
Elton John-Philadelphia Freedom
[Intro: Capo 3 - DO SING AT CAPO 3 LIVE] (just bass drum - play descending line as power chords)
[G-3x0003] [G] [C] (
[Bb] [Am])
[G] [G][G] [G] [C] (
[Bb] [Am])
[G] [G] [Verse: 1 - Drums in - Play barre chords for verse so can open in chorus] I
[G] used to be a rolling stone, you know
If the cause was right
I'd
[A7]leave to find the
[Bb]answer
[Am7]on the road
[G] [C/D-x5555x-x8888x relative to Capo] I
[G] used to be a heart beating for someone
But the times have changed
[A7] The less I say the
[Bb]more my
[Am7]work gets done
[G] [Chorus]'Cause I
[C] live and breathe this
[F/C]Phila
[C]delphia free
[G] dom
From the
[C] day that I was
[F/C] born I've
[C] waved the flag
[G] [F7] Philadelphia freedom took me
[E7] (same note) knee-high to a
[Am7] man
[F7] Yeah, gave me
[E7] peace of mind my da
[Eb-with capo x9-11-11-11-x] ddy never had
[C] [Cmaj7] [Cmaj7] [C*-x32103][G] Philadelphia freedom, shine on
[C] me, I
[G/B] love you
Shine a
[Am7] light through the
[G/B] eyes of the
[A7/C#] ones left
be
[D] hind
[B7sus-x24455-sounds fuller] [B7-x24445][Em] Shine a light,
[Am7] shine a light
[G/B] Shine a light, won't you
[F/C] (stop drums) shine a
[C] light
(drums back in)
[Am7] Phi__
[G/B] la__
[C] delphia
[D] freedom,
I
[C] lo _
[G/B] o___
[Am7] ove you,(stop)
yes I do
[Interlude][G-3x0003] [G] [C] (
[Bb] [Am])
[G] [G] - Repeat
[Verse: 2] [G] If you choose to you can .. live... your.. life.. alone
Some people choose the city (Some people choose the city)
Some
[A7] others choose the
[Bb]good old
[Am7]family
[G]home
(Some others choose the
[C/D] good old family home)
[G] I like liv ing easy with out fam il y ties (living easy)
Till the whip.. poor.. will.. of.. free dom
[A7] zapped me
[Bb]Right be
[Am7] tween the eyes
[G] [Chorus]'Cause I
[C] live and breathe this
[F/C]Phila
[C]delphia free
[G] dom
From the
[C] day that I was
[F/C] born I've
[C] waved the flag
[G] [F7] Philadelphia freedom took me
[E7] knee-high to a
[Am7] man
[F7] Yeah, gave me
[E7] peace of mind my da
[Eb] ddy never had
[C] [Cmaj7] [C*-x32103][G] Philadelphia freedom, shine on
[C] me, I
[G/B] love you
Shine a
[Am7] light through the
[G/B] eyes of the
[A7/C#] ones left
be
[D] hind
[B7sus] [B7][Em] Shine a light,
[Am7] shine a light
[G/B] Shine a light, won't you
(stop)
[F/C] shine a
[C] light
(drums back in)
[Am7] Phi__
[G/B] la__
[C] delphia
[D] freedom,
I
[C] lo _
[G/B] o___
[Am7] ove you, (stop)
yes I do
[Interlude] [G-3x0003] [G] [C] (
[Bb] [Am])
[G] [G] - Repeat
[Chorus]Oh,
[G] Philadelphia freedom, shine on
[C] me, I
[G/B] love you
Shine a
[Am7] light through the
[G/B] eyes of the
[A7/C#] ones left be
[D] hind
[B7sus] [B7] [Em] Shine a light,
[Am7] shine a light
[G/B] Shine a light, won't you
(drums stop)
[F/C] shine a
[C] light (drums back)
[Am7] Phi__
[G/B] la__
[C] delphia
[D] freedom,
I
[C] lo_
[G/B] o__ _
[Am7] ove you
Don't you know I
[C] lo_
[G/B] o___
[Am7] ove you, don't
you know I
[C] lo_
[G/B] o___
[Am7] ove you
[Coda] Yes I d
[G] o (Philadelphia freedom) I
[C] lo_
[G/B] o___
[Am7] ove you
Yes I
[G] do (Philadelphia freedom) know that I
[C] lo_
[G/B] o___
[Am7] ove you
Yes I
[G] do (Philadelphia freedom) don't you know that I
[C] lo_
[G/B] o___
[Am7] ove you
Yes I
[G] do (Philadelphia freedom) don't you know that I
[C] lo_
[G/B] o___
[Am7] ove you