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IT'S A FREE WORLD BABY  (2 Versions...File Last Modified:  8/8/96)

From: Adam Bubolz (bubolz@msn.globaldialog.com)
tabbed by: SKOT WEIDMAN, MIKE BEHRENS, and ADAM BUBOLZ


RIFF A:
(this is played by a string arrangement)
     *               `
e|---7---7---7---7---5---|
B|---7---7---7---7---5---|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
     q   q   q   q   w

RIFF B:
(electric guitar clean)

e|---7---------------|
B|--------7----------|
G|-------------7-----|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
   \____________/
          3

RIFF C:
(electric guitar clean)

  D
e|-------2---------------2------------|
B|---3-------3---3---3-------3---3----|
G|-2---2-------2---2---2-------2------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|

  G
e|-------3---------------3------------|
B|---3-------3---3---3-------3---3----|
G|-4---4-------4---4---4-------4------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
   s s s e   s s s s s s e   s s s


RIFF D:
(played by bass or strings when noted)

G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|---0-----0-2-----2-3-----3-0--|
     h.    e h.    e h.    e h.


INTRO: (RIFF A, RIFF B, RIFF A)

VERSE
I ..
I ..
You ..
You ..

          *             `
There's ..
It's ..

        *           `
It's ..
It's ..

CHORUS
(RIFF C)
I ..
I ..
I ..
                        Em (RIFF D, bass)
You ..
                G
You ..
                       Em (RIFF D, bass)
It's ..
                           G
And ..


*                `    (RIFF B)
get ..
*                `    (RIFF B)
get ..


Me, ..
My ..
Boys ..
All ..

*            `
Sleep,..
Wake ..

CHORUS
It's ..


*                `
get ..
*                `
get ..


Boys ..
All ..
Sleep, ..
Wake ..

*            `
Sleep, ..
*                   `
Wake ..

CHORUS
It's ..

(RIFF D by strings twice)

It's ..

(RIFF A)(RIFF B)

(RIFF A)


*                     `   (RIFF B)
Boys ..
*             `
All ..
*            `      (RIFF B)
Sleep, ..
*                   `
Wake ..


*            `      (RIFF B)
Sleep..
*                   `
Wake ..


(RIFF A)(RIFF B)

(RIFF A)

(RIFF A)(RIFF B)

(FADE)

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From: JACK/NANCY  WAGNER (102017.1777@CompuServe.COM)

it's a free world baby

lick:
e7-
b--7-
g----7-

(lick)
i was ..
i ..
you ..
you ..
there's ..
it's ..
it's ..
it's ..

chorus:
D
i don't ..
G
i hit ..
D
i ..
G                                                        Em | Em/f# | Em/g
you ..
G
you ..
Em                                           G
it's ..
Em
and ..

(do lick a few times while "get whatever you want" is said two or three times)

me, ..
my ..
boys ..
all ..
sleep, ..
wake ..

chorus

(then repeat second verse and chorus; on chorus, do Em - G - Em  - G thing 3x)