No capo || Tuning: EADGBe (standard)
C#m x4665x
A 5776xx or x0222x
B5 x244xx or x2444x
E 0221xx
F# 2443xx
G#7 4645xx
*You could try G# (4665xx) and see which one suits your voice better
both are correct.
*This song is mainly strummed using downstrokes while muting the strings
that is why I decided to not include the last string while strumming.
[Intro]
C#m - A - C#m - A
C#m A
Felt like the weight of the world was on my shoulders
C#m E B5
Pressure to break or retreat and then return
C#m A
Facing the fear that the truth, I discovered
*C#m *F#
No telling how, all these will work out
*C#m *G#7 *Single strum
But I’ve come to far to go back now.
[Chorus]
C#m A
I am looking for freedom, looking for freedom
B5 F#
And to find it cost me everything I have
G#7 C#m A
Well I am looking for freedom, looking for freedom
B5 *Pause *C#m Flow to 2nd Verse
And to find it, may take everything I have
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/anthony_hamilton/freedom_crd.html ]
[Verse II]
C#m A
I know all too well it don’t come easy
C#m E B5
the chains of the world they seem to movin tight
C#m A
I try to walk around if I’m stumbling so familiar
C#m F#
tryin to get up but the doubt is so strong
C#m G#7
there’s gotta be a winning in my bones
[Chorus]
C#m A
I am looking for freedom, looking for freedom
B5 F#
And to find it cost me everything I have
G#7 C#m A
Well I am looking for freedom, looking for freedom
B5 *Pause *C#m Flow to next stanza
And to find it, may take everything I have
A C#m
Oh not giving up has always been hard, so hard
A B5
but if I do the thanks lase the way I won’t get far.
[Verse III]
C#m A
Mhm, life hasn’t been very kind to me lately, (well)
C#m E B5
but I suppose it’s a push from moving on (oh yeah)
C#m A
in time the sun’s gonna shine on me nicely (on me yeah )
C#m F#
sudden tells me ’cause things are coming
C#m G#7
and I ain’t gonna not believe
[Chorus]
C#m A
I am looking for freedom, looking for freedom
B5 F#
And to find it cost me everything I have
G#7 C#m A
Well I am looking for freedom, looking for freedom
B5 *Pause C#m (single strum)
And to find it, may take everything I have
