Beatles - Free As A Bird Chords & Tabs

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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 isn¼t 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 
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/beatles/free_as_a_bird_tab_ver_2.html ]
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-------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 

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______________.