Where Were You by Jackson Browne Lyric and Guitar Chords

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If you are looking for Where Were You guitar chords, you’ve come to the right place.
You can play Where Were You by Jackson Browne using guitar or guitar.
This song by Jackson Browne can also be played by that instruments.
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Where Were You guitar chords has rhythm and included in Time the Conqueror (2008) album.
You can also find another musical genres, including jazz guitar chords, country music guitar chords, pop guitar chords, world music guitar chords, and rock guitar chords here.

Where Were You by Jackson Browne Guitar Chords


Chords:
Name EADGBe
F#
A/F#
!
2xx220
B/F# 2×4442
D x5423x –
E x7645x |- Chords used on part ‘Where were you when you understood’
A/C# x4765x |
B x2444x -/
D/F# 2x023x
E/F# 2xx100

Intro:
|F# |F# |F# |F# |
|F# |F# |F# |A/F# B/F# |
|F# |F# |F# |A/F# B/F# |
|F# |F# |F# |A/F# B/F# |

F#
Where were you when the sky cracked open
[B/F#]Waiting for shelter and barely coping
F#
Thinking you could ride the storm out
[A/F#]Hoping it would be [B/F#]all right
F#
Where were you when they gave the warning
[B/F#]Hundred-fifty mile winds by morning
F#
Category four making landfall in the [A/F#]wild gray [B/F#]light

(min/sec 1:04)
F# (piano chords arranged for guitar)
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e|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-2---------------------------5---|-5-4---4---------2-------0-------|
G|-3---------------------------4---|-4-4---4---------2-------1-------|
D|-4---------------------------6---|-6-4---4---------2-------2-------|
A|-4-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Where were you

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e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-0---------------4---------------|
G|-2h3------------------1------3---|-1---------------4---------------|
D|-----4---2---4--------2------4---|-2---------------4---------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

F#
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e|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-2---------------------------5---|-5-4---4---------2-------0-------|
G|-3---------------------------4---|-4-4---4---------2-------1-------|
D|-4---------------------------6---|-6-4---4---------2-------2-------|
A|-4-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Where were you

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e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-2h3-----------------------------|-2h3-----------------------------|
D|-----4---2---4-------------------|-----4---2----4------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

F#
Where were you in the social order
[B/F#]The Lower nine or a hotel in the Quarter
F#
Which side of the border between [A/F#]rich and poor[B/F#]
F#
Where were you going to evacuate to
[B/F#]Assuming there was any way to
F#
Where if you didn’t own [E/F#]a car[B/F#]

(min/sec 1:46)
F# (piano chords arranged for guitar)
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e|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-2---------------------------5---|-5-4---4---------2-------0-------|
G|-3---------------------------4---|-4-4---4---------2-------1-------|
D|-4---------------------------6---|-6-4---4---------2-------2-------|
A|-4-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Where were you

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e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-0---------------4---------------|
G|-2h3------------------1------3---|-1---------------4---------------|
D|-----4---2---4--------2------4---|-2---------------4---------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

F#
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e|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-2---------------------------5---|-5-4---4---------2-------0-------|
G|-3---------------------------4---|-4-4---4---------2-------1-------|
D|-4---------------------------6---|-6-4---4---------2-------2-------|
A|-4-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Where were you

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e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-2h3-----------------------------|-2-------------------------------|
D|-----4---2---4---------4-2---4---|---------4-----------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

(min/sec 2:07)

D
Where were you when you understood
E

However decent, however good [A/C#]
However hard some people
B
try
They only barely
D
make it by
They’re born an
E
d live their entire lives
In
F#
harm’s way
F#

Interlude:
(min/sec 2:29)

|F# |F# |
So now where are we gonna go

F# (Piano fills)
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e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-5---------------------------5---|-5-4---4---------2-------0-------|
G|-4---------------------------4---|-4-4---4---------2-------1-------|
D|-6---------------------------6---|-6-4---4---------2-------2-------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

F#
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F#
| | | |


e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----4-4---2-4-2-4-------2-4-----|-----4-4---2-4-2-4---------------|
A|---------------------4-----------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

