Free as a Bird
by the beatles · posted by William-936
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How to read this tab — notation key
- +
- Blow note
- −
- Draw note
- b or '
- Half-step bend
- bb or ''
- Two half-step bend
- bbb or '''
- Three half-step bend
- (###)
- Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
- < or *
- Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)
Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.
8 -8 8 7
Free------ as a bird
-6 7 -7 -6 8 -9 7 -7 -6
It's the next best thing to be-----
-6 7 -6 6 8
Free--e as a bird
9 8 -9 7 8
Home,--------------
-8 8 7
Home and dry
-6 7 -7 6 8 -9 -7 -6
Like a homing bird, I fly----
-6 7 -7 6 8
as a bird on wings
-6 -6 -6 -7 -7 7
Whatever happened to
-6 -6 -6 -7 -7 7
the life that we once knew?
-7 -7 7 7 -8 -8 7 7 -8 8
Can we really live without each other?
-6 -6 -6 -7 -7 7
Where did we lose the touch
-6 -6 -6 -7 -7 7
that seemed to mean so much?
-4 -7 -7 7 -8 8 -9 8
It always made me feel so-----
8 -8 8 7
Free------ as a bird
-6 7 -7 -6 8 -9 7 -7 -6
It's the next best thing to be-----
-6 7 -6 6 8
Free--e as a bird
9 8 -9 7 8
Home,--------------
-8 8 7
Home and dry
-6 7 -7 6 8 -9 -7 -6
Like a homing bird, I fly-----
-6 7 -7 6 8
as a bird on wings
-6 -6 -6 -7 -7 7
Whatever happened to
-6 -6 -6 -7 -7 7
the love that we once knew?
-7 -7 7 -8 8 -9 8
Always made me feel so free.
[The interlude is too high for normal harmonicas, so it is cut]
[Interlude: ah----, ah----, ah.----]
8 -8 8 7
Free------ as a bird
-6 7 -7 -6 8 -9 7 -7 -6
It's the next best thing to be-----
-6 7 -6 6 8
Free--e as a bird
-6 7 -6 6 8
Free--e as a bird
-6 7 -6 6 8
Free--e as a bird
[The end of the chorus is too high for normal harmonicas, so it is cut]
[End of the chorus: Woo.----]
8
Free
[Spoken: Made for John Lennon]