(This is just a basic chord progression. An advanced players can spice it up by adding melodic bass passages,)
(such as runs or alternating bass lines. A detailed explanation on it is at the bottom.)
(The original key is . But it's easier to utilize the open strings when played in A with a capo on the 3rd.)
(Here are the simple chord voicings)
e|--0--|--3--|--2--|
|--2--|--0--|--3--|
|--2--|--0--|--2--|
|--2--|--0--|--0--|
e|--0--|--2--|--0--|--0--|
|--0--|--3--|--3--|--2--|
|--1--|--2--|--2--|--2--|
|--2--|--0--|--2--|--2--|
Ammaj7
e|--0--|--0--|--0--|--2--|
|--1--|--1--|--1--|--3--|
|--2--|--1--|--0--|--2--|
|--2--|--2--|--2--|--0--|
I won't let you down
I will not give you up
Gotta have some faith in the sound
It's the one good thing that I've got
I won't let you down
So please don't give me up
Because I would really, really love to stick around, oh yeah!
Heaven knows I was just a young boy
Didn't know what I wanted to be (Didn't know what I wanted to be)
I was every little hungry schoolgirls pride and joy
And I guess it was enough for me (And I guess it was enough for me)
To win the race? A prettier face! Brand new clothes and a big fat place
On your rock and roll tv (rock and roll tv)
But today the way I play the game is not the same. No way!
Think I'm gonna get me some happy
I think there's something you should know
Ammaj7
I think it's time I told you so
There's something deep inside of me
There's someone else I've got to be
Take back your picture in a frame
Ammaj7
Take back your singing in the rain
I just hope you understand
Sometimes the clothes do not make the man
All we have to do now
Is take these lies and make them true somehow
All we have to see
Is that I don't belong to you
And you don't belong to me yeah yeah-ah
(Freedom) I won't let you down
(Freedom) I will not give you up
(Freedom) Gotta have some faith in the sound
(You've gotta give for what you take) It's the one good thing that I've got
(Freedom) I won't let you down
(Freedom) So please don't give me up
(Freedom) Because I would really, really love)
(You've gotta give for what you take) to stick around
Heaven knows we sure had some fun boy
What a kick, just a buddy and me (What a kick, just a buddy and me)
We had every big-shot goodtime band on the run boy
A
We were living in a fantasy (We were living in a fantasy)
We won the race. Got out of the place. I went back home, got a brand new face
For the boys on MTV (boys on MTV)
But today the way I play the game has got to change, oh yeah (oh yeah)
Now I'm gonna get myself happy
I think there's something you should know
Ammaj7
I think it's time I told you so
There's something deep inside of me
There's someone else I've got to be
Take back your picture in a frame
Ammaj7
Take back your singing in the rain
I just hope you understand
Sometimes the clothes do not make the man
All we have to do now
Is take these lies and make them true somehow
All we have to see
Is that I don't belong to you
And you don't belong to me yeah yeah-ah
(Freedom) I won't let you down
(Freedom) I will not give you up
(Freedom) Gotta have some faith in the sound
(You've gotta give for what you take) It's the one good thing that I've got
(Freedom) I won't let you down
(Freedom) So please don't give me up
(Freedom) Because I would really, really love)
(You've gotta give for what you take) to stick around
(to employ the pre-chorus chord pattern. And feel free to play just 4 bars without repeating.)
Ammaj7
(x2)
Well it looks like the road to heaven
Ammaj7
But it feels like the road to hell
When I knew which side my bread was buttered
I took the knife as well
Posing for another picture
Ammaj7
Everybody's got to sell
But when you shake your ass
They notice fast
And some mistakes were build to last
(That's what you get) That's what you get
Ammaj7
(That's what you get) I say that's what you get
(That's what you get for changing your mind)
That's what you get for changing your mind
(That's what you get)
Ammaj7
(That's what you get) And after all this time
(I just hope you understand)
Sometimes the clothes do not make the man
(All we have to do now) oh hey and
Is take these lies and make them true somehow
All we have to see
Is that I don't belong to you
And you don't belong to me yeah yeah-ah
Freedom
Oh freedom
My freedom
You've gotta give for what you take
Freedom
Hold on to my freedom
My freedom
(You've gotta give for what you take) Give it a what you give it a what
you take yeah
yeah
Yeah you gotta give it a what you give it a what you give
May not be what you want from me
Just the way it's got to be
Lose the face now
I've got to live I've got to live I've got to live
(fade out)
(End of song)
(The chorus part uses alternating bass patterns heavily. Just incorporate these in your play.)
(This line is syncopated. Please refer to the stroke patterns and the actual song for the rhythm.)
= - = - = - = - - - = - = - = - = - - - = - = - = - = - - - - - - = - = - - -
(=:16th, -:8th)
|-3--3--2--2--2--2--| |-2h3-2h3-2--2--2--x-x-|
-. -. 1 - - - -. -. 1 - - = =
(-.:8th and half, 1:4th, -:8th, =:16th)