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Tuning = Standard
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CAPO: 1st Fret
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INTRO
  C    G/B    Am    GX3
C  G  C
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VERSE 1
Phone calls G/Band taxi rides, Amsomebody's Gleaving
CMisunderG/Bstandings get Amout of conGtrol
And the Cright words get G/Bleft, and the Amwrong words get Gspoken
He's Cgone, but Gnot your CprideG  
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CHORUS
Hey, Cnot much can G/Bhelp the Amfull heart that's Gbreaking
CCan't find the G/Bwords and you Amcan't hide the Gfeelings
And it's Cdown to the G/Bbone, to the Amheart of the Gmatter
You're Cfree, Gfree as CstoneG/B  Am  
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BRIDGE
Look at you nowG, you're the Fpicture of Csorrow
Head in your G/Bhands like a Amscene from a Gmovie
And Amall of the Gthings that Fseemed so imCportant
Are leaves and are Gblowing aCwayG  
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CHORUS
Oh, Cnothing can G/Bhelp the Amfull heart that's Gbreaking
CCan't find the G/Bwords and you Amcan't hide the Gfeelings
And it's Cdown to the G/Bbone, to the Amheart of the Gmatter
You're Cfree, Gfree as CstoneG/B  Am  
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INSTRUMENTAL
  C    G/B    Am    GX3
C  G  C
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VERSE 2
Walk through this G/Btown on a Amcold Sunday Gmorning
CSoldiers in G/Buniforms, Amguns in their Ghands
The Cworld all caught G/Bup with Ambarbed-wire Gfences
You're Cfree, Gfree as CstoneG  
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CHORUS
Oh, Cnothing can G/Bhelp the Amfull heart that's Gbreaking
CCan't find the G/Bwords and you Amcan't hide the Gfeelings
And it's Cdown to the G/Bbone, to the Amheart of the Gmatter
You're Cfree, Gfree as Cstone
You're free, Gfree as Cstone

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Free As Stone

by Mary Black

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

G/B

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Tuning = Standard

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CAPO: 1st Fret

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INTRO

C G/B Am G

C G C

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VERSE 1

G/B Am G

Phone calls and taxi rides, somebody's leaving

C G/B Am G

Misunderstandings get out of control

C G/B Am G

And the right words get left, and the wrong words get spoken

C G C G

He's gone, but not your pride

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CHORUS

C G/B Am G

Hey, not much can help the full heart that's breaking

C G/B Am G

Can't find the words and you can't hide the feelings

C G/B Am G

And it's down to the bone, to the heart of the matter

C G C G/B Am

You're free, free as stone

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BRIDGE

G F C

Look at you now, you're the picture of sorrow

G/B Am G

Head in your hands like a scene from a movie

Am G F C

And all of the things that seemed so important

G C G

Are leaves and are blowing away

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CHORUS

C G/B Am G

Oh, nothing can help the full heart that's breaking

C G/B Am G

Can't find the words and you can't hide the feelings

C G/B Am G

And it's down to the bone, to the heart of the matter

C G C G/B Am

You're free, free as stone

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INSTRUMENTAL

C G/B Am G

C G C

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VERSE 2

G/B Am G

Walk through this town on a cold Sunday morning

C G/B Am G

Soldiers in uniforms, guns in their hands

C G/B Am G

The world all caught up with barbed-wire fences

C G C G

You're free, free as stone

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CHORUS

C G/B Am G

Oh, nothing can help the full heart that's breaking

C G/B Am G

Can't find the words and you can't hide the feelings

C G/B Am G

And it's down to the bone, to the heart of the matter

C G C

You're free, free as stone

G C

You're free, free as stone

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