Escrita por Neil Young, foi gravada entre fevereiro e abril de 1974, no Sunset Sound Studios, em Hollywood, California e foi lançada em 19 de julho de 1974 no disco On the beach. Foi produzida pelo próprio Neil Young em conjunto com David Briggs. Revolution blues foi inspirada em Charles Manson, que Neil havia encontrado enquanto morava no Topanga Canyon. Charles Manson foi um assassino que matou a esposa do diretor Roman Polanski, quando ela estava grávida. Neil cantou e tocou guitarra. Ben Keith tocou Steel guitar. David Crosby tocou guitarra ritmica. Rick Danko tocou baixo. Levon Helm tocou bateria.
A letra:
Well,
we live in a trailer at the edge of town
You never see us 'cause
we don't come around
We got twenty five rifles just to keep the
population down
But
we need you now, and that's why I'm hangin' around
So you be good
to me and I'll be good to you
And in this land of conditions I'm
not above suspicion
I won't attack you, but I won't back you
Well, it's so good to
be here, asleep on your lawn
Remember your guard dog? Well, I'm
afraid that he's gone
It was such a drag to hear him whining all
night long
Yes, that was me with
the doves, setting them free near the factory
Where you built your
computer, love
I hope you get the connection, 'cause I can't take
the rejection
I won't deceive you, I just don't believe you
Well, I'm a barrel of
laughs, with my carbine on
I keep them hoppin', till my
ammunition's gone
But I'm still not happy, I feel like there's
something wrong
I got the revolution
blues, I see bloody fountains
And ten million dune buggies comin'
down the mountains
Well, I hear that Laurel Canyon is full of
famous stars
But I hate them worse than lepers and I'll kill them
in their cars
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