e: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 16:38:20 -0500
From: Miller
Subject: b/beatles/free_as_a_bird.tab
From: justmiller@mindspring.com
Subject: Free As A Bird by the Beatles
Here is the first of the two new Beatles songs from the Anthology series.
The other tab already in the archive is a little hard to follow, so I
figured out the intro for myself and wrote them down. This song features
some ingenious slide work from George which isnšt really very hard to
learn. The hard part (for me) is getting the tone and sustain that
he gets, especially on the wide vibrato on the first note of the solo.
Anyway, just have fun with this great song! - Zach
Free As A Bird
Words and Music by John Lennon
A: x02220 F#m: 244222 Dm: xx0231 E: 022100
G: 320003 C: x32010 Esus4: 022200 Fmaj7: x32210
F#m7b5: 202210 A/G: 3x2220 Am: x02210 Fm: 133111
Intro w/slide
A F#m Dm E A F#m Dm E
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-/5-------------|----------51/2-|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|----------------|-/2-------------|--------(4)2/7-5-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
A F#m Dm G C Am Esus4 E
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|------5-85/6/8()5--------------|----------------|
|-/2-------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Verse 1
A F#m Dm E A F#m
Free as a bird
Dm E A F#m
It's the next best thing to be
Dm G C Am Esus4 E
Free as a bird
A F#m Dm E A F#m
Home, home and dry
Dm E A F#m
Like a homing bird Išll fly
Dm G C Am Esus4 E
As a bird on wings
Bridge 1
Fmaj7 F#m7b5
What ever happened to the life that we once knew
G A A/G
Can we really live without each other
Fmaj7 F#m7b5
Where did we loose the touch, that seemed to mean so much
G E
It always made me feel so
Verse 1
A F#m Dm E A F#m
Free as a bird
Dm E A F#m
It's the next best thing to be
Dm G C Am Esus4 E
Free as a bird
A F#m Dm E A F#m
Home, home and dry
Dm E A F#m
Like a homing bird Išll fly
Dm G C Am Esus4 E
As a bird on wings
Bridge 2
Fmaj7 F#m7b5
What ever happened to the life that we once knew
G E
Always made me feel so free
Guitar Solo w/slide
C Am Fm G C Am Fm G
~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-/17------------|--------18/20---|-2017----------|-13/1615--8/---|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
C Am Fm G A F#m ...
~~~~~
|-12--12/1712-----|-8/1110---3--|---9-------------
|------------------|--------------|-----------------
|------------------|--------------|-/9--------------
|------------------|--------------|-----------------
|------------------|--------------|-----------------
|------------------|--------------|-----------------
Free...
A F#m Dm E A F#m
Free as a bird
Dm E A F#m
It's the next best thing to be
Coda w/slide
Dm G A F#m Dm E A F#m
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|-/5-----(1)/2--|---------------|-----5------/7-|
|---------------|---------------|-/2------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Free as a bird Free as a bird
w/o slide
Dm E A F#m Dm G A
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|--/1-----------|--/5----(1)/2--|---------------|--2------------||
|---------------|---------------|-/2------------|--2------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--2------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--0------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
Free as a bird Oh______________.
The Beatles - Free as a Bird (1977/1995)
"Free as a Bird" is a song, single and video released by The Beatles in December 1995 as part of their "reunion" and promotion around the release of the video documentary Anthology and their Anthology 1 compilation album. Song was originally a piece of music that John Lennon composed, but never completed. The original Lennon recording was made circa 1977 in New York City. Yoko Ono gave a basic recording of the unfinished music to the remaining Beatles (Paul McCartney, George Harrison and ...
The beatles - Free As A Bird (HD)
"Free as a Bird" is a song performed by The Beatles. The single was released on 4 December 1995, as part of the promotion for the release of The Beatles Anthology video documentary and the band's Anthology 1 compilation album. The song had been written and recorded as a demo by John Lennon in 1977. Paul McCartney asked Lennon's widow Yoko Ono for any unreleased material by Lennon, and "Free as a Bird" was chosen as being the song all three remaining Beatles could be involved in, as they ...
The Beatles - Free as a bird (LIVE - 1994)
The Beatles together again in 1994, playing their new song: Free is a bird! Can you imagine they together again, playing in a concert? PS Of course that never happened. Actually, the song was recorded in 1994 (yes, after Lennon´s death), but thIs video is just a EDITION with scenes of clips from each other concerts. I put all that scenes together, synchronizing the song with their lips and instruments as I could.
The Beatles Free As A Bird (Remastered)
"Free as a Bird" is a song performed by The Beatles. The single was released on 4 December 1995, as part of the promotion for the release of The Beatles Anthology video documentary and the band's Anthology 1 compilation album. The song had been written and recorded as a demo by John Lennon in 1977. Paul McCartney asked Lennon's widow Yoko Ono for any unreleased material by Lennon, and "Free as a Bird" was chosen as being the song all three remaining Beatles could be involved in, as they ...