Chords for How to play "For what it's worth", by the Buffalo Springfield [Tutorial]

_ [Fm] _ [C] Alrighty folks, we're keeping this trainer [Fm] rolling.
So our next tune is a song called For What It's Worth by Buffalo [C] Springfield.
It's an old [F] hippies tune, this one was all about the words as well, and [C] if you listen to it,
it ain't exactly clear what's being said, but the vagueness of the song kind of makes it
_ relevant to not just its own time, but every kind of time, you know.
But it was especially relevant to the late 1960s.
You know, it's, _ stop children, what's that sound, everybody look what's going down, you know,
because there's always something going down.
A lot of people don't realize it, a [Em] lot of people just [B] go day to day [C] not thinking about
what it is they're doing, and these hippie [D] types were saying to everybody, [E] you know,
I think it's [G] time we stop, and [C] what's that sound, everybody look what's going down,
look what's going on all around us, all the wars and all the stuff that's constantly
happening in our society.
It's always there, you know, so this [E] song is kind of sublime in that sense.
It's an [Am] excellent song for beginner [G] guitarists because there's no F's in [D] it and no B [E] minors,
so [D] that's why I'm going to play this song for you [C] guys.
[E] And it's very simple, you're going from the A,
_ _ _ There's something [Em] happening [A] in here.
[B] _ [C] Yeah, sorry, you don't have to do that.
[F] I'll sometimes add fancy stuff, but you can just stick to the [E] main chorus.
There's something [A] happening in here, but [E] it is ain't exactly [A]
clear.
_ [E] There's a [A] man with a gun over [E] there, telling [A] me I've got to beware, right?
And then so that's the verse.
The [F] verse is just E and A, [C] and then the chorus, it always repeats to the [F] same thing.
[A] I think it's [E] time we stop.
[D] Children, what's that [A] sound?
Everybody look [C] what's going [E] down.
_ _ [G] _ [A] _
_ [Em] _ [D] _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _
_ [F] So the chorus, as I [E] said, is [D] E, D, [A] [C] A, and C, right?
[E] I think it's time we E, [D] children, E, that [A] sound, A, everybody look [C] what's C, down.
[E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ So I'm going to play a song for you guys, that's [E] pretty much all there [Am] is to it.
It [Em] changes on the third verse.
The only thing that's different is on the [E] third verse, they go like this.
What a real day [A] for the heat.
[G] _ _ [E] If [D] I had another person with me, they'd be doing [E] the oohs and ahhs, right?
But you're going E, what a real day [A] for the [G] A, [E] G, E, _ _ [A] A, [G] G, [E] E, [F] right?
And then it does that for all the verse.
And then the fourth verse goes back to the regular E to the A.
[E] [Fm] Yeah, and so I'm going to just jam [C] this tune for you guys.
This is For [F] What It's Worth by Buffalo [E] Springfield.
[F] _ [E] _
Something _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ happened [A] in here.
_ [D]
Well, [E] it isn't exactly [A] clear. _ _
[E] There's a man with a gun [A] over there. _
[E] Telling me I've got to [A] beware.
I think [E] it's time we stop, [D] children, what's that [A] sound?
Everybody [C] look what's going [E] down.
_ [Em] _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[G] _ [E] There's battle [A] lines being drawn. _
[E] Nobody's right if [A] everybody's wrong. _
[E] _ Young people speaking [Em] their [A] minds.
[E] They're getting so much resistance [A] from behind.
I think [E] it's time we stop, [D] children, what's that [A] sound?
Everybody [C] look what's going [E] down.
_ _ _ [A] _ [Em] _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] What a real [A] day for the heat.
_ [G] _
[E] A thousand people [A] in the [G] street. _
[E] Singing songs and carrying [A] signs.
[G] _
[E] Mostly saying hooray for [A] our [G] side.
I think it's [E] time we stop, [D] children, what's that [A] sound?
[C] Everybody look what's going [E] down.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ I'm trying to do the harmonics.
[E] _ _ Paranoia [A] strikes deep. _
[E] _ Into your life it [A] will creep. _
[E] _ Starts when you're [A] always afraid. _
[E] Step out alive, bad man [A] comes.
Takes [G] you away.
I think it's [E] time we stop, [D] children, [A] what's that sound?
[C] Everybody look what's [E] going down.
Stop, [D] children, what's [A] that sound?
Everybody [C] look what's going [E] down.
Stop, [D] children, [A] what's that sound?
Everybody look [C] what's [E] going down.
Stop, [D] children, what's that [A] sound?
Everybody [C] look what's [Em] going down. _
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[E] _ _ _ [Am] Yeah, so that's for what it's worth [C#] by