The Free Electric Band chords by Albert Hammond
Intro 1
C
G
C
G
Verse 1
C
G
Our father is a doctor, he's a family man
C
My mother works for charity
G
when ever she can
C
And they're both good clean Americans
G
who abide by the law
C
And they both stick up for liberty
G
and they both support the war
Chorus 1
C
F
My happiness was paid for
G
C
when they laid their money down
C
F
For summers in a summer camp
G
C
and winters in the town
C
F
Our future in the system
C
G
was talked about and planned
But I gave it up for music
C
G
C
G
and the free electric band
Verse 2
C
i went to school in hand-washed shirts
G
with neatly ordered hair
C
And the school was big and newly built
G
and filled with light and air
C
And the teachers taught us values
G
that we had to learn to keep
C
And they'd clip the ear of any
G
idle kid who went to sleep
Chorus 2
C
F
And my father organized for me
G
C
a college in the east
C
F
But I went to California
G
C
the sunshine and the beach
C
F
My parents and my lecturers
C
G
could never understand
Why I gave it up for music
C
G
and the free electric band
Bridge 1
F
C
Well, they used to sit and speculate
G
C
upon their son's career
F
C
G
C
A lawyer or a doctor or a civil engineer
C
F
Just give me bread and water,
C
G
put a guitar in my hand
'Cause all I need is music and the free electric
C
G
C
G
band
Verse 3
C
My father sent sent me money
G
and I spent it very fast
C
On a girl I met in Berkeley
G
in a social science class
C
Yes, and we learned about her body
G
but her mind we didn't know
C
Until deep-rooted attitudes
G
and morals began to show
Chorus 3
C
F
She wanted to get married
G
C
even though she never said
C
F
And I knew her well enough by now
G
C
to see inside her head
C
F
She'd settle for suburbia
C
G
and a little patch of land
So I gave her up for music
C
G
and the free electric band
C
G
Ooh, the free electric band
Outro 1
C
Da, ba, da, ba, da, da, dee, dee
G
with the free electric band
C
Da, ba, da, ba, da, da, dee, dee
G
with the free electric band
[Repeat and fade]
The Free Electric Band
Albert Hammond
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