Florence + The Machine – Free Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Florence + The Machine – Free Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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ChordsBsus2EG#m

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[Intro]
 Bsus2   E   G#m   E

[Verse 1]
 Bsus2
Sometimes I wonder if
                 E
I should be medicated
   G#m
If I would feel better
                  E
just lightly sedated
             Bsus2
The feeling comes so fast and
              E
I cannot control it
        G#m
I'm on fire,
                        E
but I'm trying not to show it

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[Pre-Chorus]
     Bsus2
As it picks me up, puts me down
E
 It picks me up, puts me down
G#m
 Picks me up, it puts me down
E
 A hundred times a day
Bsus2
 It picks me up, puts me down
E
 Chews me up, spits me out
G#m                            E
 Picks me up, it puts me down

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[Verse 2]
            Bsus2
I'm always running from something
           E
I push it back,
but it keeps on coming
              G#m
And being clever never
             E
got me very far
             Bsus2
Because it's all in my head
             E
"You're too sensitive," they said
           G#m
I said, "Okay, but let's
                          E
discuss this at the hospital"

[Pre-Chorus]
Bsus2
 Picks me up, puts me down
E
 Picks me up, puts me down
G#m
 Picks me up, it puts me down
E
 A hundred times a day
Bsus2
 Picks me up, puts me down
E
 Chews me up, spits me out
G#m                            E
 It picks me up, puts me down

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[Chorus]
                Bsus2             E
But I hear the music, I feel the beat
             G#m
And for a moment,
                         E
when I'm dancing, I am free
            Bsus2             E
I hear the music, I feel the beat
           G#m                  E
And for a moment, when I'm dancing
       Bsus2    E
I am free
       G#m    E
I am free

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[Instrumental]
 Bsus2   E   G#m   E

[Bridge]
               Bsus2
Is this how it is?
                         E
Is this how it's always been?
                 G#m
To exist in the face
of suffering and death
              E
And somehow still keep singing?
            Bsus2
All like Christ up on a cross
             E
Who died for us, who died for what?
                  G#m             E
Oh, don't you wanna call it off?
              Bsus2
But there is nothing else
                      E
that I know how to do
       G#m
But to open up my arms
                    E
and give it all to you

[Chorus]
            Bsus2             E
I hear the music, I feel the beat
           G#m                  E
And for a moment, when I'm dancing
       Bsus2   E
I am free
       G#m    E
I am free
       Bsus2   E
I am free
       G#m    E
I am free

[Ending]
 Bsus2   E   G#m   E   2x

How to play Free: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Free by Florence + The Machine on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Free by Florence + The Machine keeps coming home to E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯). You need 3 chords: Bsus2, E and G#m.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Bsus2 – E – G#m – E (Vsus2 – I – iii – I in E major). In solfa, that is soh – doh – mi – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes Asus2, D, F#m (67% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 33% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

Bsus2 chord on guitar (x24422)
Bsus2B C♯ F♯
E chord on guitar (022100)
EE G♯ B
G#m chord on guitar (466444)
G♯mG♯ B D♯

Free chords: questions

What key is Free in?

Free by Florence + The Machine is centred on E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯).

What chords are in Free?

Free uses 3 chords: Bsus2, E, G#m.

What is the chord progression of Free?

The main progression is Bsus2 – E – G#m – E (Vsus2 – I – iii – I).

Is Free easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes Asus2, D, F#m (67% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 33% without a capo).

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