Violent Femmes – Im Free (Guitar)

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---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'M FREE - THE VIOLENT FEMMES ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by:D'Argirolle Email:[email protected] Album 'Why Do Birds Sing?' (1991) Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6UBu5WrwcTbkwoMEZJJXnf?si=aPshhvYnSa6SZ8eSXWGULQ
    D  G  A  F#  Bm  E 
e|--2--3--0--2---2---0-----------------------------------------------------|
B|--3--3--2--2---3---0-----------------------------------------------------|
G|--2--0--2--3---4---1-----------------------------------------------------|
D|--0--0--2--4---4---2-----------------------------------------------------|
A|--x--2--0--4---2---2-----------------------------------------------------|
E|--x--3--x--2---x---0-----------------------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
    D    G   D            D    G   A
I'm free          and I'm ha - a - ppy

     G              D
I am free from your   hatred

     G               F# 
I've parted from the part

       G      A
that I participated in 
[Chorus]
       D    G   D          D   G  A
So I'm free         it was ea  -  sy

       G               D
I know nothing of your   hatred

     G                   F#
I've known and shone the light

        G          A           D 
and the darkness abated so I'm free   [D-C#-C on A string]
[Verse]
Bm
run skip jump play, my little boy is happy

Bm                    A                          
look             he's smiling 

A                     Bm
  because he knows no fear,    hear

   E                          A
my mommy's calling me and I'm running through the fields because
[Chorus]
    D    G   D            D     G   A
I'm free          and I'm ha -  a - ppy

     G              D
I am free from your   hatred

     G               F# 
I've parted from the part

       G      A
that I participated in 

       D
So I'm free        [A-G#-G  on G string]
[Verse]
Bm
Every day in every way

            Bm
I'm getting better and better and better and better and better and better

    A
and better and better and better and better

                    Bm
because there is no fear here

Bm
why?  I can't tell you now cause I'm 

E                               A
runnin through the woods, and I just jumped a little bit higher, cause
[Chorus]
    D    G    D                   D        G     A
I'm free           and that's the way he created me to be

       G                D  
I have turned from your   hatred 

  G             F#
I turned on the light

              G                  A 
and there was nothing there that waited 

       D
to get me

D            G               D           G          
this ain't a song about that   this is a song about      (repeat to fade)