Free Bird Lynyrd Skynyrd
Lynyrd Skynyrd
FREE BIRD
The track is based in G , and the 5 minute solo used mainly
the G minor pentatonic scale. I suggest practicing the sliding intro
with your finger first and then get out the bottleneck. Also it's
a good idea to rig your electronic tuner (you do have one?) up so
that when you play the guitar a bend a note you can see how close you get
, you should get a power supply for your tuner so you can turn it on
permanantly when your amp is switched on . This really does improve
you pitch. It is vital that you get the right pitch of the notes with
the slide or it sounds useless. Also add a bit vibrato with the slide
for extra effect. You only need a little bit distortion and not to much
for the solo either. Okay here 'tis.
* 2 use slide now!
E--3-----Ý-0--0--Ý--1--0--Ý---3--2--0--2---Ý--------------------- B--0-----Ý-0--0--Ý--1--1--Ý---3--3--3--3---Ý--3>8--7>8--7--8----- G--0-----Ý-0--0--Ý--2--0--Ý---2--2--2--2---Ý--------------------- D--0-----Ý-2--2--Ý--3--2--Ý---0--0--0--0---Ý--------------------- A--2-----Ý-2--2--Ý--3--3--Ý----------------Ý--------------------- E--3--2--Ý-0--0--Ý--1-----Ý----------------Ý---------------------
[G] [D/F#] [Em] [F] [C] [D] [G] [D/F#]
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[Em] [F] [C]
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[D] [G] [D/F#] [Em]
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[D] [G]If I leave here [D/F#] tom___o[Em]row
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[F]would you sti[C]ll remember me? [D] [G]for I m[D/F#]ust be
travelling on
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[Em]now [F]cause theres[C] to many places[D] i've got to see
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Bu[G]t if I [D/F#]stay her[Em]e with you girl [F] things j[C]ust couldn't be the same
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[D] '[G]Cause i'm free [D/F#]as a bird
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[Em]now, [F]and this bird y[C]ou cannon [D]change oh
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[F]and this bird you c[C]annot chang[D]e.
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[F] And this[C] bird you cannot [D]change [F]Lord know I[C] can't change
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[D]
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[F] Lord help [C]me I can't ch[D]ange_________________________________
Thats the main song covered , this repeats a few times and then when
come to the outro section . You can take your slide of now and
change to some rhythm playing and then it's the solo.
oh yes this is where there is some slight phasing , but also it's
switched off for the main body of the solo and gradually builds up
into the end section.
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/lynyrd_skynyrd/free_bird_tab.html )
E-------------------------Ý--------------------------Ý------------------------ B-X--3--X--3--X--3--X--3--Ý--5--5--X--5--X--5--X--5--Ý-X--5--X--5--X--5--X--5- G-X--3--X--3--X--3--X--3--Ý--5--5--X--5--X--5--X--5--Ý-X--5--X--5--X--5--X--5- D-X--3--X--3--X--3--X--3--Ý--5--5--X--5--X--5--X--5--Ý-X--5--X--5--X--5--X--5- A-X--1--X--1--X--1--X--1--Ý--3--3--X--3--X--3--X--3--Ý-X--3--X--3--X--3--X--3- E-------------------------Ý--------------------------Ý------------------------
[Bb]Lord_________ I c[C]an't change_____________ won't you
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[G] [Bb] [C]
The Guitar Solo
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Now the solo comes in , you guitar should not be totally
screaming for this but should have plenty of gain giving a good impact
the solo is very energetic , in the 2nd and 3rd sections notice
how the feel and timing slightly changed , I am only going to cover
the first part.
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As you can see it uses the same riff repeating a lot it seems daft
writing it all out like I just did so i'll show you the riff
and how many times it repeats
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This is repeated 3 times and on the 4 time play this:
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The next riff which is repeated twice is :
E------------------------------------------------------------------------- B---18p15-------15----18p15-------15----18p15-------15----18p15-------15-- G---------17b19-------------17b19-------------17b19-------------17b19----- D------------------------------------------------------------------------- A------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
and this follows:
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