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Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 23:03:36 EDT
From: Litgo <Litgo@aol.com>
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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