It's A Free World Baby Chords by R.E.M.

It's A Free World Baby Chords

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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

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