Im So Free Chords

by Lou Reed
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: C
Capo: no capo
Author Tezzi [a] 143.
2 contributors total, last edit on Feb 8, 2024

Chords

G
F
C
Bb

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Artist:     Lou Reed
Title:      I'm So Free
Album:      Transformer
Year:       1972
Author(s):  Lou Reed
 
[Intro]
G - F - C - C
G - F - C - C
 
[Verse]
 C     C          G        F    Bb  F                F    C
Yes, I am mother nature's son, (ooh-ooh) and I'm the only one
   C         C           G           F   Bb  F                F         C
I do what I want and I want what I see, (ooh-ooh) could only happen to me
 
[Chorus]
G   F       C   C
I---'m so free (ooh-ooh)
Bb  F       C   C
I---'m so free (ooh-ooh)
 
[Solo]
G - F - C - C
G - F - C - C
 
[Verse]
C    C      G        F      Bb  F            F         C
Oh please, Saint Germaine, (ooh-ooh) I have come this way
 C        C           G         F    Bb  F           F         C
Do you remember the shape I was in? (Ooh-ooh) I had horns and fins
 
[Chorus]
G   F       C   C
I---'m so free (ooh-ooh)
Bb  F       C   C
I---'m so free (ooh-ooh)
 
[Verse]
C     C             C      C       F           F         F          C
Do you remember the silver walks, you used to shiver, and I used to talk
  C      C          C         C        F     F                    F          C
Then we went down to Times Square, and ever since then I’ve been hangin round there
 
[Chorus]
G   F       C   C
I---'m so free (ooh-ooh)
Bb  F       C   C
I---'m so free (ooh-ooh)
 
[Verse]
 C     C          G        F    Bb  F                F    C
Yes, I am mother nature's son, (ooh-ooh) and I'm the only one
   C         C           G           F   Bb  F                F         C
I do what I want and I want what I see, (ooh-ooh) could only happen to me
 
[Chorus]
G   F       C   C
I---'m so free (ooh-ooh)
Bb  F       C   C
I---'m so free (ooh-ooh)
 
[Outro]
      F   F        C   C
Oh-oh-oh, I'm so free, oh-oh-oh...
 
(Keep playing F and C with the same rhythm until the end)
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8 comments
thomas.schenden
When I was a kid and this record first came out my buddy and I used to marvel at Mick Ronson's guitar on this LP. My buddy took his life a few years back and now, after a lot of trouble, he is free. I play this song for him and and for the good times. . .
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sugarfingers
Great tab, at a great price - free.
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miltoncarmonah
good two different keys....... IN Daj and the otheversion in Cmaj
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