Chords for The Story Behind For What It's Worth
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For what it's worth, was a result of [G] A, the fact that Stephen Stills was brought up partially in Latin America
and [F] saw governments fall [E] and rise and fall again.
And, you know, dodged machine gun bullets [F] myself, you know,
because me and my dad were in a town and everybody started shooting and I was off hanging out
and I was trying to get home and it was, you know, one of those, you know,
get back to the hotel [E] alive kind of things.
And [F] there was, you know, it was nitty gritty.
But, and that was when I was 14, 15 years old, right?
Younger even.
And I, so, you know, I went back to America and everybody was really alive.
And in Hollywood, California, the commercial merchants on Sunset Boulevard
in [F#] a certain area decided that the element of young people that was on the street
every night was not conducive to commercial enterprise.
What actually happened was just [D] a bunch of kids [F]
got together on [G] a street corner and said,
[F#] we aren't moving.
Then about three busloads of Los [G#] Angeles police showed up who [A] looked very much [C] like stormtroopers,
which is what the Guardia Civil in Nicaragua [F] looks like.
And I looked at it and I said, Jesus, America is in great danger of [D] turning politically to [F] the right,
the fascist right.
Buffalo Springfield brought a new musical momentum to the Sunset Strip.
[E] And when their audience provoked the city's reactionary establishment,
their response was a pop protest that, like L.A., was both cool and commercial.
Los Angeles City is the scene of one of the great culture wars in [B] American history.
They want everybody to do the same thing and live their own life.
All they want you to do is grow up, get an education, raise children and die.
[Em] From the coming of Hollywood with its sinful lifestyles into a [E] city
into which a million pious Protestant Midwesterners had moved during the 1920s.
Because [B] you don't have a job, because you don't have a direction, you're not doing anything.
You're not a part of the super society which is called [Em] America.
And in a sense, the Battle of the [E] Sunset Strip in the late [Em] 60s was the last battle in this 40 or 50 year long clash
between Hollywood Babylon [E] on one hand and the kind of Main Street Puritanism on the other.
Why is it they can put down all our music?
I mean, they [A#] say it's bad.
[E] I mean, they say it's a bunch of noise.
Turn down the noise.
But is it really noise?
Do they ever listen to the words?
Something happened here.
But it is, ain't exactly clear.
There's a man with a gun over there.
Telling me I got [A] to beware.
[E] In the daytime Sunset Strip had all these sort of posh clothing stores.
Those people didn't like the kids hanging out at night.
And so pretty soon the police would come down and they'd bring a big bus down and park it right in the middle of the strip.
And everyone that was underage would have to get on the bus and they'd take them down to jail.
[Em]
[A] Pulling these [F#] beautiful young girls and throwing them on the [E] bus.
You know, what is that about?
You know, everybody, that's crazy.
It's the man.
It's the pigs, you know.
It's the other side.
It's the same [Em] people that are trying to send us to war, you know.
It's the older generation that doesn't know what life [E] is about.
They were worried about the counterculture.
[A] Godless [E] communism.
Corruption of youth.
[A] Drugs.
Come [E] behind, time will stop.
[D] Hey, what's that [E] sound?
[Em] Miri is walking down the street communicating with his peers and the cop says,
[E] You can't do it.
Get off the street.
Paranoia [A] strikes [E] deep.
Into your life
The [E] Sunset Strip riots provided the perfect showcase for Buffalo Springfield's socially [A] conscious folk [E] rock.
[Em] A distinctive sound that was sending shockwaves through [A] LA's new [Em] musical establishment.
Better stop.
[D]
Hey, what's that [A] sound?
Everybody look [E] what's going down.
I have to say, I saw dollar signs.
I thought, these guys are going to do something great.
Better stop [D] now.
What's that sound?
There [Em] was sort of a whole marketplace.
[F] These guys were doing something that was [A] purely [G#] unique and wonderful and something [E] that, you know, I really loved.
That was it, you know, it was like the moment [N] of truth.
and [F] saw governments fall [E] and rise and fall again.
