Thanks to two anonymous submitters who together assisted me to get 
a complete correct tab to this beautiful and mournful song - 
we miss you, John and George, and will always love you...
Since my band is performing a Beatles tribute concert, 
we wanted to include this lovely song as the last of the set.  
The (*-part) notations under verses are for the vocal components 
of the tune and can be ignored if you have no use for them.  We 
want to play this song as true to album form as can be done.  I 
believe the lyrics to be as correct as possible.  The "run tape" 
is a direction to our soundman to run the actual recording of the 
final 6 bars of music that captures John's heartbreaking studio 
banter amidst the banjo farewell...we decided John could best speak for 
himself here.

Rtfldodgr
rtfldodgr@hotmail.com


Free As A Bird (Lennon-McCartney)

Intro: 

A F#m Fmaj7 E 

A F#m Dm E

A F#m Dm G 

C Am Esus4 E 


A F#m Fmaj7  E     A   F#m 
Free         as a bird
             (3-part)
 
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 Fmaj7    E        A   F#m 
aaaaaayyy,     home and dry
(doubled)      (3-part)

Dm     E      A      F#m 
Like a homing bird I fly 

Dm     G       C    Am  Esus4  E 
Like a bird on wing 

CHORUS 

F                      D 
What ever happened to, the life that we once knew,

G                  A             
Can we really live without each other

F                            D
Where did we lose the touch, that seemed to mean so much 

G                 Esus4 E     
It always made me feel so... 

A F#m Fmaj7  E    A    F#m 
Free         as a bird
(2-part)     (3-part) 

Dm       E         A        F#m 
Like the next best thing to be 

Dm   G    C    Am Esus4 E 
Free as a bird 

A F#m Fmaj7      E        A   F#m 
aaaaaayyy,       home and dry
     aaaaayyy    (2-part)

Dm     E      A      F#m 
Like a homing bird I fly
              (3-part) 

Dm     G       C    Am Esus4 E 
Like a bird on wing
(3-part)

SHORT CHORUS 

F                      D 
What ever happened to, the life that we once knew 

G              E
Always made me feel so free... 


    Slide Solo
    C Am Fm G (3 times)
    (3-part-doubled) 


A F#m Fmaj7  E    A    F#m 
Free         as a bird 
(3-part)

Dm         E         A        F#m 
That's the next best thing to be 

Dm   G    A    F#m 
Free as a bird
          (3-part) 

Dm   G    A    F#m 
Free as a bird
(3-part) 

Dm   G    A    F#m
Free as a bird
(3-part) 

Dm  G   A
ooo,ooo,ooo 

run tape