{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2448135,"song":"To Be Free","artist":"Passenger","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2448135-to-be-free-chords-by-passenger/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2448135?type=chord","rating":4.71243,"votes":49,"content":"For the live acoustic version recorded in Wyoming that can be found on YouTube, put the capo on 5, \r\nand transpose the chords seven half steps down (so that the D changes into a G). \r\n\r\nThe E9 chord in the bridge must be played as: 022104\r\nThe A/C# chord in the chorus must be played as: x42220\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nVineland, New Jersey, farm land stretching[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nFar as the eye can see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nNot much down there, but sun-scorched pastures in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNineteen-fifty-three[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe war is over, they came searching[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nFor a place to be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nThey left the Rhineland, they lost their homeland, and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll their family[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike feathers on the ocean breeze[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A/C#[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey went spinning and tumbling 'cross the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNever known where they'd come down[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOr who they'd be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike heather on the hillside[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A/C#[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey were bruised and they were battered by the breeze[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nSearching for a place[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo be free[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSun burn summers and frostbite winter[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nKids were plainly dressed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nLeft the farmhouse when he was old enough, and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHeaded out west[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom California to Southern Africa[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nAnd all the way to France[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd on to England to meet my mother in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nNineteen-eighty-one[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA feather on the ocean breeze[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A/C#[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe went spinning and tumbling 'cross the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNever known where he'd come down[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOr who he'd be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike heather on the hillside[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A/C#[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was bruised and he was battered by the breeze[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSearching for a place[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo be free[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, and like a seed[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThat is flying in the wind[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIn search of water, soil, and sun[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]E9[/ch]\r\nAnd the birds and the bees[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Asus4[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo have it all along[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow here I am, thirty-three years down[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTwo-thousand-seventeen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Asus4[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI've seen the Rhineland, I've been to Vineland, I'm[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA feather on the breeze[/tab]","plain_text":"For the live acoustic version recorded in Wyoming that can be found on YouTube, put the capo on 5, \nand transpose the chords seven half steps down (so that the D changes into a G). \n\nThe E9 chord in the bridge must be played as: 022104\nThe A/C# chord in the chorus must be played as: x42220\n\n[Intro]\nD Dsus2 D Dsus2 D Dsus2 G Em7 A D G\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nD Dsus2 D Dsus2 D G Em7 A D G\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]","chords":["D","G","E9","A/C","Dsus2","Em7","A","D/F#","Asus4","Bm","A/C#","Em","Gm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Asus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,3,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dsus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,0],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}