#----------------------------------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 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 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---|-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 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______________.