For What It’s Worth Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my For What It’s Worth chords chart by Buffalo Springfield.
Great song for beginner players because it’s all simple open chords, Mostly A, D and E with the occasional C chord thrown in.
There is a simple little intro lick which you can play along to in the beginning if you want or just stick to strumming along to the chords.
Intro/Verse Lick:
D|---|--——--2-------|------2------—-|
A|-—|——2/4---4--0---|(0)--2/4----4—--|
E|-0-|(0)-------------|------------—-0|
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For What It’s Worth Guitar Chords:
For What It’s Worth Strumming Patterns:
Strumming Verse:
1 2 3 4 +
DDDDU
or
1 2 + 3 + 4+
D XU U XU
Strumming Chorus:
1 2 + 3 4+
D DU D DU
or
1 2 +a 3 4+a
D DDU D DDU
For What It’s Worth Guitar Lesson:
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For What It’s Worth Chord Chart:
Intro: (strum chords once and hold) E A E A
Verse:
E A
There's something happening here
E A
What it is ain't exactly clear
E A
There's a man with a gun over there
E A
Telling me I've got to beware
Chorus:
| E D|
It's time we stop children what's that sound
|A C |
Everybody look what's going down
E A E A
Verse:
E A
There's battle lines being drawn
E A
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
E A
Young people speaking their minds
E A
Are getting so much resistance from behind
Chorus:
| E D|
It's time we stop children what's that sound
|A C |
Everybody look what's going down
E A E A
Verse:
E A
What a field day for the heat
E A
Ten thousand people in the streets
E A
Singing songs and carrying signs
E A
Mostly say "hooray for our side"
Chorus:
| E D|
It's time we stop children what's that sound
|A C |
Everybody look what's going down
E A E A
Verse
E A
Paranoia strikes deep
E A
Into your life it will creep
E A
It starts when you're always afraid
E A
Step out of line the man come and take you away
Chorus:
| E D|
It's time we stop children what's that sound
|A C |
Everybody look what's going down
E A E A E(hold)
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