#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 16:38:20 -0500 From: Miller <justmiller@mindspring.com> 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 isn¹t 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 ...