Free Bird Solo Easy Version guitar tab by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Free Bird Solo Easy Version guitar tab

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Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd (9:59 Studio Version)
Tabbed by Sean Coleman   (rocknguitarist@yahoo.com)

Verse: G D/F# Em F C D
Chorus: C G D

Solo Chords: G Bflat C

/=slide
*=bend
&=pull-off

Opening riff at 4:57

--------15-----------15--------------------------15-----------------------------
--12/15----15--18*20----18*20--18*20--18--15--18---18--15--18*20------
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-------------------------------18---------18--------18--------18----------------
--18--15--18*20--18*20--18*20------18*20------18*20-----18*20----20\8-
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---------------------------------(Repeat)---------------------------------------
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--18*20-X8----18-15-18-15-18-15-18-15-18-15-18-15-18-15-18-15-18-15-18
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---------------(Fast Tapping)---------------------------------------------------
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-------15------------------15---------------------------------------------------
--15-------15---18*20----------18*20------------18&15----------------------
--------------------------------------------17----------------------------------
---------------------------(Repeat Above riff (2) 32nd notes 15 times)--
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Another popular riff (1) at 5:43:

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----15----------------------------------------------------------
---------17&15------------------------------------------------
----------------17----------------------------------------------
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Riff at 5:56:

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-----17*19&15-----------------------------------------------
----------------17&15-----------------------------------------
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Fast picking beginning at 6:34 is repetitions of riffs 1, then 2, 
then this riff at 6:53:


---18&15------------------------------------------------------
---------15-----------------------------------------------------
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Then, going up the scale, starting at 7:50:


---------------------------------15---18----15--(Repeat 8)-------
----15---18----15-(Repeat 8)-------------------------------------
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----22---19----22-(Repeat 16)------------------------------------
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And, the popular riff at 8:15:

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------17--15-------15-------17----15------15-17------17------15---17-----15--
----------------17--------17-------------17---------17------17------------17----
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-----------------------------------------------------------------
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---17------15--17--15----------------------------------------
-------17-------------------------------------------------------
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Riff 2 Repeats at 8:24

At 8:34:

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-------------------15-------------------------------------------
---17---15----17--------17&15-----------------------------
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At 9:00:

------15---------------15--------------------------------------------
------------18----15--------18---15--------------------------------
-------------------------------------15-------17--15----------------
-----------------------------------------17----------17--15---------
------------------------------------------------------------15--------
--------------------------------------------------------------18--15-

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