Artist: Albert Hammond Song: The Free Electric Band Tabbed by: DJ 24th July 2013 Tuning: Standard C = x32010 F = 133211 C/G = 332010 (C4) = x33010 G/B = x20033 G7 = 323003 or 320001 G = 320033 * = No chords, tap beat on guitar body The (C4) is only implied, but adds interest. ************************************************************************* C (C4)(C) G ||: / / / /__/ | / / / / :|| (Twice) C (C4) (C) G My father is a doctor, he's a family man, C (C4) (C) G My mother works for chari - ty, when - ever she can, C (C4) (C) G They're both good, clean, Americans who a - bide by the law, C (C4) (C) G And they both stick up for liber - ty, and they both support the war! C F G/B C My happiness was paid for when they laid their money down, C F G/B C For summers in a summer - camp, and winters in the town, C F C/G G G7 My future in the system was talked about, and planned, * * * But I gave it up for music, * * * C (C4)(C) G C (C4)(C) G And The Free E - lectric Band! C (C4) (C) G I went to school in handwashed shirts, with neatly oiled hair, C (C4) (C) G And the school was big, and newly built, and filled with light and air, C (C4)(C) G And the teacher taught us values, that we had to learn to keep, C (C4) (C) G And they clipped the ear of many i - dle kid who went to sleep! C F G/B C 'Til my father organ -ised for me... a college in the east, C F G/B C But I went to Cali - fornia, for the sunshine and the beach, C F C/G G G7 My parents, and my lecturers, could never under - stand, * * * Why I gave it up for music, * * * C (C4)(C) G C (C4)(C) G And The Free E - lectric Band! F C G G/B C Well, they used to sit, and speculate, u - pon their son's car - eer, F C G G/B C A lawyer, or a docter, or a civil engin - eer, C F C/G G G7 Just give me bread and water, put a guitar in my hand, * * * 'Cause all I need is music, * * * C (C4)(C) G C (C4)(C) G And The Free E - lectric Band! C (C4)(C) G My father sent me money, and I spent it very fast, C (C4)(C) G On a girl I met in Berkley, in a Social Science class, C (C4) (C) G Yes, and we learnt about her body, but her mind we didn't know, C (C4) (C) G Un - til deep rooted atti - tudes, and morals, began to show! C F G/B C She wanted to get married, even though she never said, C F G/B C And I knew her well e - nough, by now, to see inside her head, C F C/G G G7 She'd settle for sub - urbia, and a little patch of land, * * * So I gave her up for music, * * * C (C4)(C) G C (C4)(C) G And The Free E - lectric Band! C (C4)(C) G Oo---- oo-----, the Free Electric Band, C (C4) (C) G Dabba, da, da-da, da, dee-dee, deep ...for The Free Electric Band, C (C4) (C) G Dabba, da, da-da, da, dee-dee, deep ...for The Free Electric Band, C (C4) (C) G Dabba, da, da-da, da, dee-dee, deep ...for The Free Electric Band, C (C4) (C) G Dabba, da, da-da, da, dee-dee, deep ...for The Free Electric Band! (Suggestion for coda) * * * * * * C All I need is music, and The Free E - lectric Band!