(min/sec 2:45)

F#
Where were you when you heard the stranded
[B/F#]The injured and the empty-handed
F#
Running out of food and water at the Superdome
F#
The newborn and the elderly
[B/F#]Exposed to even more misery
F#
While those in charge of rescue waited for the Guard to come

F#
And those who left the Convention Center
[B/F#]Were stopped on the bridge when they tried to enter
F#
The safety of the Westbank and higher ground
(3:17)
F#
And when the Guard finally did arrive
[B/F#]And got to work on [D/F#]about day five
F#
Mainly they were used to keep the [D/F#]looting down[E/F#]

(min/sec 3:27)
F# (piano chords arranged for guitar)
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e|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-2---------------------------5---|-5-4---4---------2-------0-------|
G|-3---------------------------4---|-4-4---4---------2-------1-------|
D|-4---------------------------6---|-6-4---4---------2-------2-------|
A|-4-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Where were you

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e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-0---------------4---------------|
G|-2h3------------------1------3---|-1---------------4---------------|
D|-----4---2---4--------2------4---|-2---------------4---------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

F#
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e|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-2---------------------------5---|-5-4---4---------2-------0-------|
G|-3---------------------------4---|-4-4---4---------2-------1-------|
D|-4---------------------------6---|-6-4---4---------2-------2-------|
A|-4-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Where were you

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e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-2h3-----------------------------|-2h3-----------------------------|
D|-----4---2---4-------2-4---2-4---|-----4---2---4-------2-4---2-4---|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

(min/sec 3:49)

D
Where were you when you realized
E

E
However strong, however wise
[A/C#]However true our leaders ap
B
pear to be
They talk about pro
D
sperity
However
E
hard this country strives
[A/C#]When property is valued
B
more than lives
[D/F#]How strong will we [E/F#]ever really be
[D/F#]How strong will we [E/F#]ever really be
[D/F#]How long do we i[E/F#]magine we’ll be free
[D/F#](How long do we [E/F#]imagine we’ll be free )

(min/sec 4:31)
|D/F# |E/F# |D/F# |E/F# |
|D/F# |E/F# |

(min/sec 4:47) (piano fills)

F#m
| | | | [B/F#]| | | |


e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-2-------------------------------|-4-------------------------------|
D|-4-------------------------------|-4-------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-2-------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|

F#
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e|---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
B|-2-------------------------------|-0-----------------------0-------|
G|-3-------------------------------|-1-----------2-------------------|
D|-4-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-2-------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|

F#m7
| | | | |[B/F#] | | |


e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-5-------------------------------|-4-------------------------------|
G|-2-------------------------------|-4-------------------------------|
D|-4-------------------------------|-4-------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-2-------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|

F#
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e|-----------------------------0---|---------------------------------|
B|-2---------------------------0---|-------------------------0-------|
G|-3---------------------------1---|-------------2-------------------|
D|-4-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-2-------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|

F#m7
| | | | |[B/F#] | | |


e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-5-------------------------------|-4-------------------------------|
G|-2-------------------------------|-4-------------------------------|
D|-4-------------------------------|-4-------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-2-------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|

F#
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e|-------------0-------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-2-----------0-----------0-------|-------------2-------------------|
G|-3-----------1-------------------|-------------2-----------2-------|
D|-4-------------------------------|-------------4-------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-2-------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|

(min/sec 5:19)

F#m7
| | | | |[B/F#] | | |


e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-5-------------------------------|-4-------------------------------|
G|-2-------------------------------|-4-------------------------------|
D|-4-------------------------------|-4-------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-2-------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|

F#
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e|---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
B|-4---------------2---------------|-0-------------------------------|
G|-4-------------------------------|-1---------------1---------------|
D|-4-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-2-------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|

F#m7 B/F# (piano)
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e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-5-------------------------------|-4-------------------------------|
G|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-4-------------------------------|-----------------------4---2-----|
A|---------------------------------|-----------------------------4---|
E|-2-------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|

F# (Guitar fill)
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e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-4---4---2---4---4-----4---4-4---|-----4---2---4---4-----4----4-4--|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-2-------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|

