Words and Music by John Lennon 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 I¹ll 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 I¹ll 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______________.