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Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Free Bird" MCA Records INC Words/Music By : Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant -------------------------------------------- INTRO: (Slowly) ----- GTR.2 acousticalG+G
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Free Bird tab
Like many of the other best-of classics for the band, Free bird is from their 1973 debut as well. The guitar playing at the end of the song, as seen in these Lynyrd Skynyrd Free bird guitar tabs, are probably the best guitar-solo recorded ever. It is also the finale on most of their shows.
Released on single in 1974, a year after the albumrelease, it didn’t peak on the Billboard top 40 until yet another year. The song starts of as a ballad but soon changes to a full blown Southern state rock song. The full song and solo in these Free birds guitar tabs can be very tricky and hard but once you can nail them down you are a hero.
Other versions of Free Bird
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Free bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd
| Version | Type |
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| Free bird | Chords |
| Free bird | Intro |
| Free bird | Solo |
