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Lynyrd Skynyrd-Free Bird - BPM - 61

[Looping - you have to grab the G to B to C during lord I can't change bit - so you can get the solo tone ready]
[Intro]
[G] [D] [Em] [Em]
[F] [C] [D] [D]
[G] [D] [Em] [Em]
[F] [C] [D] [D]

[Verse 1] 
[G] If I [D] leave here to [Em] morrow
[F] Would you [C] still remember [D] me?
[G] For I must be [D] travelling [Em] on now
[F] Cos there's too many [C] places I got to [D] see
 
[G] If I [D] stay here with [Em] you girl
[F] Things just [C] couldn't be the [D] same
[G] Cos I'm as [D] free as a [Em] bird now
[F] And this [C] bird you cannot [D] change

[F] And this [C] bird you cannot [D] change
[F] And this [C] bird you cannot [D] change
[F] Lord [C] knows I can't [D] change
 
[Interlude]
[G] [D] [Em] [Em] - [F] [C] [D] [D] x 2

[Verse 2] 
[G] Bye bye, [D] it's been a [Em] sweet love
[F] Though this [C] feeling I can't [D] change
[G] But please don't [D] take it so [Em] badly
[F] Cos the Lord [C] knows I'm to [D] blame
 
[G] But if I [D] stay here with [Em] you girl
[F] Things just [C] couldn't be the [D] same
[G] Cos I'm as [D] free as a [Em] bird now
[F] And this [C] bird you'll never [D] change, oh oh oh
 
[F] And this [C] bird you cannot [D] change
[F] And this [C] bird you cannot [D] change
[F] Lord [C] knows I can't [D] change
[F] Lord [C] help me, I can't [D] change
 
[G] [Bb] Lord, I [C] can't change
Won't you [G] fly [Bb] high [C] free bird, yeah!
 
[Solo - G dorian - E-653 B-653]
[G] [Bb] [C] [G] 

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Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here - BPM - 61

[LOOPING NOTES - PLAY OPENING CHORDS WITH RIFF AND THEN CAN LOOP WHILST YOU PLAY OVER THE TOP]

[Looping] Instrumental chords - play once with drum after 1st verse - then have them stored for later section - Allude to bass line whilst chords ringing out rather than specifically articulating

[Intro]                                  
                     Em7                G            
e|-------------------3-3----------------3-3---------|
B|-------------------3-3----------------3-3---------|
G|-------------------0-0------0---------0-0---------|   
D|----------0--2-----2-2---2-----2--0---0-0---------| x2
A|-----0h2-----------2-2----------------2-2---------|   
E|--3----------------0-0----------------3-3---------|   
                                                        
                     Em7               A7sus4           
e|-------------------3-3----------------3-3---------|   
B|-------------------3-3----------------3-3---------|   
G|-------------------0-0----------------2-2---------|   
D|----------0--2-----2-2--2--0----------2-2---------| x2
A|-----0h2-----------2-2--------2--0----0-0---------|   
E|--3----------------0-0----------------------------|   
                                                        
               G                                        
e|-------------3-3-------|                              
B|-------------3-3-------|                              
G|-------------0-0-------|                              
D|-------------0-0-------|                              
A|--0-2-0------2-2-------|                              
E|---------3---3-3-------|                              

[Verse 1]                  
 [C] So, so you think you can t [D/F#] ell,
Heaven from H [Am/E] ell, blue skies from pa [G] in.
Can you tell a green  [D/F#] field from a cold steel 
ra [C] il, a smile from a ve [Am] il
Do you think you can t [G] ell?

[Verse 2]                                  
Did they get you to tr [C] ade your heroes for  [D/F#] ghosts,
Hot ashes for tr [Am/E] ees, hot air for a coo [G] l breeze, 
cold comfort for cha [D/F#] nge,
And did you exchan [C] ge a walk on part in the  
[Am] war for a lead role in a ca [G] ge?

[Instrumental]                          
Em7  G  Em7  G  Em7  A7sus4  Em7  A7sus4  G

[Verse 3]                        
 [C] How I wish, how I wish you were  [D/F#] here
We're just  [Am/E] two lost souls swimming in a 
fish bowl,  [G] year after year,
 [D/F#]  Running over the same old ground.  [C] What have we found?
The same old  [Am] fears. Wish you were here!  [G]  

[Instrumental]
Em7  G  Em7  A7sus4  Em7  A7sus4  G  x2

[End]
During instrumental play Bass line the same way you 
play superstition
Initial climb up just hammer on to B from A whilst 
playing G - strum the rest
Back to G - D string - 5 2
Back to A - A string 7 5 E string 7
Back to Em (in A section) E string 5h7 A string 5
Final riff before hand on G - E string 5 7 5


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