[Verse 1]A
Oh, people always ask me
C#mA
What it's like to love everybody
BmA
What it's like to love everybody
E
They ask me
A
I tell them, "Don't be crazy
C#mA
There’s too many people around me
Bm
If I loved them all,
A
they’d break me
E
You see"
[Pre-Chorus]D
But if I'm being honest,
E
it feels like
A
Each moment is loving at
C#m
first sight
DA
Oh, I love how your looking
E
looks inside
D
Oh, I'm never changing, but
EA
In the reflection reflected
C#m
in your eyes
DA
Oh, the magic of being packaged
E
feels amazing
[Chorus]Bm
To be free
A
In illusion
F#mED
In an illusion of your making of me
Bm
To be free
A
In deception
F#mED
In a deception not crafted by me
E
So, you see
[Verse 2]A
It’s me that I am loving
C#mA
Though not the me that's talking
BmA
The one that lives in all
E
those other minds
A
Oh, how I love her dearly
C#mA
She never misses a beat
BmA
She’s pirouetting blithely
E
in the sky
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[Chorus]Bm
She is free
A
In illusion
F#m
In an illusion of your
ED
making of me
Bm
I am free
A
In deception
F#mED
In a deception protected by me
E
Mmm hmm hmm
[Outro]A
Oh, people always ask me
C#mA
What it's like to love everybody
BmA
What it's like to love everybody
E
They ask me
How to play Free: key, chords and progression
This is the chords of Free by Sylvan Esso on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.
Free by Sylvan Esso sits in A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯), and you need 6 chords to play it: A, C#m, Bm, E, D and F#m.
Listen for A – C#m – A – Bm (I – iii – I – ii in A major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – mi – doh – reh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.
Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes G, Bm, Am, D, C, Em (83% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.
Free by Sylvan Esso is in the key of A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯).
What chords are in Free?
Free uses 6 chords: A, C#m, Bm, E, D, F#m.
What is the chord progression of Free?
The main progression is A – C#m – A – Bm (I – iii – I – ii).
Is Free easy to play on guitar?
Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes G, Bm, Am, D, C, Em (83% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo).
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