Its A Free World Baby chords by R.E.M.

Chords with lyrics

IT'S A augmentedA FREE WORLD BABY (2 Versions...File Last Modified: 8/8/96)

tabbed by: SKOT WEIDMAN, MIKE BEHRENS, and ADAM BUBOLZ


RIFF A:
(this is played by a string arrangement)
   *        `
e|---7---7---7---7---5---|
BB|---7---7---7---7---5---|
G+G|-----------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------|
   q  q  q  q  w

RIFF B:
(electric guitar clean)

e|---7---------------|
BB|--------7----------|
G+G|-------------7-----|
D MajorD|-------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------|
  \____________/
     3

RIFF C:
(electric guitar clean)

 D MajorD
e|-------2---------------2------------|
BB|---3-------3---3---3-------3---3----|
G+G|-2---2-------2---2---2-------2------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------|

 G+G
e|-------3---------------3------------|
BB|---3-------3---3---3-------3---3----|
G+G|-4---4-------4---4---4-------4------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------|
  s s s e  s s s s s s e  s s s


RIFF D:
(played by bass or strings when noted)

G+G|------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------|
E MajorE|---0-----0-2-----2-3-----3-0--|
   h.  e h.  e h.  e h.

INTRO: (RIFF A, RIFF B, RIFF A augmentedA)

VERSE
I ..
I ..
You ..
You ..

     *       `
There's ..
It's ..

    *      `
It's ..
It's ..

CHORUS
(RIFF C majorC)
I ..
I ..
I ..
            E minorEm (RIFF D, bass)
You ..
        G+G
You ..
            E minorEm (RIFF D, bass)
It's ..
              G+G
And ..


*        `  (RIFF BB)
get ..
*        `  (RIFF BB)
get ..


Me, ..
My ..
Boys ..
All ..

*      `
Sleep,..
Wake ..

CHORUS
It's ..


*        `
get ..
*        `
get ..


Boys ..
All ..
Sleep, ..
Wake ..

*      `
Sleep, ..
*          `
Wake ..

CHORUS
It's ..

(RIFF D MajorD by strings twice)

It's ..

(RIFF A augmentedA)(RIFF BB)

(RIFF A augmentedA)


*           `  (RIFF BB)
Boys ..
*       `
All ..
*      `   (RIFF BB)
Sleep, ..
*          `
Wake ..


*      `   (RIFF BB)
Sleep..
*          `
Wake ..


(RIFF A augmentedA)(RIFF BB)

(RIFF A augmentedA)

(RIFF A augmentedA)(RIFF BB)

(FADE)

----

it's a free world baby

lick:
e7-
b--7-
g----7-

(lick)
i was ..
i ..
you ..
you ..
there's ..
it's ..
it's ..
it's ..

chorus:
D MajorD
i don't ..
G+G
i hit ..
D MajorD
i ..
G+G                            E minorEm | Em/f# | Em/g
you ..
G+G
you ..
E minorEm                      G+G
it's ..
E minorEm
and ..

(do lick a few times while "get whatever you want" is said two or three times)

me, ..
my ..
boys ..
all ..
sleep, ..
wake ..

chorus

(then repeat second verse and chorus; on chorus, do E minorEm - G+G - E minorEm - G+G thing 3x)


Submitted by: Meantabber90