PROPS GO TO: Carlos Algara

"Closer to Free" by the Bodeans
tabed by Carlos Algara (mydreamland4@hotmail.com)



the chords used are:

  G  C9  D  C9sus1,2
|-3--3---2----3|
|-3--3---3----3|
|-0--0---2----0|
|-0--2---0----0|
|-2--3---x----0|
|-3--x---x----x|


Intro: (2 times)
|---2--------2--------------------|
|-----2-------------6------7--7---|
|---------4-----4--------6-6--6---|
|-4-------------------------------|
|-----------------4---------------|
|---------------------------------|

verse 1:

G         C9        D              C9
Everybody wants to live, like they wanna live

    G         C9        D              C9
And everybody wants to love, like they wanna love

G         C9       D    C9   G   C9sus1,2  G     C9  D    C9
Everybody wants to be   clo--ser   to     free!      Yeah yeah yeah
                        (note: this three
                        chords are played
                        only 1 time each).

Verse 2:

G         C9         D            C9
Everybody wants res--pect, just a little bit

    G         C9      D                 C9
And everybody needs a chance, once in a while

G         C9       D   C9   G   C9sus1,2  G      C9   D    C9
Everybody wants to be  clo--ser   to      free!       Yeah yeah yeah


Bridge:

Am           D
Every--body  one,

Am           D
Every--body  two,

Am           D
Every--body  free,

Verse 3:

G         C9       D               C9
Everybody needs to touch, you know now and then

    G         C9      D          C9
And everybody wants a good, good friend

G         C9       D   C9   G   C9sus1,2  G     C9  D  C9
Everybody wants to be  clo--ser   to      free!


(on the harmonic solo, the guitar(s) keep playing like this):

G  C9  D  C9
G  C9  D  C9
And so on...


Bridge:

       Am           D
I said every--body  one,

Am           D
Every--body  two,

Am           D
Every--body  freeeee!!!


Verse 1 (again).

G         C9        D              C9
Everybody wants to live, like they wanna live

    G         C9       D               C9
And everybody wants to love, like they wanna love

G         C9       D    C9   G    C9sus1,2  G     C9
Everybody wants to be   clo--ser    to      free!

D      C9   G   C9sus1,2  G    C9
Yeah   clo?-ser   to      free

D    C9        G    C9   D
Yeah closer to free ehhh ehhh

C9        G        C9
Closer to free!!!

D    C9          G  C9  D  G and so on....
Yeah yeah yeah
Finishes up in G

Date: Friday, June 22, 2001.
Comments: Pretty easy song, had a good time tabing it, it?s not toned down, I tried to make it as hard as I could but it just didn?t work...
Write me at: mydreamland4@hotmail.com
Thanks, and remember, ?there?s nothing conceptually better than rock ?n? roll?... (Noel Gallagher).
Peace
Carlos.