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|singer = [[Joe Hawley]] | |singer = [[Joe Hawley]] | ||
|album = [[Cover Songs|N/A]] | |album = [[Cover Songs|N/A]] | ||
|duration = | |duration = It's like 9 minutes! | ||
|genre = Rock | |genre = Southern Rock, Country, Ballad | ||
|language = English | |language = English | ||
|externalLinks = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XCCigeYPs8 Live Performance from 2006 (YouTube)] | |externalLinks = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XCCigeYPs8 Live Performance from 2006 (YouTube)] | ||
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'''Free Bird''' is a song by Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant, and performed by the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. | '''Free Bird''' is a song by Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant, and performed by the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. | ||
A staple at concerts for many decades is to shout "Play Free Bird" as a joke, likely due to the song's length. In 2006, [[Tally Hall]] would learn the song note-by-note for their live concerts because people love shouting it out and they wanted to "teach them a lesson."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUaDU0u6aBw& MTV, Buzzworthy - Tally Hall Interview, 2008]</ref> Tally Hall would perform Free Bird usually at the beginning or in the encore of a concert from 2006 to 2009, but was retired from the setlist for unknown reasons. | A staple at concerts for many decades is to shout "Play Free Bird" as a joke, likely due to the song's length. In 2006, [[Tally Hall]] would learn the song note-by-note for their live concerts because people love shouting it out and they wanted to "teach them a lesson."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUaDU0u6aBw& MTV, Buzzworthy - Tally Hall Interview, 2008] 2008. ''YouTube.''</ref> Tally Hall would perform Free Bird usually at the beginning or in the encore of a concert from 2006 to 2009, but was retired from the setlist for unknown reasons. | ||
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==Tabs/Chords== | ==Tabs/Chords== | ||
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Taken from [https://www.e-chords.com/chords/lynyrd-skynyrd/freebird e-Chords]. | Taken from [https://www.e-chords.com/chords/lynyrd-skynyrd/freebird e-Chords]. | ||
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Fly high freebird oh yeah! . . . | Fly high freebird oh yeah! . . . | ||
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==Live Performances== | |||
2006: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XCCigeYPs8 | |||
December 10th 2009: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ3NlJAXHRo at the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 13:19, 17 June 2024
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| Written by | Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant |
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| Appears on | N/A |
| Sung by | Joe Hawley |
| Duration | It's like 9 minutes! |
| Genre | Southern Rock, Country, Ballad |
| Language | English |
| Links: | Live Performance from 2006 (YouTube) |
Free Bird is a song by Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant, and performed by the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd.
A staple at concerts for many decades is to shout "Play Free Bird" as a joke, likely due to the song's length. In 2006, Tally Hall would learn the song note-by-note for their live concerts because people love shouting it out and they wanted to "teach them a lesson."[1] Tally Hall would perform Free Bird usually at the beginning or in the encore of a concert from 2006 to 2009, but was retired from the setlist for unknown reasons.
Lyrics
If I leave here tomorrow Would you still remember me? For I must be traveling on now 'Cause there's too many places I've got to see But if I stay here with you, girl Things just couldn't be the same 'Cause I'm as free as a bird now And this bird you cannot change Oh, oh, oh, oh And the bird you cannot change And this bird, you cannot change Lord knows, I can't change Bye-bye, baby, it's been sweet love, yeah, yeah Though this feelin' I can't change Please don't take it so badly 'Cause Lord knows, I'm to blame If I stay here with you, girl Things just couldn't be the same 'Cause I'm as free as a bird now And this bird you cannot change Oh, oh, oh, oh And the bird you cannot change And this bird, you cannot change Lord knows, I can't change Lord help me, I can't change Lord, I can't change Won't you fly high, free bird, yeah
Tabs/Chords
Taken from e-Chords.
G D Em If I leave here tomorrow F C D Would you still remember me? G D Em For I must be travelling on now F C D Cos there's too many places I must see G D Em If I stay here with you girl F C D Things just couldn't be the same G D Em Cos I'm as free as a bird now F C D And this bird you cannot change F C D And this bird you cannot change F C D And this bird you cannot change F C D Lord knows I can't change G D Em Bye bye, it's been a sweet love F C D Though this feeling I can't change G D Em But please don't take it so badly F C D Cos the Lord knows I'm to blame G D Em But if I stay here with you girl F C D Things just couldn't be the same G D Em Cos I'm as free as a bird now F C D And this bird you cannot change oh oh oh F C D And this bird you cannot change F C D And this bird you cannot change F C D Lord knows I can't change F C D Lord help me I can't change G Bb C Lord I can't change G Bb C Oh I can't change G Bb C G Fly high freebird oh yeah! . . .
Live Performances
2006: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XCCigeYPs8 December 10th 2009: at the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland
References
- ↑ MTV, Buzzworthy - Tally Hall Interview, 2008 2008. YouTube.