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Freddies Dead
by Curtis Mayfield
Title: Freddie's Dead
Artist: Curtis Mayfield
Intro:
3x
G||------------------------|------------||
D||*--6--6--4-----4--------|-----------*||
A||*-----------7-----7--4--|--4--4--4--*||
E||------------------------|------------||
Main riff:
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------|
D|--------2--|--------2--|--------2--|-----------------|
A|--2--4-----|--2--4-----|--2--4-----|--2--4--2--------|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------4--0--|
Choruses:
G|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
D|-----------2--4--|--6--4--2-----2--------|-----------2--4--|
A|--------4--------|-----------4-----4--2--|--------4--------|
E|--2--5-----------|-----------------------|--2--5-----------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|--------6--6--4-----4----------|
A|-----------------7-----7--4----|
E|--2--5-------------------------|
Second chorus:
2x
G||------------------|------------------------||
D||*-----------2--4--|--6--4--2-----2--------*||
A||*--------4--------|-----------4-----4--2--*||
E||---2--5-----------|------------------------||
G|-----------------|-----------------------------|
D|-----------2--4--|--------6--6--4-----4--------|
A|--------4--------|-----------------7-----7--4--|
E|--2--5-----------|--2--5-----------------------|
Change of key bit:
3x
G||------------|-----------|-----------|------------------||
D||*--------3--|--------3--|--------3--|-----------------*||
A||*--3--5-----|--3--5-----|--3--5-----|--3--5--3--------*||
E||------------|-----------|-----------|-----------5--1---||Get the free app — iPhone: The Chord Book on the App Store · Android: Free Chords on Google Play
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