For What It's Worth Uke tab by Buffalo Springfield

5 Chords used in the song: E, A, D, C, G

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Year:  1966
Difficulty: 
4.3
(Intermediate)
Key: unknownChords
[Intro]

E chordE A chordA E chordE A chordA


[Verse]

E chordE A chordA
There's somethin' happenin' here.
E chordE A chordA
What it is ain't exactly clear.
E chordE A chordA
There's a man with a gun over there
E chordE A chordA
A chordA-tellin' me I've got to beware.


[Chorus]

E chordE
I think it's time we stop.
D chordD
Children, what's that sound?
A chordA C chordC
Everybody look what's goin' down.

E chordE A chordA E chordE A chordA


[Verse]

E chordE A chordA
There's battle lines bein' drawn.
E chordE A chordA
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong.
E chordE A chordA
Young people speakin' their minds
E chordE A chordA
A chordA-gettin' so much resistance from behind.


[Chorus]

E chordE
I think it's time we stop.
D chordD
Hey, what's that sound?
A chordA C chordC
Everybody look what's goin' down.

E chordE A chordA E chordE A chordA


[Verse]

E chordE A chordA G chordG
What a field day for the heat.
E chordE A chordA G chordG
A chordA thousand people in the street
E chordE A chordA G chordG
Singin' songs and a-carryin' signs
E chordE A chordA G chordG
Mostly sayin' hooray for our side.


[Chorus]

E chordE
It's time we stop.
D chordD
Hey, what's that sound?
A chordA C chordC
Everybody look what's goin' down.

E chordE A chordA E chordE A chordA


[Verse]

E chordE A chordA
Paranoia strikes deep.
E chordE A chordA
Into your life it will creep.
E chordE A chordA
It starts when you're always afraid.
E chordE A chordA
Step out of line, the men come and take you away.


[Chorus]

E chordE
You better stop.
E chordE D chordD
Hey, what's that sound?
A chordA C chordC
Everybody look what's goin'..
E chordE
You better stop.
D chordD
Hey, what's that sound?
A chordA
Everybody look what's goin'..
E chordE
You better stop.
D chordD
Now, what's that sound?
A chordA
Everybody look what's goin'..
E chordE
You better stop.
D chordD
Children, what's that sound? (fade out)
A chordA
Everybody look what's goin

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About this song: For What It's Worth

While the song has come to symbolize worldwide turbulence and confrontational feelings arising from events during the 1960s (particularly the Vietnam War), Stills reportedly wrote the song in reaction to escalating unrest between law enforcement and young club-goers related to the closing of Pandora's Box, a club on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California. The song's title appears nowhere in its lyrics; it is more easily remembered by the first line of chorus: "Stop, children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down."Read more on Last.fm.

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