Thin Lizzy - Freedom Song Chords & Tabs

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			    Freedom Song - Thin Lizzy
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Tabbed by:Jim Myers
Email:jemyers1975@yahoo.com

Tuning:EADGBE
                            Intro
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-2-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----4----2---2-h--4-h---2------------------------2-----1------------------|
D|-----------------------------4--2-------2--h--4---------2------------------|
A|------------------------------------5-------------------2------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------0------------------|
   A      C#M     D      E        Verse and Chorus
e|---------4------2----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-2-------5------3------0---------------------------------------------------|
G|-2-------6------2------1---------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-------6------0------2---------------------------------------------------|
A|-0---------------------2---------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------0---------------------------------------------------|
                             Riff 1
e|------------------------------5----2---------------------------------------|
B|----2--3------------------2---------------2--3--3-P-2----------------------|
G|-2--------------------2----------------2---------------4--2--4--2----------|2X
D|-----------2-- h--4--------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                              SOLo
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7--P--5------------10--P--7-----------7--P--5-----------10--P--7---------|
G|-----------6---5X--------------9---5x------------6--5X--------------9---5x-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------14--17--14-------14-----------|
B|-14~-17--15--14--------------------------14---------------17---------------|
G|-----------------16-14--16--14---------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------16--14-------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/thin_lizzy/freedom_song_tab.html ]
e|-----------17--p--14--------14---------------------------------------------|
B|-14--h-17--------------17-----------------14--15-------------------14------|
G|---------------------------------3x---14----------------------14-----------|
D|---------------------------------------------------14-h--16----------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--17---14------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------14--15---15p-14--------------------------------------------|
G|------------14-------------------16--14--16--14---2x--------Intro----------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


    Intro
    Verse 1
    Chorus
    Riff 1 2x
    Verse 2
    Chorus
    Riff 1 2x
    Solo
    Verse 3
    Chorus
    Riff 1 2x
    Intro 3x

 A                   C#M
Let me tell you the hard luck story
 D                  E
About a man named Jack McDuff           VERSE 1
 A              C#M
He believed in God and glory
 D              E
But he just wasn't tough enough


A                 C#M
I believe in the freedom song
D            E
Long live liberty!                     CHORUS
A                 C#M
I believe in the freedom song
D                   E
I'll choose my own destiny


RIFF 1 2X

A                     C#M
Well they took him and they beat him
D                     E
Underneath the old hanging tree
A                   C#M                VERSE 2
Saying, "Jack, you must die"
D                   E
"What will your last words be?"

A                   C#M
Jack, he hung his head back
D            E
"Long live liberty!"
A                   C#M
"I believe in the freedom song"
D                    E
"Doesn't matter what you do to me"

RIFF 1 2X
SOLO

A                           C#M
With a rope around his neck they left him hanging
D                  E
High on that old hanging tree
A                  C#M
D                  E                            VERSE 3
"Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy"

A                 C#M
I believe in the freedom song
D            E
Long live liberty!
A                  C#M
I believe in the freedom song
D                    E
Doesn't matter what you do to me


RIFF 1 2x
INTRO 3 X



| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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