{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":88574,"song":"Campaigner","artist":"Neil Young","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/88574-campaigner-chords-by-neil-young/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/88574?type=chord","rating":4.67791,"votes":78,"content":"THE CAMPAIGNER\r\n \r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] \r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nI am a lonely visitor.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI came too late to cause a stir,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nthough I campaigned all my life towards that goal.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI hardly slept the night you wept;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]Dm/C[/ch]\r\nour secret's safe and still well kept[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nwhere even Richard Nixon has got soul.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEven Richard Nixon has got soul.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTraffic cops are all color blind.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nPeople steal from their own kind.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nEvening comes to early for a stroll.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nDown neon streets the streaker streaks.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                           [ch]Dm/C[/ch]\r\nThe speaker speaks, but the truth still leaks,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nwhere even Richard Nixon has got soul.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe podium rocks in the crowded waves.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe speaker talks of the beautiful saves[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nthat went down long before he played this role[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nfor the hotel queens and the magazines,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]Dm/C[/ch]\r\ntest tube genes and slot machines[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bb[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwhere even Richard Nixon has got it, soul.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHospitals have made him cry,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nbut there's always a free way in his eye,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nthough his beach just got too crowded for his stroll.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nRoads stretch out like healthy veins,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]Dm/C[/ch]\r\nand wild gift horses strain the reins,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nwhere even Richard Nixon has got soul.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nEven Richard Nixon has got soul.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI am a lonely visitor.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI came too late to cause a stir,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]Bb[/ch]    \r\nthough I campaigned all my life towards that goal.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Dm/C[/ch]\r\n\r\nFrom: olcomtl@lafayette.unocal.com (Mark Lynch 1)\r\nSubject: Re: REQ:Campaigner by Neil Young\r\n\r\nI play it in D, though I think it might be capoed at the 2nd fret on\r\nthe LP.\r\n\r\nIntro revolves around a D to D/E (lift your 2nd finger to let the high\r\nE ring about 4 times) then a D/G (?) which I play by adding a G bass\r\non top of the same D structure on the 1st & 2nd strings\r\n\r\n D      ____D/E____     ____D/G____\r\n        |_|_|_|_|_|     |_|_|_|_|_|\r\n        |_|_|_X_|_O     |_|_|_X_|_| <---alternate fretting and open\r\n        |_|_|_|_X_|     X_|_|_|_X_|\r\n        |_|_|_|_|_|     |_|_|_|_|_|\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]D/G[/ch]\r\nI am a lonely visitor, came too late to cause a stir[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthough I campaigned all my life towards that goal[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]F#m[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI hardly slept the night you wept, our secrets safe[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm/A[/ch]\r\nand still well-kept[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nwhere even Richard Nixon has got soul[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\neven Richard Nixon has got soul...[/tab]\r\n\r\n50 52 40 52 (Bm) 50 63 (G)\r\n\r\n50 52 40 52 (Bm) 50 60 (E)\r\n\r\n(that's the little bass riff)\r\n\r\nThe Bm/A chord I play by fretting a Bm at 2nd fret, then lift off\r\nthe barre and let the A and high E strings ring open.\r\n\r\nthat should get you there...where even Richard Nixon has got soul.\r\n\r\nMark Lynch\r\n\r\nMy musical tastes may not necessarily reflect those of my employer.","plain_text":"THE CAMPAIGNER\n \n[Intro]\nF Bb F Dm Bb \n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nBb A7 Dm Dm/C\n\nFrom: olcomtl@lafayette.unocal.com (Mark Lynch 1)\nSubject: Re: REQ:Campaigner by Neil Young\n\nI play it in D, though I think it might be capoed at the 2nd fret on\nthe LP.\n\nIntro revolves around a D to D/E (lift your 2nd finger to let the high\nE ring about 4 times) then a D/G (?) which I play by adding a G bass\non top of the same D structure on the 1st & 2nd strings\n\n D      ____D/E____     ____D/G____\n        |_|_|_|_|_|     |_|_|_|_|_|\n        |_|_|_X_|_O     |_|_|_X_|_| <---alternate fretting and open\n        |_|_|_|_X_|     X_|_|_|_X_|\n        |_|_|_|_|_|     |_|_|_|_|_|\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n50 52 40 52 (Bm) 50 63 (G)\n\n50 52 40 52 (Bm) 50 60 (E)\n\n(that's the little bass riff)\n\nThe Bm/A chord I play by fretting a Bm at 2nd fret, then lift off\nthe barre and let the A and high E strings ring open.\n\nthat should get you there...where even Richard Nixon has got soul.\n\nMark Lynch\n\nMy musical tastes may not necessarily reflect those of my employer.","chords":["F","Bb","Dm","A7","Dm/C","C","G","D","D/E","E","D/G","Bm","F#m","Bm/A","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}