Chords for How to Play "Free as a Bird" by John Lennon on Guitar - Lesson Excerpt
Tempo:
73.1 bpm
Chords used:
A
F#m
E
G
A#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#m] [F] [E] [A]
[F#m] [Dm] [E] [A]
[F#m] [Dm] [G] [C]
[Am] [E] [A]
[F#m] [F] Free [E] [A] as a [F#m] bird, [Dm] [E] it's the next [A] best thing [F#m] to [Dm] be.
Free [G] [C] as a [Am] bird.
[E] [A]
All [F#m] [F] [E] [A] the joy.
[G]
[D]
[A] [C#] [Cm]
[A#]
[G] [A#] Back to 12.
Vibrato.
That's the 8th up to the [Gm] 11th.
Back to the 10th.
[A#]
[E] That's the 5th to the 6th fret on the 2nd [F#] string.
Back to the [A#] 12th.
[D] That was the 15th to the 7th fret.
15th to the 17th fret, sorry.
[A#]
Same thing before where you went from the 8th to the 11th.
[G]
Now here you're going to slide [A#] into
back
to the key of A.
That's your A and C sharp notes at the 14th fret.
[A] [F#] And that's the whole guitar [F#m] solo.
[Dm] [G] Free as a [F#m] bird.
[G] [A]
[N]
[F#m] [Dm] [E] [A]
[F#m] [Dm] [G] [C]
[Am] [E] [A]
[F#m] [F] Free [E] [A] as a [F#m] bird, [Dm] [E] it's the next [A] best thing [F#m] to [Dm] be.
Free [G] [C] as a [Am] bird.
[E] [A]
All [F#m] [F] [E] [A] the joy.
[G]
[D]
[A] [C#] [Cm]
[A#]
[G] [A#] Back to 12.
Vibrato.
That's the 8th up to the [Gm] 11th.
Back to the 10th.
[A#]
[E] That's the 5th to the 6th fret on the 2nd [F#] string.
Back to the [A#] 12th.
[D] That was the 15th to the 7th fret.
15th to the 17th fret, sorry.
[A#]
Same thing before where you went from the 8th to the 11th.
[G]
Now here you're going to slide [A#] into
back
to the key of A.
That's your A and C sharp notes at the 14th fret.
[A] [F#] And that's the whole guitar [F#m] solo.
[Dm] [G] Free as a [F#m] bird.
[G] [A]
[N]
Key:
A
F#m
E
G
A#
A
F#m
E
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [F#m] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [F#m] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [F#m] _ [F] Free _ [E] _ [A] as a [F#m] bird, _ [Dm] _ [E] it's the next [A] best thing [F#m] to [Dm] be.
Free [G] _ [C] as a [Am] bird.
[E] _ _ _ _ [A]
All [F#m] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ [A] the joy.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _
_ [G] [A#] Back to 12.
Vibrato. _ _ _
That's the 8th up to the [Gm] 11th.
Back to the 10th.
_ [A#] _
[E] That's the 5th to the 6th fret on the 2nd [F#] string.
Back to the [A#] 12th.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ That was the 15th to the 7th fret.
_ 15th to the 17th fret, sorry.
_ _ [A#]
Same thing before where you went from the 8th to the 11th.
[G] _ _ _
Now here you're going to slide [A#] into_
_ _ _back
to the key of A.
That's your A and C sharp notes at the 14th fret.
[A] _ _ [F#] And that's the whole guitar [F#m] solo.
_ [Dm] _ _ [G] Free as a [F#m] bird.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ [F#m] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [F#m] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [F#m] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [F#m] _ [F] Free _ [E] _ [A] as a [F#m] bird, _ [Dm] _ [E] it's the next [A] best thing [F#m] to [Dm] be.
Free [G] _ [C] as a [Am] bird.
[E] _ _ _ _ [A]
All [F#m] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ [A] the joy.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _
_ [G] [A#] Back to 12.
Vibrato. _ _ _
That's the 8th up to the [Gm] 11th.
Back to the 10th.
_ [A#] _
[E] That's the 5th to the 6th fret on the 2nd [F#] string.
Back to the [A#] 12th.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ That was the 15th to the 7th fret.
_ 15th to the 17th fret, sorry.
_ _ [A#]
Same thing before where you went from the 8th to the 11th.
[G] _ _ _
Now here you're going to slide [A#] into_
_ _ _back
to the key of A.
That's your A and C sharp notes at the 14th fret.
[A] _ _ [F#] And that's the whole guitar [F#m] solo.
_ [Dm] _ _ [G] Free as a [F#m] bird.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _