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Pearl Jam
and
Neil Young
Rockin in the free world
Verse:
E D C
There´s colours on the street
Red white and blue
People shufflin their feets
people sleepin in their shoes
x 8
Chorus:
G D C E
Keep on rocking in the free world
Keep on rocking in the free world
Keep on rocking in the free world
Keep on rocking in the free world
Tabbed by simon lindgren, älvsbyn sweden
Ps. I can tab the bass too if you want to. Ds
Baccop@lunarstorm.se
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Matt Lead Player |
#1 by Matt Cromwell at Jul 26, 1972 at 5:35 AM EST |
| Well, you make a good case I guess. I still favour the death explanation but yeah, either interpretation is viable. | |
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Katie Wanna Be |
#2 by Katie St. Michel at Nov 5, 1973 at 10:36 PM EST |
| I think this song's about just wanting to get away from a place you're at. A place you hate. A place where the people are trying to hold you back from what you want to do. Holding you back from life. | |
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yomomma!! Wanna Be |
#3 by yomomma!! at Nov 28, 1984 at 3:06 AM EST |
| i like the idea of nocede51 i used to thik of death as a new form of life i still do. i believ im gonna be a great spirit who will help a few people out in this world who have trouble with how they feel about death. i feel that this is what the song is tryign to say to my spsirit. its very inspiring to me. | |
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metal-cat Average |
#4 by metal-cat stepheria at May 16, 1985 at 7:20 AM EST |
| personally, I dont think its about death at all. I agree with Unknowing that it is about leaving a place u hate. When I was in the Israeli Navi, just wanting to get out and go home, this song was kind of a quiet rebbelion for me.. I really love the music too | |
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[ßĩη& Average |
#5 by [ßĩηŁ@Ðэń] at Jun 19, 1989 at 5:34 AM EST |
| I think the song is about not wanting to live forever, although he's not actually thinking about suicide. It seems like a statement that the spirit is bigger than the body, and that when he dies he will have the answers he wants now. Just one problem (with the whole album, but this song in particular): some of the stuff he says makes me think that the band could break up soon. They've always had songs about death and endings but this seems more personal, and LBC almost seems like a reflection on their life as a band. I really hope I'm wrong. | |
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♥Chicken Average |
#6 by ♥Chicken On Heroine Shots♥ at Jun 30, 2000 at 2:00 AM EST |
| it actually makes my mind not think as much about death. ive tried to kill myself a lot and have scars in all diffrent places from it but when i hear tis song it is telling me about death but its holding me back in a way like whoever tis song is for or about their spirit is ther holding me longer onto life. its a really weird song and some day i'll remeber i sent this and figure out the meaning to it once and for all | |
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Matt Lead Player |
#7 by Matt Spencer at Mar 14, 2003 at 8:31 PM EST |
| But remember in the song 'Other Side' it defintitely refers to death and the term "other side" is a reasonably common expression for death. All the lines work for either a dreaming or death interpretation but I think there are a few particular lines which make the most sense if its about death. For instance I think "I want a last breath I don't let out" is extremely telling. And so is "I don't live forever". Also theres just an air of finality to the whole song. Hes forgiving every being, hes going to "leave this mind". I just don't think that line fits well with the dreaming interpretation. Your mind is where your dreams take place, the only way to truly leave your mind is through death. | |
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