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Capo: 2
Tuning: E A D G B E
Song: Free as a bird
Artist: The Beatles
Composers: John Lennon, (+ McCartney, Harrison & Starr)
Album: Anthology 1
Tabbed by DJ (DiddyD on ultimateGuitar) 25th Oct 2015
Originally a 1977 Lennon song on a home demo tape, in 1995
the surviving ex -Beatles overdubbed additional studio tracks
and added extra verses.
Copy and paste this link to watch the promo video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODIvONHPqpk
CAPO: 2nd fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of A)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
G = 320033 F7 = 131211 Eb = xx5343 Gm7/F = x33333
Em = 022000 Bb = x13331 Edim = xx2323 Gbmaj7 = xx4666
Ebmaj7 = xx1333 Bb/A = x0xxxx F = 133211 Ebm6 = xx1312
D7 = xx0212 Gm = 355333 Fsus4 = 133311 Em7 = 022030
Cm = x35543 Dsus4 = xx0233 G7/F = 120001 Cm7 = x35343
Em7/D = xx0000 D = xx0232 Daug = xx0332 F7 = 131211
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[Intro]
G Em Ebmaj7 D7 G Em Cm D7
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
G Em Em7/D Cm F7 Bb Bb/A Gm Dsus4 D
| / / / / | / / / / | / /__/ / / | / / / / |
[Chorus]
G Em Ebmaj7 D7 G Em Em7/D
Free------------ as a bird,
Cm It's the Dnext best Gthing to Embe, Em7/D
Cm F Bb Bb/A Gm Dsus4 D
Free as a bird----------- | / / / / |
[Verse 1]
G Em Ebmaj7 D7 G Em Em7/D
Home------------, home and dry,
Cm Like a Dhoming Gbird I Emfly, Em7/D
Cm F Bb Bb/A Gm Dsus4 D
As a bird on wings-----------! | / / / / |
[Verse 2]
Eb What ever happened to Edim ...the life that we once knew?
F Can we Fsus4really live with - Gout each G7/Fother?
Eb Where did we lose the touch,Edim that seemed to mean so much?
F It always Fsus4made me Dsus4feel ...Dso...
[Chorus]
G Em Ebmaj7 D7 G Em Em7/D
...Free------------ as a bird,
Cm It's the Dnext best Gthing to Embe, Em7/D
Cm F Bb Bb/A Gm Dsus4 D
Free as a bird------------ | / / / / |
[Verse 3]
GAh -ah -ah, (EmAh -ah -ah-Ebmaj7-----!) D7home and Gdry, Em Em7/D
Cm Like a Dhoming Gbird I Emfly,Em7/D
Cm F Bb Bb/A Gm Daug F
As a bird on wings------------------
[Verse 4]
Eb What ever happened to Edim ...the life that we once knew?
F Always Fsus4made me Dsus4feel ....Dso ...Bbfree! Gm Gm7/F Gbmaj7 F7
(Ah-------------, ah-ah-ah, ah!)
Bb Gm Gm7/F Ebm6 F Bb Gm Gm7/F Ebm6 F
(Ah----------, ah-ah-ah, ah! Ah------------, ah-ah-ah, ah!)
[Chorus and Coda]
G Em Ebmaj7 D7 G Em Em7/D
Free-------------- as a bird,
Cm It's the Dnext best Gthing to Embe, Em7/D
Cm7 Free Fas a Gbird, Em7 Cm7 free Fas a Gbird, Em7
Cm7 Free Fas a Gbird--Em7----,Cm7 hoo - hoo, Foo - oo, Goo