(min/sec 5:40)

F#
We hold the truth self evident
[F#/B]The photograph of the President
F#
[E/F#][B/F#]
F#
Shaved face and rested eyes
[F#/B]Looking down he circles twice
F#
On the way home from his va[E/F#]cation [B/F#]

(min/sec 6:02)
F# (piano chords arranged for guitar)
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e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-2-------------------------------|-5---------------4---------------|
G|-3-------------------------------|-4---------------4---------------|
D|-4-------------------------------|-6---------------4---------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Where were you When you got the

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e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-2-------------------------------|-0---------------4---------------|
G|-3--------------------1------3---|-1---------------4---------------|
D|-4--------------------2------4---|-2---------------4---------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

picture

F#
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e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-2-------------------------------|-5---------------4---------------|
G|-3-------------------------------|-4---------------4---------------|
D|-4-------------------------------|-6---------------4---------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Where were you

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e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-2-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
G|-3--------------------1------3---|-1---------------4---------------|
D|-4--------------------2------4---|-2---------------4---------------|
A|---------------------------------|-----------------6---------------|
E|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

F#
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e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-2-------------------------------|-5---------------4---------------|
G|-3-------------------------------|-4---------------4---------------|
D|-4-------------------------------|-6---------------4---------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Where were you when the streets filled up with

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e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-2-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
G|-3--------------------1------3---|-1---------------4---------------|
D|-4--------------------2------4---|-2---------------4---------------|
A|---------------------------------|-----------------6---------------|
E|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

black water

(min/sec 6:33)

D
Where were you when defeat and des
E
truction reigned in the Crescent
[A/C#]Where were you when it blew from
B
every direction
D
Where were you when the
E
promise was made
[A/C#]To return and rebuild
B

To restore to its
D
people
The city that gave us the
E
first American music
[A/C#]The true inspiration
B
and the freedom to use it
D
Where will we find it ag
E
ain if we lose it
[A/C#]And where will we be
B

If we ever cease to [D/F#]love [E/F#]
(If we ever cease to[D/F#] love)[E/F#]
If we ever cease to [D/F#]love [E/F#]
(If we ever cease to[D/F#] love) [E/F#]

(min/sec 7:37)
D/F# E/F# (piano fills)
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e|-------10------12------12--------|-----------------0---------------|
B|-----------10------12------12----|-----------------0-------0-------|
G|-------------11------13------13--|-----------------1-------1-------|
D|---------------------------------|-------------------------2-------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

D/F# E/F# (piano fills)
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e|-------10------12------12--------|---------------------------------|
B|-----------10------12------12----|-0-------------------------------|
G|-------------11------13------13--|-1-----------2-------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-------------4-------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

D/F# E/F# (piano fills)
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e|-------10------12------12--------|-0-------------------------------|
B|-----------10------12------12----|-0-----------------------0-------|
G|-------------11------13------13--|-1-----------2-------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

D/F# E/F# (piano fills)
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e|-------10------12------12--------|---------------------------------|
B|-----------10------12------12----|-0-----2-----------------0-------|
G|-------------11------13------13--|-1-------------2-----------------|
D|---------------------------------|-2-------------4-----------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------5-----------------|
E|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

D/F# E/F# (piano fills)
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e|-------10------12------12--------|-------------0-------------------|
B|-----------10------12------12----|-0-------------------------------|
G|-------------11------13------13--|-1-------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|Fm#7 |B/F# |F# |F# |
|Fm#7 |B/F# |F# |F# |
|Fm#7 |B/F# |F# |F# |
|Fm#7 |B/F# |F# |F# |

|Fm#7 |B/F# |F# |F# |
|Fm#7 |B/F# |F# |F# |
|Fm#7 |B/F# |F# |F# | (repeat & fade)

If you want to learn Jackson Browne Where Were You guitar chords, The 5 chords we’ll look at are the C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major.
The reason we use all major chords is that the minor versions of any of these chords just require tiny adjustments.
Each one of those minor chords is completely based on its major counterpart

The more you practice, the easier guitar will feel to play Where Were You. Guitar is hard to learn in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it.

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