Campaigner Cifras

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: olcomtl@lafayette.unocal.com (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.
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