And, you know, dodged machine gun bullets [F] myself, you know,
because me and my dad were in a town and everybody started shooting and I was off hanging out
and I was trying to get home and it was, you know, one of those, you know,
get back to the hotel [E] alive kind of things.
And [F] there was, you know, it was nitty gritty.
But, and that was when I was 14, 15 years old, right?
Younger even.
And I, so, you know, I went back to America and everybody was really alive.
And in Hollywood, California, the commercial merchants on Sunset Boulevard
in [F#] a certain area decided that the element of young people that was on the street
every night was not conducive to commercial enterprise.
What actually happened was just [D] a bunch of kids [F]
got together on [G] a street corner and said,
[F#] we aren't moving.
Then about three busloads of Los [G#] Angeles police showed up who [A] looked very much [C] like stormtroopers,
which is what the Guardia Civil in Nicaragua [F] looks like.
And I looked at it and I said, Jesus, America is in great danger of [D] turning politically to [F] the right,
the fascist right.
Buffalo Springfield brought a new musical momentum to the Sunset Strip.
[E] And when their audience provoked the city's reactionary establishment,
their response was a pop protest that, like L.A., was both cool and commercial.
Los Angeles City is the scene of one of the great culture wars in [B] American history.
They want everybody to do the same thing and live their own life.
All they want you to do is grow up, get an education, raise children and die.
[Em] From the coming of Hollywood with its sinful lifestyles into a [E] city
into which a million pious Protestant Midwesterners had moved during the 1920s.
Because [B] you don't have a job, because you don't have a direction, you're not doing anything.
You're not a part of the super society which is called [Em] America.
And in a sense, the Battle of the [E] Sunset Strip in the late [Em] 60s was the last battle in this 40 or 50 year long clash
between Hollywood Babylon [E] on one hand and the kind of Main Street Puritanism on the other.
Why is it they can put down all our music?
I mean, they [A#] say it's bad.
[E] I mean, they say it's a bunch of noise.
Turn down the noise.
But is it really noise?
Do they ever listen to the words?
Something happened here.
But it is, ain't exactly clear.
There's a man with a gun over there.
Telling me I got [A] to beware.
[E] In the daytime Sunset Strip had all these sort of posh clothing stores.
Those people didn't like the kids hanging out at night.
And so pretty soon the police would come down and they'd bring a big bus down and park it right in the middle of the strip.
And everyone that was underage would have to get on the bus and they'd take them down to jail.
[Em]
[A] Pulling these [F#] beautiful young girls and throwing them on the [E] bus.
You know, what is that about?
You know, everybody, that's crazy.
It's the man.
It's the pigs, you know.
It's the other side.
It's the same [Em] people that are trying to send us to war, you know.
It's the older generation that doesn't know what life [E] is about.
They were worried about the counterculture.
[A] Godless [E] communism.
Corruption of youth.
[A] Drugs.
Come [E] behind, time will stop.
[D] Hey, what's that [E] sound?
[Em] Miri is walking down the street communicating with his peers and the cop says,
[E] You can't do it.
Get off the street.
Paranoia [A] strikes [E] deep.
Into your life
The [E] Sunset Strip riots provided the perfect showcase for Buffalo Springfield's socially [A] conscious folk [E] rock.
[Em] A distinctive sound that was sending shockwaves through [A] LA's new [Em] musical establishment.
Better stop.
[D]
Hey, what's that [A] sound?
Everybody look [E] what's going down.
I have to say, I saw dollar signs.
I thought, these guys are going to do something great.
Better stop [D] now.
What's that sound?
There [Em] was sort of a whole marketplace.
[F] These guys were doing something that was [A] purely [G#] unique and wonderful and something [E] that, you know, I really loved.
That was it, you know, it was like the moment [N] of truth.
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For what it's worth, _ _ was a result of [G] A, the fact that Stephen Stills was brought up partially in Latin America
and [F] saw governments fall [E] and rise and fall again. _
_ _ And, you know, dodged machine gun bullets [F] _ myself, _ you know,
because me and my dad were in a town and everybody started shooting and I was off hanging out
and I was trying to get home and it was, you know, one of those, you know,
get back to the hotel [E] alive kind of things.
