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

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

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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|-------------------|
   \____________/
          3
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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It's A Free World Baby Chords Info

It's A Free World Baby Chords by R.E.M.
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Chords: A, B, G, D, E, C, Em