verse]
F
I am a lonely visitor.

   Bb
I came too late to cause a stir,

          F                 Dm                Bb
though I campaigned all my life towards that goal.

                    A7
I hardly slept the night you wept;

Dm                    Dm/C
our secret's safe and still well kept

C                                 Dm
where even Richard Nixon has got soul.

Bb                          C   Dm  Bb  Dm  G
Even Richard Nixon has got soul.
[Verse]
   F
Traffic cops are all color blind.

 Bb
People steal from their own kind.

  F               Dm           Bb
Evening comes to early for a stroll.

                        A7
Down neon streets the streaker streaks.

Dm                           Dm/C
The speaker speaks, but the truth still leaks,

 C                                Dm
where even Richard Nixon has got soul.
[Verse]
 F
The podium rocks in the crowded waves.

 Bb
The speaker talks of the beautiful saves

 F                  Dm                    Bb
that went down long before he played this role

                              A7
for the hotel queens and the magazines,

 Dm                  Dm/C
test tube genes and slot machines

  Bb                         C        Dm    Bb  Dm  G
where even Richard Nixon has got it, soul.
[Verse]
 F
Hospitals have made him cry,

 Bb
but there's always a free way in his eye,

 F                              Dm             Bb
though his beach just got too crowded for his stroll.

                         A7
Roads stretch out like healthy veins,

Dm                    Dm/C
and wild gift horses strain the reins,

 C                                Dm
where even Richard Nixon has got soul.

Bb                          C   Dm  Bb  G  Bb  A7  Dm
Even Richard Nixon has got soul.
[Verse]
 F
I am a lonely visitor.

 Bb
I came too late to cause a stir,

 F                          Dm                Bb    
though I campaigned all my life towards that goal.
[Outro] Bb A7 Dm Dm/C From: [email protected] (Mark Lynch 1) Subject: Re: REQ:Campaigner by Neil Young I play it in D, though I think it might be capoed at the 2nd fret on the LP. Intro revolves around a D to D/E (lift your 2nd finger to let the high E ring about 4 times) then a D/G (?) which I play by adding a G bass on top of the same D structure on the 1st & 2nd strings D ____D/E____ ____D/G____ |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_X_|_O |_|_|_X_|_| <---alternate fretting and open |_|_|_|_X_| X_|_|_|_X_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
D                       D/G
I am a lonely visitor, came too late to cause a stir

          D                 Bm                G
though I campaigned all my life towards that goal

   G                 F#m                Bm
I hardly slept the night you wept, our secrets safe

     Bm/A
and still well-kept

        A                         Bm
where even Richard Nixon has got soul

G                           A
even Richard Nixon has got soul...
50 52 40 52 (Bm) 50 63 (G) 50 52 40 52 (Bm) 50 60 (E) (that's the little bass riff) The Bm/A chord I play by fretting a Bm at 2nd fret, then lift off the barre and let the A and high E strings ring open. that should get you there...where even Richard Nixon has got soul. Mark Lynch My musical tastes may not necessarily reflect those of my employer.