And [F] there was, you know, it was nitty gritty. _ _ _ _ _ _
But, and _ _ that was when I was 14, 15 years old, right?
_ _ Younger even.
And I, _ _ _ so, you know, I went back to America and everybody was really alive. _ _
_ And _ _ in Hollywood, California, _ the _ commercial merchants _ on Sunset Boulevard
in [F#] a certain area decided that the element of young people that was on the street
every night was not conducive to commercial enterprise.
What actually happened was just [D] a bunch of kids [F]
got together on [G] a street corner and said,
[F#] we aren't moving.
Then about three busloads of Los [G#] Angeles police showed up who [A] looked very much [C] like stormtroopers,
which is what the Guardia Civil in Nicaragua [F] looks like.
And I looked at it and I said, Jesus, _ America _ is in great danger of [D] turning politically to [F] the right,
_ the fascist right.
Buffalo Springfield brought a new musical momentum to the Sunset Strip. _
[E] And when their audience provoked the city's reactionary establishment,
their response was a pop protest that, like L.A., was both cool and commercial.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Los Angeles City is the scene of one of the great culture wars in [B] American history.
They want everybody to do the same thing and live their own life.
All they want you to do is grow up, get an education, raise children and die.
[Em] From the coming of Hollywood with its sinful lifestyles into a [E] city
into which a million pious Protestant Midwesterners had moved during the 1920s.
Because [B] you don't have a job, because you don't have a direction, you're not doing anything.
You're not a part of the super society which is called [Em] America.
And in a sense, the Battle of the [E] Sunset Strip in the late [Em] 60s was the last battle in this 40 or 50 year long clash
between Hollywood Babylon [E] on one hand and the kind of Main Street Puritanism on the other.
Why is it they can put down all our music?
I mean, they [A#] say it's bad.
[E] I mean, they say it's a bunch of noise.
Turn down the noise.
But is it really noise?
Do they ever listen to the words?
Something happened here.
But it is, ain't exactly clear.
_ _ There's a man with a gun over there.
_ Telling me I got [A] to beware.
_ [E] _ In the daytime Sunset Strip had all these sort of posh clothing stores.
Those people didn't like the kids hanging out at night.
And so pretty soon the police would come down and they'd bring a big bus down and park it right in the middle of the strip.
And everyone that was underage would have to get on the bus and they'd take them down to jail.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [A] Pulling these [F#] beautiful young girls and throwing them on the [E] bus.
You know, what is that about?
You know, everybody, that's crazy.
It's the man.
It's the pigs, you know.
It's the other side.
It's the same [Em] people that are trying to send us to war, you know.
It's the older generation that doesn't know what life [E] is about. _
_ _ They were worried about the counterculture. _
_ _ [A] _ _ Godless [E] communism. _
_ _ _ Corruption of youth. _
_ [A] Drugs.
Come [E] behind, time will stop.
[D] Hey, what's that [E] sound?
[Em] Miri is walking down the street communicating with his peers and the cop says,
[E] You can't do it.
Get off the street. _ _ _
Paranoia [A] strikes [E] deep.
_ _ Into your life_
The [E] Sunset Strip riots provided the perfect showcase for Buffalo Springfield's socially [A] conscious folk [E] rock.
[Em] A distinctive sound that was sending shockwaves through [A] LA's new [Em] musical establishment.
Better stop.
[D]
Hey, what's that [A] sound?
Everybody look [E] what's going down.
I have to say, I saw dollar signs.
I thought, these guys are going to do something great.
Better stop [D] now.
What's that sound?
There [Em] was sort of a whole marketplace.
[F] These guys were doing something that was [A] purely [G#] unique and wonderful and something [E] that, you know, I really loved.
