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Beatles: Free as a bird

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Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 16:38:20 -0500
From: Miller 
Subject: b/beatles/free_as_a_bird.tab



From: justmiller@mindspring.com
Subject: Free As A Bird by the Beatles

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-------------|----------5\1/2-|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|----------------|-/2-------------|--------(4\)2/7-\5-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|

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


Verse 1

A F#m Dm E     A   F#m 
Free     as ...
Dm       E          A        F#m 
It's the ...
Dm   G    C    Am   Esus4  E
Free as ...


A    F#m  Dm  E        A   F#m
Home,         home ...
Dm     E      A         F#m  
Like a homing ...
Dm   G       C    Am   Esus4  E
As a bird ...


Bridge 1

Fmaj7                 F#m7b5  
What ever happened ...
G                     A         A/G
Can we really ...
Fmaj7                         F#m7b5
Where did we ...
G                 E
It always ...
 

Verse 1

A F#m Dm E     A   F#m 
Free     as...
Dm       E          A        F#m 
It's the ...
Dm   G    C    Am   Esus4  E
Free as a ...             


A    F#m  Dm  E        A   F#m
Home,         home ...
Dm     E      A         F#m  
Like a homing ...
Dm   G       C    Am   Esus4  E
As a bird ...

Bridge 2

Fmaj7                 F#m7b5  
What ever ...
G               E
Always made ...

Guitar Solo w/slide

   C      Am       Fm        G        C      Am       Fm       G
     ~~~~~~~~~~~                         ~~~~~~~~~~~
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-/17------------|--------18/20---|-20\17----------|-13/16\15--8/---|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

  C         Am       Fm        G      A     F#m ...
                                        ~~~~~
|-12--12/17\12-----|-8/11\10---3--|---9-------------
|------------------|--------------|-----------------
|------------------|--------------|-/9--------------
|------------------|--------------|-----------------
|------------------|--------------|-----------------
|------------------|--------------|-----------------
                                       Free...

A F#m Dm E     A   F#m 
Free     as a ... 
Dm       E           A      F#m
It's the next ...


Coda w/slide

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

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