Free The People Chords

KeyA Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays549

Free The People by England Dan and John Ford Coley is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords A, E, Asus2, G, D, Am and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
Speed
  			nd Fret 
  
  
Intro: A  E  A  E 
  
                   Asus2  G 
All the world goes on 
                   D                  E 
Every day there's (help) by the wayside 
          Asus2  G 
Singing a song 
                    D                  Am 
Mustn't change from here to your side 
                          G      F   G    Asus2 
Everything is caught in a mighty sea____ 
  

    A 
How do you free the people 
                                             Asus2 
Where the (silver)(seldom) light don't shine 
    A 
How do you free the people 
     E     D    E 
With light___ 
  
  
               Asus2  G 
Every day they turn 
           D              E 
To another page of our time 
                Asus2  G 
Will they never learn 
                D                 Am 
Moving slow and working in lines 
                          G      F   G     
Everything is caught in a mighty sea_____ 
  
  
Bridge: 
   A                       D              A 
It seems that (they can't) need a part of things 
     E              A       G        A                 G   F    
That maybe (if you) it's so hard, to try to make a change____ 
  
  
Instrumental:

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante