Bass tabs
Philadelphia Freedom (studio version)
By Elton John/Bernie Taupin
Form: (read left-to-right, top-to-bottom)
|Intro|Verse|Chorus|Bridge|Intro|
|Verse|Chorus|Bridge|Intro|
|Bridge|Outro|
Tab: Scott Eickhoff 19-Jan-05 (compiled from personal research)
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Notes: TAB is based on first pass of all parts.
Standard tuning.
Quarter notes are indicated to help with rhythmic placement.
Two adjacent 16ths have a very quick stutter feel (stacatto).
x = muted
+ = sustain until next note
. = stacatto (no sustain)
/ or \ = slide
h = hammer on
Intro
Bb
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------------------------------|--------------3-3------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------3-----------3----------------|
|--1+-------------------------------|----------------------1-------3----|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Eb Db Cm Bb
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------3--------|
|--1+-------------------------------|----------------------3------------|
|------------------4---3.------1+---|----------------------------1.--1--|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------------------------------|--------------3-----3--------------|
|-----------------------------------|------3----------------------------|
|--1+-------------------------------|--------------------------1---3----|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------3------------|
Eb Db Cm Bb
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
x x
|-----------------------------------|------------1-----3-----3----------|
|--1+-------------------------------|------3---------3---------3--------|
|------------------4---3.------1+---|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------1----|
Verse
Bb
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--1+-------------------------------|----------------1---------1--------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------1---3-------3----|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--1+-------------------------------|------------------------------1----|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------1-1-3-3------|
C Db C Bb
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--3+--------------------------4+---|------------------3---3-------1----|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------3--------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------------------------------|------------------3-------1---2----|
|------------------------------3+---|--------------------3.--3----------|
|--1+-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Bb
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|--3+-------------------------------|----------1---3---3----------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----3----------------3------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------1.--1-1--|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------------------------------|--------------3--------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------3+--------3-0----------------|
|--1+-------------------------------|----------------------1-------3----|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
C Db C Bb
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--3+--------------------------4+---|------4-----------3-----------1----|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------------------------------|----------------3------------------|
|--------------------------5---3----|------------------3----------------|
|--1+-------------------------------|--1-------------------1---1---3----|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Chorus
Living free it's Phila- delph- i- a Free-
Eb Ab/Eb Eb
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--6-------6.--------------6.-------|--6-------6.-----------------------|
|--------------3.--4.--6.-----------|--------------3.--4.--6.--4.--3.---|
Bb
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------5---6---5+------3.-------|----------5---6---5+------3.-------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--6.-------------------------------|------6.---------------------------|
Eb Ab/Eb Eb
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
x
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--6-------6.--------------6.-------|--6-------6.-----------------------|
|--------------3.--4.--6.-----------|--------------3.--4.--6.--6.--6.---|
Bb
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
x
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------5---6---5+------3.-------|----------5---6---5---3------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------5--------|
|--6.-------------------------------|------6.----------------------6.---|
Phila- delphia Freedom took me
Ab G7
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--4.------4.----------4.--4.--3.---|--3.------3.------3---1---3---1----|
Cm7 Ab7
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--3.------3.------3.----3.---------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------3.---4.--|------4.--4-----3-4-------4+\------|
Gm7 F#7
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------4----|
|--3.----------1---3.----------1----|--2.------------------2---2--------|
Eb
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--6.------6.------6.------6.---4h6+|----------6.------6----------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------3---3-4---5----|
Bridge
Phil- a- delphi- a Free- dom
Bb7
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|------------------5---6---7--------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--1-------1-------3---1---3---1----|
|--6-------6-------------------1----|-----------------------------------|
Eb Bb/D Cm
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--6.------6+----------6-------5+---|----------5-----5-5---5-------3+---|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Bb/D C/E F
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------3-3-----3-----3-3---5+---|------------------6---7.------8+---|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Dm
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------8.------8.------8.--5+---|--------------5-------5---5--------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------3----|
Gm Cm7
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------3+---|--------------3---3-----------3----|
|--3-----------3.--3----------------|-----------------------------------|
Bb/D Ebsus4
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--5-----------5---5-----------5----|--6+-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Eb Cm Dm Eb E F
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------0-------1---1---2---3+---|
|------------------------------0-1.-|--3--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Eb E F Eb Bb/D Cm7
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------3--------------------|--1-----------0--------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------3--------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
n.c.
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------3-------------------3--------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Outro
Eb Bb/D Cm7
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--1-----------0--------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------3+-------|----------------------3-3-3+-------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Eb Bb/D Cm7
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--1-----------0--------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------3+-------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
n.c.
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------3-3-3+---------------|----------------------3-3-3---3----|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
(repeat and fade the next four measures)
Bb
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------0----|
|--1-------1-----------1-------1----|--1-------1-----------1---3--------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Eb Bb/D Cm7
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--1-----------0--------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------3+-------|------------------3-------3--------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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