Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard
Verse:
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E minorEm Esus4Esus4
e|----0--0--0-0----0-0-0-0----0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-------------------|
BB|----0--0--0-0----0-0-0-0----0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-------------------|
G+G|----1--1--1-1-2--2-2-2-0----0--0--0-0-2--2-2-2-1-------------------|
D MajorD|----2--2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2----2--2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-------------------|
A augmentedA|--2-2--2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2--2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-------------------|
E MajorE|--0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-------------------|
D MajorD D MajorD U U D MajorD U D MajorD D MajorD D MajorD U D MajorD D MajorD U U D MajorD U D MajorD D MajorD D MajorD U
Chorus (w/ Lick I):
C# minorC#m C majorC C# minorC#m Dsus2Dsus2 Cadd9Cadd9
e|-4----------0---------4---------------0----------------------------|
BB|-5----------1---------5-------------2----2---2----------3----------|
G+G|-6----------0---------6-----------3--------3--------0-----0---0----|
D MajorD|-6----------2---------6---------0-----------------2---2-----2------|
A augmentedA|-4----------3---------4-------------------------3------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Strumming: Just Down the entire time (first down hit the base note, second down the entire chord)
or DD U UDU like the verse.
Lick II Lick III Interlude (Chords)
e|------------------|------------|--3--4--------------|
BB|------------------|------------|--3--4--------------|
G+G|-9-9-10-10--9--9--|------------|--0--x--------------|
D MajorD|-x-x--x--x--x--x--|------------|--0--x--------------|
A augmentedA|-7-7-12-12-11-11--|--3-2-0-----|--2--3--------------|
E MajorE|------------------|--------3---|--3--4--------------|
G+G G#G#
Intro: E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E minorEm Esus4(x2)
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E minorEm Esus4Esus4
You don't give in
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E minorEm Esus4Esus4
You carry on
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E minorEm Esus4Esus4
You let it spin
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E minorEm Esus4Esus4
You're not depending on
C# minorC#m C majorC
Free as a bird
C# minorC#m Lick I
Free as a bird
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E minorEm Esus4Esus4
E MajorE Lick II E minorEm Esus4Esus4
Nothing to write home about tonight
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E minorEm Esus4Esus4
The snakes are asleep this time of year
E MajorE Lick II E minorEm Esus4Esus4
No wrong left to put right
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E minorEm Esus4Esus4
No space, no last frontier
C# minorC#m C majorC
Free as a bird
C# minorC#m Lick I
Free as a bird
E MajorE E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E minorEm Esus4Esus4 (Single strum on Let and love)
Let love wait
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E minorEm Esus4Esus4
No need for safety glass
E MajorE Lick II E minorEm Esus4Esus4
Spread your wings
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E minorEm Esus4Esus4
Splendor in the grass
C# minorC#m C majorC
Free as a bird
C# minorC#m Lick I Lick III
Free as a bird
|Dsus2Dsus2 Cadd9Cadd9 Lick III| Dsus2Dsus2 Lick III|
|DmDm Lick III| G+G G#G#|
|C# minorC#m| C majorC
C# minorC#m Lick I
Free as a bird
C# minorC#m C majorC
Free as a bird
C# minorC#m Lick I Lick III
Free as a bird
Dsus2Dsus2 Lick III
End on Esus4Esus4
NOTES
*Don t fixate on the strumming pattern or the position of the chords on top of the lyrics, they re just
there as a starting point. If you keep the rhythm, you ll be just fine.
*When playing Lick I, you can also just strum the chords.
*Lick II is played instead of an Esus4Esus4 chord, so if you don t like the sound of it on an acoustic guitar,
you can play the chord.
*The |..| during the interlude stands for one bar/measure, which means that the |G+G G#G#| is played
just as long as |C# minorC#m|.