Freedom Chords

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Difficulty:	intermediate
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Chords

F#m

F#7

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Tuning: D-A-D-F-A-D
Bar 9th fret for Bm
2nd fret for Em
4th for F#m
F# is 444544
and F#7 is 4x4554 or 444574, i like the latter
This is how Richie plays it and its easiest
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
Bm         Bm
(Freedom, Freedom) (x8) times
Bm                                   Bm
Sometimes I feel like a Motherless child
Em                            Bm
Sometimes I feel like a Motherless child
Bm
Sometimes I feel like a Motherless child
  F#m                 F#
a long long long....way......
 F#7               Bm
way-ayye from my Home.... Yeah!
 
(continue the same way)
 
 
[Bridge]
 
(Freedom, Freedom) (x10)
 
(Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone) (x3)
Yeah , a long long long way
way-ayye from my Home.... Yeah!
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Bm
(Clap your hands) (x8) 
Bm
(Yeah, Yeah) (x10)
Bm
(I got a telephone in my bossom and i can call him up from my heart) (x2)
Bm
When I need my brother, I say Brother! (brother) Brother! (brother)...
.....[Mother (mother) Mother (mother)] (x2) times
Yeah...Yeah...
Yeah...Yeah.........to fade *phew*
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Freedom – Richie Havens

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should add: tuning is D-A-D-F-A-D bar 9th fret for Bm 2nd fret for Em 4th for F#m f# is 444544 and f#7 is 4x4554 or 444574, i like the latter This is how Richie plays it and its easiest

wow, you guys seriously dicked this up. Tuning Open D minor DADFAD, you can tell it's d minor because he hits that open F string throughout the intro. Chords are Bb minor 8th fret Bb minor variation (888088) D# minor 1st fret F minor 3rd fret F minor modified chord (don't know how to spell it) (333301) He holds the top three down with the thumb and the bottom three with the ring finger. For the modified F he holds the top 4 (maybe 5) with the thumb. Verse switches between the Bb and D# Turnaround goes like Bb to F to F modified back to Bb Clearly visible at 2:30 on this vid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5aPBU34Fyk It may look like he's doing a change while playing the F minor, before the modified F, but to me it just looks like he's performing a mute.

For the record Richie plays:- Bminor 999899 Eminor 222122 F#minor 444344 F#7 444442