The Byrds – Chimes Of Freedom (Guitar Intro Tab)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Bob Dylan From: “Mr. Tambourine Man” (1965) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] Suggestion for 6-string guitar (don’t play it note for note; use this as a stepping stone to develop your own adaption)
 [G               [C               [G/B             [D   [D/F#
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----3-----------|----------------|----------------|
B|----3-----0-3-0-|----1-----1-3-1-|----3-------3---|3-3-3-------3-3-|
G|----0-----0-0-0-|0---0-0---0-0-0-|----0-------0---|2-------2-2-2---|
D|----0-------0---|2-----2---------|0-----0---0---0-|0-----0-0-------|
A|----------------|3-----3---------|2-----2---2---2-|----------------|
E|3----3----------|----------------|----------------|------2---------|

 [C               [G/B    [D 8D/F# [G   [Cadd9 [G/B  [G
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|1-1-1-1---1-3-1-|--0-0-3---3---3-|--3-3---3-3---3-|--3-3---3-3---3-|
G|0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|--0-0-0-2-2---2-|--0-0---0-0---0-|--0-0---0---0---|
D|2-2-------------|0-------0-------|----------------|------------0---|
A|3-------3-------|2---------------|------3-----2---|----------------|
E|----------------|------------2---|3---------------|3-----3---------|
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CHORDS
         E-A-D-G-B-e
G        3-x-0-0-3-3
C        x-3-2-0-3-3 (= Cadd9)
Em7      0-2-2-0-3-3

Gsus4/A  x-0-0-0-1-3
G/B      x-2-0-0-3-3
G/A      x-0-0-0-3-3
G/D      x-x-0-0-3-3
Am/E     0-x-2-2-1-0
D/A      x-0-x-2-3-2
G/E      0-x-x-x-x-x
G/F#     2-x-x-x-x-x
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | G | C | G/B | D D/F# | | C | G/B D D/F# | G Cadd9 G/B | G | [Verse 1]
      G               C          G                 C
Far between sundown's finish and midnight's broken toll

   G                 C        D       G        C | G |
We ducked inside the doorway, thunder crashing

     G               C             G              C
As majestic bells of bolts, struck shadows in the sounds

G                 C         D       G        C | G |
Seeming to be the chimes of freedom flashing
[Bridge 1]
D                                G           Gsus4/A | G/B G/A G G/D |
Flashing for the warriors, whose strength is not to   fight

C                                Am/E           | D    Dsus4 D |
Flashing for the refugees on the unarmed road of flight

        G              C         G              C
And for each and every underdog, soldier in the night

       G              C      G/B D/A     G        C | G    G/E G/F# |
And we gazed upon the chimes of  freedom flashing
[Verse 2]
     G                      C            G              C
Even though a cloud’s white curtain in a far off corner flashed

        G                   C        D      G        C | G    G/E G/F# |
And the hypnotic splattered mist was slowly lifting

 G                    C                   G                 C
Electric lights still struck like arrows, fired but for the ones

G                     C       D         G        C | G |
Condemned to drift or else be kept from drifting
[Bridge 2]
D                                        G          Gsus4/A | G/B   G/A G |
Tolling for the searching ones, on their speechless seeking   trail

        C                                 Am/E      | D    Dsus2 D |
For the lonesome hearted lovers, with too personal a tale

        G              C              G               C
And for each unharmful gentle soul misplaced inside a jail

       G              C      G/B D/A     G        C | G    G/D G/E |
And we gazed upon the chimes of  freedom flashing
[Interlude]
    C                    Em7            | D    Dsus2 D | D  Dsus4 D   |
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee, dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee

    C                    Em7     D     | G  C | G    G/E G/F# |
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee, dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dah
[Verse 3]
G               C                G                 C
Starry eyed and laughing, as I recall when we were caught

        G                    C        D/A       G      C | G    G/E G/F# |
Trapped by no track of hours for they hanged suspended

       G                 C            G                     C
And we listened one last time, and we watched with one last look

G                        C        D/A     G      C | G |
Spellbound and swallowed till the tolling ended
[Bridge 3]
D                                 G         Gsus4/A | G/B G/A G G/D |
Tolling for the aching ones whose wounds cannot be    nursed

        C                                     Am/E               | D    Dsus2 D |
For the countless confused, accused, misused, strung-out ones and worse

        G             C             G             C
And for every hung-up person in the whole wide universe

       G              C      G/B D/A     G        C | G |
And we gazed upon the chimes of  freedom flashing
[Interlude] as outro
    C                    Em7            | D    Dsus2 D | D  Dsus4 D   |
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee, dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee

    C                    Em7     D     | G  C | G
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee, dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dum