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IT'S A 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---|
B|---7---7---7---7---5---|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
q q q q w
RIFF B:
(electric guitar clean)
e|---7---------------|
B|--------7----------|
G|-------------7-----|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
\____________/
RIFF C:
(electric guitar clean)
D
e|-------2---------------2------------|
B|---3-------3---3---3-------3---3----|
G|-2---2-------2---2---2-------2------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
G
e|-------3---------------3------------|
B|---3-------3---3---3-------3---3----|
G|-4---4-------4---4---4-------4------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
s s s e s s s s s s e s s s
RIFF D:
(played by bass or strings when noted)
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|---0-----0-2-----2-3-----3-0--|
h. e h. e h. e h.
INTRO: (RIFF A, RIFF B, RIFF A)
VERSE
I ..
I ..
You ..
You ..
* `
There's ..
It's ..
* `
It's ..
It's ..
CHORUS
(RIFF C)
I ..
I ..
I ..
Em (RIFF D, bass)
You ..
G
You ..
Em (RIFF D, bass)
It's ..
G
And ..
* ` (RIFF B)
get ..
* ` (RIFF B)
get ..
Me, ..
My ..
Boys ..
All ..
* `
Sleep,..
Wake ..
CHORUS
It's ..
* `
get ..
* `
get ..
Boys ..
All ..
Sleep, ..
Wake ..
* `
Sleep, ..
* `
Wake ..
CHORUS
It's ..
(RIFF D by strings twice)
It's ..
(RIFF A)(RIFF B)
(RIFF A)
* ` (RIFF B)
Boys ..
* `
All ..
* ` (RIFF B)
Sleep, ..
* `
Wake ..
* ` (RIFF B)
Sleep..
* `
Wake ..
(RIFF A)(RIFF B)
(RIFF A)
(RIFF A)(RIFF B)
(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
i don't ..
G
i hit ..
D
i ..
G Em | Em/f# | Em/g
you ..
G
you ..
Em G
it's ..
Em
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 Em - G - Em - G thing 3x)
Submitted by: Meantabber90
Other versions of this song
- It's A Free World Baby (Bass)
Song History
Last Updated: September 10, 2025