Rockin In The Free World - Neil Young

ROCKIN IN THE FREE WORLD by Neil Young

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Love this song! I've done the lesson on acoustic but I explain the parts for acoustic and electric too, really cool fun to play if you're in a band, long jamming solos... check out the Pearl Jam version below too!

Pretty tricky to sing, so apologies that it's a bit ropey, remember I sing to help you grasp the song. Not trying to slag of my singing, I do ok on some songs... not many people can sing every song well, and I sure ain't one of them ;)

Hope you enjoy it!

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