Free Bird
Allen Collins & Ronnie Van Zant

Lynyrd Skynyrd
Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd
1973

I had a request for this one, and all I have is the Greatest Hits
outtake version but hopefully this is good enough.  It's a really
simple song and cool if you have a slide guitar going.  Have fun!

Chords

INTRO (4x):

|	  |	    |
G   D/F#  Em7
F    C    D


G       D/F#         Em7
   If I leave here tomorrow
F            C              D
   Would you still remember me
G              D/F#             Em7
   Well I must be travelling on now
F                         C                  D
   Cause there's too many places I've got to see

If I stay here with you girl
Things just couldn't be the same
Cause I'm as free as a bird now
And this bird you cannot change oh

BRIDGE
F          C               D
Oh and the bird you cannot change
And this bird you cannot change
Lord knows I can't change

SOLO

(verse chords 2x)


Bye bye baby it's been sweet love yeah
Though this feeling I can't change
Please don't take it so badly
Cause the Lord knows I must play

But if I stay here with you girl
Things just couldn't be the same
Cause I'm as free as a bird now
And this bird you cannot change oh

BRIDGE
Oh and the bird you cannot change
And this bird you cannot change
Lord knows I can't change
Lord help me I can't change

ENDING SOLO
G  Bb     C     (repeats until fade)
   Lord I can't change
Won't you fly free bird yeah


CHORDS:

D/F#	200232 (thumb on 6th string)
Em7	022030
Bb	x13331

To learn why these chords are named this way, check out Dansm's Guitar Chord Theory.