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Beatles - Free As A Bird Guitar Tabs

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e: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 16:38:20 -0500




Here is the first of the two new Beatles songs from the Anthology series.
The other tab already in the archive is a little hard to follow, so I
figured out the intro for myself and wrote them down. This song features
some ingenious slide work from George which isnšt really very hard to
learn. The hard part (for me) is getting the tone and sustain that
he gets, especially on the wide vibrato on the first note of the solo.
Anyway, just have fun with this great song! - Zach


Free As A Bird
Words and Music by John Lennon


A: x02220 F#m: 244222 Dm: xx0231 E: 022100
G: 320003 C: x32010 Esus4: 022200 Fmaj7: x32210
F#m7b5: 202210 A/G: 3x2220 Am: x02210 Fm: 133111


Intro w/slide

A F#m Dm E A F#m Dm E
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-/5-------------|----------51/2-|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|----------------|-/2-------------|--------(4)2/7-5-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|

A F#m Dm G C Am Esus4 E
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|------5-85/6/8()5--------------|----------------|
|-/2-------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


Verse 1

A F#m Dm E A F#m
Free as a bird
Dm E A F#m
It's the next best thing to be
Dm G C Am Esus4 E
Free as a bird


A F#m Dm E A F#m
Home, home and dry
Dm E A F#m
Like a homing bird Išll fly
Dm G C Am Esus4 E
As a bird on wings


Bridge 1

Fmaj7 F#m7b5
What ever happened to the life that we once knew
G A A/G
Can we really live without each other
Fmaj7 F#m7b5
Where did we loose the touch, that seemed to mean so much
G E
It always made me feel so


Verse 1

A F#m Dm E A F#m
Free as a bird
Dm E A F#m
It's the next best thing to be
Dm G C Am Esus4 E
Free as a bird


A F#m Dm E A F#m
Home, home and dry
Dm E A F#m
Like a homing bird Išll fly
Dm G C Am Esus4 E
As a bird on wings


Bridge 2

Fmaj7 F#m7b5
What ever happened to the life that we once knew
G E
Always made me feel so free


Guitar Solo w/slide

C Am Fm G C Am Fm G
~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-/17------------|--------18/20---|-2017----------|-13/1615--8/---|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

C Am Fm G A F#m ...
~~~~~
|-12--12/1712-----|-8/1110---3--|---9-------------
|------------------|--------------|-----------------
|------------------|--------------|-/9--------------
|------------------|--------------|-----------------
|------------------|--------------|-----------------
|------------------|--------------|-----------------
Free...

A F#m Dm E A F#m
Free as a bird
Dm E A F#m
It's the next best thing to be


Coda w/slide

Dm G A F#m Dm E A F#m
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|-/5-----(1)/2--|---------------|-----5------/7-|
|---------------|---------------|-/2------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Free as a bird Free as a bird

w/o slide
Dm E A F#m Dm G A
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|--/1-----------|--/5----(1)/2--|---------------|--2------------||
|---------------|---------------|-/2------------|--2------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--2------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--0------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
Free as a bird Oh______________.
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