The Free Electric Band
The Free Electric Band

The Free Electric Band easy guitar chords by Albert Hammond

1973•Pop
Guitar
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E A D G B E

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  • C

  • G

  • F

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  • G

  • F

    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    Our 
    father 
    is 
    a 
    doctor, 
    he's 
    a 
    family 
    man 

    My 
    mother 
    works 
    for 
    charity 

    when 
    ever 
    she 
    can 

    And 
    they're 
    both 
    good 
    clean 
    Americans 

    who 
    ab
    ide 
    by 
    the 
    law 

    And 
    they 
    both 
    stick 
    up 
    for 
    liberty 

    and 
    they 
    both 
    support 
    the 
    war 

    Chorus 1
    My 
    happiness 
    was 
    paid 
    for 

    when 
    they 
    laid 
    their 
    money 
    down 

    For 
    summers 
    in 
    a 
    summer 
    camp 

    and 
    winters 
    in 
    the 
    town 

    Our 
    future 
    in 
    the 
    system 

    was 
    talked 
    about 
    and 
    planned 

    But 
    I 
    gave 
    it 
    up 
    for 
    music 

    and 
    the 
    free 
    electric 
    band 

    Verse 2
    i 
    went 
    to 
    school 
    in 
    hand-washed 
    shirts 

    with 
    neatly 
    ordered 
    hair 

    And 
    the 
    school 
    was 
    big 
    and 
    newly 
    built 

    and 
    filled 
    with 
    light 
    and 
    air 

    And 
    the 
    teachers 
    taught 
    us 
    values 

    that 
    we 
    had 
    to 
    learn 
    to 
    keep 

    And 
    they'd 
    clip 
    the 
    ear 
    of 
    any 

    idle 
    kid 
    who 
    went 
    to 
    sleep 

    Chorus 2
    And 
    my 
    father 
    orga
    nized 
    for 
    me 

    a 
    college 
    in 
    the 
    east 

    But 
    I 
    went 
    to 
    Cali
    fornia 

    the 
    sunshine 
    and 
    the 
    beach 

    My 
    parents 
    and 
    my 
    lecturers 

    could 
    never 
    under
    stand 

    Why 
    I 
    gave 
    it 
    up 
    for 
    music 

    and 
    the 
    free 
    electric 
    band 

    Bridge 1
    Well, 
    they 
    used 
    to 
    sit 
    and 
    speculate 

    upon 
    their 
    son's 
    career 

    A 
    lawyer 
    or 
    a 
    doctor 
    or 
    a 
    civil 
    engi
    neer 

    Just 
    give 
    me 
    bread 
    and 
    water, 

    put 
    a 
    guitar 
    in 
    my 
    hand 

    'Cause 
    all 
    I 
    need 
    is 
    music 
    and 
    the 
    free 
    electric 

    band 

    Verse 3
    My 
    father 
    sent 
    sent 
    me 
    money 

    and 
    I 
    spent 
    it 
    very 
    fast 

    On 
    a 
    girl 
    I 
    met 
    in 
    Berkeley 

    in 
    a 
    social 
    science 
    class 

    Yes, 
    and 
    we 
    learned 
    about 
    her 
    body 

    but 
    her 
    mind 
    we 
    didn't 
    know 

    Until 
    deep-rooted 
    attitudes 

    and 
    morals 
    began 
    to 
    show 

    Chorus 3
    She 
    wanted 
    to 
    get 
    married 

    even 
    though 
    she 
    never 
    said 

    And 
    I 
    knew 
    her 
    well 
    enough 
    by 
    now 

    to 
    see 
    inside 
    her 
    head 

    She'd 
    settle 
    for 
    suburbia 

    and 
    a 
    little 
    patch 
    of 
    land 

    So 
    I 
    gave 
    her 
    up 
    for 
    music 

    and 
    the 
    free 
    electric 
    band 

    Ooh, 
    the 
    free 
    electric 
    band 

    Outro 1
    Da, 
    ba, 
    da, 
    ba, 
    da, 
    da, 
    dee, 
    dee 

    with 
    the 
    free 
    electric 
    band 

    Da, 
    ba, 
    da, 
    ba, 
    da, 
    da, 
    dee, 
    dee 

    with 
    the 
    free 
    electric 
    band 

    [Repeat 
    and 
    fade] 
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