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{title: Free as a bird} {artist: Beatles} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 72} {key: A} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {start_of_part: Intro} [A] [F#m7] [FM7] [E] [A] [F#m7] [Dm7] [E] [A] [F#m7] [Dm7] [G7] [C] [Am] [Esus4] [E] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} [A]free [F#m7] [FM7] [E]as a [A]bird, [F#m7] [Dm7] it's the [E]next best [A]thing to [F#m7]be, [Dm7] free [G7]as a [C]bird [Am] [Esus4] [E] {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} [A]home, [F#m7] [FM7] [E]home and [A]dry, [F#m7] [Dm7] like a [E]homing [A]bird I'll [F#m7]fly, [Dm7] as a [G7]bird on [C]wings [Am] [Esus4] [E] {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Bridge 1} [F] whatever happened to,[F#dim] the life that we once knew? [G] can we really live with[A7/G]out each other? [F] where did we lose the touch [F#dim] that seemed to mean so much? [G] it always made me [Esus4]feel so... {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 3} [A]free [F#m7] [FM7] [E]as a [A]bird, [F#m7] [Dm7] like the [E]next best [A]thing to [F#m7]be, [Dm7] free [G7]as a [C]bird [Am] [Esus4] [E] {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Bridge 2} [F] whatever happened to [F#dim] the life that we once knew? [G] always made me [Esus4]feel [E]so free {end_of_part} {start_of_part: Solo} [C] [Am7] [Ab] [G] [C] [Am7] [Fm] [G] [C] [Am7] [Fm] [G] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 5} [A]free [F#m7] [FM7] [E]as a [A]bird, [F#m7] [Dm7] it's the [E]next best [A]thing to [F#m7]be, [Dm7] free [G7]as a [A]bird [F#m7] [FM7] {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Outtro} free [G7]as a [A]bird [F#m7] [FM7] free [G7]as a [A]bird [F#m7] [FM7] [G7] (ooh-[A]ooh) {end_of_part}