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Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 23:03:36 EDT
From: Litgo
Subject: w/who/im_free.tab
I'm Free
By The Who
>From Tommy, 1969
Written by Pete Townshend
Previous transcription by Mahim Ranjan and Mike (sef@icbr.ufl.edu)
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transcribed by
litgo@aol.com
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[INTRO chords] [OUTRO chords:]
E5 02xxxx Bsus4 7Tx997x B 7Tx987x
G5 3x0xxx Bbsus4 6Tx886x Bb 6Tx876x
A5 x02xxx Asus4 5Tx775x A 5Tx765x
F#m5 24xxxx Absus4 4Tx664x Ab 4Tx654x
B5 x24xxx Gsus4 3Tx553x G 3Tx543x
F#sus4 2Tx442x F# 2Tx432x
[Note: Leads are approximate]
[INTRO] x2
E5||:E5 G5 G5 A5 A5 A5 F#m5|F#m5 A5 A5 B5 B5 B5 E5:||
[CHORUS]
E5 E5 G5 G5 A5 A5 A5 F#m5 F#m5 A5 A5 B5 B5 B5
I'm free.
E5 E5 G5 G5 A5 A5 A5 F#m5 F#m5 A5 A5 B5 B5 B5
I'm free.
G A D Dsus4 D
And freedom tastes of reality.
E5 E5 G5 G5 A5 A5 A5 F#m5 F#m5 A5 A5 B5 B5 B5
I'm free.
E5 E5 G5 G5 A5 A5 A5 F#m5 F#m5 A5 A5 B5 B5 B5
I'm free.
G A B Bsus4 B
And I'm waiting for you to follow me.
[VERSE]
Bm Bm
If I told you what it takes to reach the highest high
G A D (Dsus4) D
You'd laugh and say, "Nothing's that simple."
Bm Bm
But you've been told many times before, Messiahs pointed to the door
G A B
No one had the guts to leave the temple.
[repeat CHORUS]
E5 E5 G5 G5 A5 A5 A5 F#m5 F#m5 A5 A5 B5 B5 B5
I'm free.
E5 E5 G5 G5 A5 A5 A5 F#m5 F#m5 A5 A5 B5 B5 B5
I'm free.
G A D Dsus4 Dsus4 D
And freedom tastes of reality.
[SOLO]
Dsus4 D
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---10---10-10---10--10-|-10-10/8---8-----7-7---|
|---11---12-12---12--12-|-11-11/9---9-----7-7---|
|-0----0-------0----0---|--0------0---0-0-----0-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Dsus4 D
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|-----5-------7----7-5-5----|---3--3-3-----------|
|-----5-------5----5-5-5----|---2--0-0-----2-----|
|---5-----7-7----5--------5-|-0-0------2---0-0--0|
|-0-----0--0----0-----0-0---|----------3/0-------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
Dsus4 D
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|--1-3--------3-3-3-------|
|----------------------------|--2-2--------2-2-2-2-----|
|-0-3/0-0-0-0-0-0-------0----|-0----0------------0-0---|
|-----------------3-3-----3--|--------2^-0---------0---|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
Dsus4 D
|------------------------------|-------3-3-5-5-3-3---|
|----3-3----3-3----3-3---------|---3-3-3-3-5-5-3-3---|
|----2-2----2-2----2-2---------|---2-2-4-4-5-5-4-4---|
|----0-0----0-0----0-0-0---0---|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|----0-0---------------3/5-5---|---------------------|
|-3^-----3^-----3^-------------|---------------------|
Dsus4 D
|-3-3/3-----3---3---3--------|-------0--------------|
|-3-3/3-----3---3---3--------|-5/7-7---7-5-5-3------|
|-4-4/4-4/5---5---5---5-0-0--|-0---5---5-0-0-2---2--|
|-0-0/0-----------------0----|-5/7-7---7-5-5-0-0-0--|
|----------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------|
Dsus4 D (E)
(I'm..)
|----3---3-3---3-3------|-------------------|
|----0/3-3-3-0/3-3-3--1-|-3-----------------|
|----2---2-2---2-2-2--0-|-2-----------------|
|-0--0---0-----0------2-|-0-----------------|
|----3-------3-----3----|-----------------2-|
|-----------------------|-----------------0-|
[repeat CHORUS]
E5 E5 G5 G5 A5 A5 A5 F#m5 F#m5 A5 A5 B5 B5 B5
I'm free.
E5 E5 G5 G5 A5 A5 A5 F#m5 F#m5 A5 A5 B5 B5 B5
I'm free.
G A B
And I'm waiting for you to follow me.
|Bsus4 |B |Bsus4 |B |Bsus4 |B |Bsus4 |B |
How can we follow? How can we follow?
[OUTRO]
|Bsus4 B |Bbsus4 Bb |Asus4 A |Absus4 Ab |Gsus4 G |F#sus4 |F#
Oooh.. Oooh.. Oooh.. Oooh.. Oooh.. Oooh..
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