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Did You Know? For What It's Worth was named by accident. Stephen Stills took the song to the band's record label executive and said 'I have this songs here, for what it's worth, if you want it'. And the executive recorded the song as being called For What It's Worth.
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For What It's Worth Chords - Buffalo Springfield
Chords:
Open D Chord
Open E Chord
Open A Chord
Key: E
Tempo:
99 bpm
Strumming:
Intro -
"1 Strum": |D |
Verse & Bridge -
"The Everyman": |D D U U D U |
Chorus -
"The Driver": |D D D U D U |
Intro -
||E - - - |A - - - || x2
Verse -
||E - - - |A - - - || x4
(E) There's something happening (A)here
But what it (E)is ain't exactly (A)clear
There's a (E)man with a gun over (A)there
Telling (E)me I got to be(A)ware
Chorus -
|E - D - |A - - - |
I think it's time we (E½)stop
Children, (D½)what's that sound?
(A)Everybody look - what's going down?
Intro -
||E - - - |A - - - || x2
Verse -
||E - - - |A - - - || x4
(E) There's battle lines being (A)drawn
Nobody's (E)right if everybody's (A)wrong
(E)Young people speaking' their (A)minds
Getting (E)so much resistance (A)from behind
Chorus -
|E - D - |A - - - |
I think it's time we (E½)stop
Children, (D½)what's that sound?
(A)Everybody look - what's going down?
Bridge
||E - - - |A - - - || x2
Verse -
||E - - - |A - - - || x4
(E) What a field day for the
(A)heat
A (E)thousand people in the
(A)street
Singing (E)songs and carrying
(A)signs
Mostly (E)saying, "hooray for our
(A)side"
Chorus
|E - D - |A - - - |
I think it's time we (E½)stop
Children, (D½)what's that sound?
(A)Everybody look - what's going down?
Bridge
||E - - - |A - - - || x2
Verse -
||E - - - |A - - - || x4
(E)paranoia strikes (A)deep
(E)Into your life it will
(A)creep
It (E)starts when you're always a(A)fraid
Step out of
(E)line, the men come and
(A)take you away
Chorus
||E - D - | A - - - || x4
I think it's time we (E½)stop
Children, (D½)what's that sound?
(A)Everybody look - what's going down?
Final Chord Strum: E
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