The Byrds – For Free (Ukulele)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # From [email protected] Sun Apr 27 11:36:04 1997 Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 01:49:32 GMT From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: For Free The Byrds Chords/Words The Byrds For Free written by Joni Mitchell
G            Fmaj7      Em
I slept last night in a good hotel

       Am         C        F C
I went shopping today for jewels

    G           Fmaj7        Em
The wind rushed around  the dirty town

        Am           C             F C
And the children let out from the schools

      Am                  G
I was standing on a noisy corner

C               G       F Em D
Waiting for the walking green

G                    Fmaj7        Em
Across the street he stood and he played real good

       Am    C       F  C
On his clairinet for free
G D F C G D F C
    G    Fmaj7    Em
Now me I play for fortune

          Am     C       F  C
And those velvet curtain calls

           G         Fmaj7     Em
I've got a black limousine and two ladies

  Am         C      F C
Escorting me to the halls

         Am                   G
And I'll play If you have the money

   C           G         F Em D
Or if you're a friend to me-ee-ee

G               Fmaj7       Em
But the one man band by the quick lunch stand

       Am           C        F C
He was playing real good for free
G D F C G D F C
     G      Fmaj7      Em
Well Nobody stopped to hear him

          Am        C         F C
Though he played so sweet and high

         G           Fmaj7               Em
And they knew he had never been on their TV screen

        Am         C     F C
So they passed his music by

       Am                   G
Well I meant to go over and ask for a song

      C        G    F Em D
Maybe put on a harmony

G           Fmaj7          Em
I heard his refrain as the signal changed

              Am           C        F C  Em
He was  still playing real good for free
>From The Byrds 1973 Asylum Records Siquomb Publishing Corp (BMI)