Skynyrd
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: FCapotraste:
3rd traste
As recorded by Sam Grow
(From the 2024 Album AVALON AVENUE)
Capo 3rd fret
[Intro]
D C G D C G
[Verse 1]
D
The first time I heard Lynyrd
C G
Was on the bench seat there with her
D C G
We were cutting pines [?] through the pines
D
Hear my daddy's old Ford
C G
With a free tree on the [?]
D C G
A few generation's first times
[Pre-Chorus]
F#m G
We didn't know the band of dad's cassette, that was on ten
Em D/F# G A
It was cool enough for us, there was cool in my old man
[Chorus]
G
We were Free as a Bird
D
Learning every damn word
G D
To Simple Man and Gimme Three Steps
A Bm
But when she headed back Sweet Home
A
I felt Curtis Loew
G E
When she went Tuesday's Gone with the wind
G A D C G
And I've never heard Skynyrd the same way again
[Verse 2]
D
When she's in smoking bars
C G
And she hears them guitars
D C G
Yeah I wonder does she think of me
D
They say young love don't last
C G
But just like that plane crash
D A
Me and her went down in history and
[Chorus]
G
We were Free as a Bird
D
Learning every damn word
G D
To Simple Man and Gimme Three Steps
A Bm
But when she headed back Sweet Home
A
I felt Curtis Loew
G E
When she went Tuesday's Gone with the wind
G A D
And I've never heard Skynyrd the same way again
[Guitar Solo]
D C G D C G D
C G D C
[Chorus]
G
We were Free as a Bird
D
Learning every damn word
G D
To Simple Man and Gimme Three Steps
A Bm
But when she headed back Sweet Home
A
I felt Curtis Loew
G E
When she went Tuesday's Gone with the wind
G A N.C.
And I've never heard Skynyrd the same way again
How to play Skynyrd
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The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.