Recorded: by John in 1977 - New York and then by the remaining Beatles in 1994 - Sussex, England.
Released: The single was released on Dec 4th, 1995 in the UK and on Dec 12th, 1995 in the US.
Music: Key of A Major → C Major and back to A Major in 4/4 time at ~ 72 bpm (♩)
Chords: A, Am, C, Dm, E, E7, Esus4, F, Fmaj7, Fm, F#m, F#dim7, G, G7, Abmaj7... charts below.
Free As A Bird
A F#m Fmaj7 E7 A F#m Dm E7
Intro: 4/4 | - | - | - | - |
A F#m Dm E7 C Am Esus4 E
| - | - | - | - |
A F#m Fmaj7 E7 A F#m
1. | Free - | As a | bird - |
Dm E A F#m
It's the next best thing to be
Dm G C Am Esus4 E
Free as a | bird - | - |
A F#m Fmaj7 E7 A F#m
2. | Home - | Home and | dry - |
Dm E A F#m
Like a hom-ing bird I'll fly
Dm G C Am Esus4 E
As a bird on | wings - | - |
F
Bridge: What-ev-er hap-pened to
F#dim7
The life that we once knew?
G A A7
Can we real-ly live with-out each oth-er?
F
Where did we lose the touch
F#dim7
It seemed to mean so much?
G E7
It al-ways made me feel so
A F#m Fmaj7 E7 A F#m
3. | Free - | As a | bird - |
Dm E A F#m
It's the next best thing to be
Dm G C Am Esus4 E
Free as a | bird - | - |
A F#m Fmaj7 E7 A F#m
4. | Home - | Home and | dry - |
Dm E A F#m
Like a hom-ing bird I'll fly
Dm G C Am Esus4 E
As a bird on | wings - | - |
F
Bridge: What-ev-er hap-pened to
F#dim7
The love that we once knew?
G E7
Al-ways made me feel so free... (key change)
Instr: | C - Am | Abmaj7 - G7 | C - Am | Fm - G7 |
(free)
| C - Am | Fm - G | (key change)
A F#m Fmaj7 E7 A F#m
5. | Free - | As a | bird - |
Dm E A F#m
It's the next best thing to be
Dm G A F#m
Free as a | bird - |
Dm G A F#m
Free as a | bird - |
Dm G A F#m
Free as a | bird - |
Dm G A
Oo oo oo oo oo oo oo...Oo
Outro: (Drums)...adlib...