That was it, you know, it was like the moment [N] of truth. _ _
and [F] saw governments fall [E] and rise and fall again. _
_ _ And, you know, dodged machine gun bullets [F] _ myself, _ you know,
because me and my dad were in a town and everybody started shooting and I was off hanging out
and I was trying to get home and it was, you know, one of those, you know,
get back to the hotel [E] alive kind of things.
And [F] there was, you know, it was nitty gritty. _ _ _ _ _ _
But, and _ _ that was when I was 14, 15 years old, right?
_ _ Younger even.
And I, _ _ _ so, you know, I went back to America and everybody was really alive. _ _
_ And _ _ in Hollywood, California, _ the _ commercial merchants _ on Sunset Boulevard
in [F#] a certain area decided that the element of young people that was on the street
every night was not conducive to commercial enterprise.
What actually happened was just [D] a bunch of kids [F]
got together on [G] a street corner and said,
[F#] we aren't moving.
Then about three busloads of Los [G#] Angeles police showed up who [A] looked very much [C] like stormtroopers,
which is what the Guardia Civil in Nicaragua [F] looks like.
And I looked at it and I said, Jesus, _ America _ is in great danger of [D] turning politically to [F] the right,
_ the fascist right.
Buffalo Springfield brought a new musical momentum to the Sunset Strip. _
[E] And when their audience provoked the city's reactionary establishment,
their response was a pop protest that, like L.A., was both cool and commercial.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Los Angeles City is the scene of one of the great culture wars in [B] American history.
They want everybody to do the same thing and live their own life.
All they want you to do is grow up, get an education, raise children and die.
[Em] From the coming of Hollywood with its sinful lifestyles into a [E] city
into which a million pious Protestant Midwesterners had moved during the 1920s.
Because [B] you don't have a job, because you don't have a direction, you're not doing anything.
You're not a part of the super society which is called [Em] America.
And in a sense, the Battle of the [E] Sunset Strip in the late [Em] 60s was the last battle in this 40 or 50 year long clash
between Hollywood Babylon [E] on one hand and the kind of Main Street Puritanism on the other.
Why is it they can put down all our music?
I mean, they [A#] say it's bad.
[E] I mean, they say it's a bunch of noise.
Turn down the noise.
But is it really noise?
Do they ever listen to the words?
Something happened here.
But it is, ain't exactly clear.
_ _ There's a man with a gun over there.
_ Telling me I got [A] to beware.
_ [E] _ In the daytime Sunset Strip had all these sort of posh clothing stores.
Those people didn't like the kids hanging out at night.
And so pretty soon the police would come down and they'd bring a big bus down and park it right in the middle of the strip.
And everyone that was underage would have to get on the bus and they'd take them down to jail.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [A] Pulling these [F#] beautiful young girls and throwing them on the [E] bus.
You know, what is that about?
You know, everybody, that's crazy.
It's the man.
It's the pigs, you know.
It's the other side.
It's the same [Em] people that are trying to send us to war, you know.
It's the older generation that doesn't know what life [E] is about. _
_ _ They were worried about the counterculture. _
_ _ [A] _ _ Godless [E] communism. _
_ _ _ Corruption of youth. _
_ [A] Drugs.
Come [E] behind, time will stop.
[D] Hey, what's that [E] sound?
[Em] Miri is walking down the street communicating with his peers and the cop says,
[E] You can't do it.
Get off the street. _ _ _
Paranoia [A] strikes [E] deep.
_ _ Into your life_
The [E] Sunset Strip riots provided the perfect showcase for Buffalo Springfield's socially [A] conscious folk [E] rock.
[Em] A distinctive sound that was sending shockwaves through [A] LA's new [Em] musical establishment.
Better stop.
[D]
Hey, what's that [A] sound?
Everybody look [E] what's going down.
I have to say, I saw dollar signs.
I thought, these guys are going to do something great.
Better stop [D] now.
What's that sound?
There [Em] was sort of a whole marketplace.
[F] These guys were doing something that was [A] purely [G#] unique and wonderful and something [E] that, you know, I really loved.
That was it, you know, it was like the moment [N] of truth. _ _