FREEDOM OF '76 - words and music by Ween
**from the album "Chocolate and Cheese"
**Note: We did not figure this song out at all. Mickey sent it to someone
who then posted it. God love'em. So, my only contribution is gonna be to
put up the chord shapes for y'all. Cuz this song rocks.
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From boborr@voicenet.com Tue Oct 1 11:47:21 1996
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 17:51:58 -0400
From: mickey melchiondo
To: sydb@wam.umd.edu
Subject: freedom of '76
hey dude, saw your post and decided to check out your website.....
also thought i should give you the correct breakdown on "freedom".
this is what you have: Emaj7 F#m7 G#m7 F#m7
B C
D Db
F#m7 G#m7 A A# B7/#9
but this is what it really is:
Emaj7 F#m7 G#m7 Amaj7 Cmaj7 B7 Dmaj7 C#7 F#m7-E
A A# B7/add 9
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Emaj7 F#m7 G#m7 Amaj7 Cmaj7 B7 Dmaj7 C#7
E |=0=== =2=== =4=== =4=== =0=== =2=== =2=== =4===
B |=0=== =2=== =4=== =2=== =0=== =0=== =2=== =2===
G |=1=== =2=== =4=== =2=== =0=== =2=== =2=== =4===
D |=1=== =2=== =4=== =2=== =2=== =1=== =0=== =3===
A |=2=== ===== ===== =0=== =3=== =2=== ===== =====
E |=0=== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== =====
Freedom of '76
Emaj7 F#m7
Freedom of the body
G#m7 Amaj7
Freedom of the mind
Cmaj7 B7
A ho on South Street hired for tricks
Dmaj7 C#7
Little girls pickin' up sticks
F#m7 E A A# B7/add 9
Free-dom of sevent-ty six
Wastee little weasel
Wants cheap tricks
Liberty bell cracked in half
A bacon steak a perfect match
Freedom of '76
My girl Sasha
Lookin' good on the street
"Mannequin" was filed at Woolworth's
Boyz II Men still keepin' up the beat
Freedom of '76
Fairmount Park in the summer
Lookin' good on the street
"Mannequin" was filed at Woolworth's
Boyz II Men still keepin' up the beat
Freedom of '76
***Version 2*** by Jeff Harmon
One correction on Freedom of '76. It's a standard jazz progression. In the
key that you have it, it would be....
Emaj7 F#m7
Freedom of the body
G#m7 A7 (A7 better than Amaj7)
Freedom of the mind
F#m7 B7/9 (or play 7)
A ho on South Street hired for tricks
G#m7 C#7/9
Little girls pickin' up sticks
F#m7 G#m7 A -A#- B7/add 9
Free-dom of sevent-ty six
You should use some alternate fingerings for the #m7's in the 3rd line, but
in general this is it.
***Bass Tab*** by Geoffrey Dickens
Had trouble with this one. Couldn't seem to pick anything out properly
today, particularly which octaves the notes were from. It's all close
and sound fine (or right?) along with the song, but just improvise around
where you feel the need.
Q e e Q e e q Q e Q e e q e e e e q
----|-----r--------|--------r--------|-----r-----------|--------r-------
4:--|-----e--------|--------e--------|--6--e--6--6--7--|--------e-------
4:--|--7--s--7--7--|--9--9--s--9--7--|-----s-----------|--------s-------
----|-----t--------|--------t--------|-----t-----------|--5--5--t--5----
First Verse
e e e Q e e q e e e e q e e e q e e e e
---------|-----r-----------|--------r--------------|--------------------
---------|-----e-----------|--------e--------4-----|-----4-----4--4-----
---7-----|--3--s--3--3--0--|--2--2--s--2--2-----2--|--5-----5-----------
5-----5--|-----t-----------|--------t--------------|--------------------
e e e e e q e e e e e e Q q e q e Q e
r-----|--------r--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----
e-----|--------e--------3-----|--4--4--2--6--6--|--7--7--7--------|-----
s--5--|--4--4--s--4--4-----4--|-----------------|-----------------|-----
t-----|--------t--------------|-----------------|-----------6--6--|-----
Freedom...
e e q e q e e e q q q q e q e e e e e
---r--8--8--8-----|--8--8--r--8----|--9--11--13--13--11--9--|-----------
---e--9--9--9-----|--9--9--e--9--9\|------------------------|-----------
---s--------------|--------s-------|------------------------|--9--9-----
7--t-----------7--|--------t-------|------------------------|-----------
Second Verse
e q e e e Q e e q e e e e q e e e Q e
r--------------|-----r-----------|--------r--------------|--9---r-------
e--------6-----|--6--e--6--6--7--|--------e--------------|--10--e-------
s--9--7-----7--|-----s-----------|--------s--------7-----|------s-------
t--------------|-----t-----------|--5--5--t--5--5-----5--|------t-------
e e e e e e q e e e q e e e e e e
9---9------|--8--8--r--8--8-----8--|--11--11------11--11--r------|------
10--10--7--|--9--9--e--9--9--9-----|--12--12--12--12------e--12--|------
-----------|--------s--------------|----------------------s------|------
-----------|--------t--------------|----------------------t------|------
e e e q e e e e e e Q q
10--10--r--10--10--10------|--------------------
11--11--e--11--11------11--|--4--4--2--6--6-----
--------s------------------|--------------------
--------t------------------|--------------------
Freedom...
e q e Q e e e q e q e e e q q q q e
|-----------------|-----r--8--8--8-----|--8--8--r--8----||---9--11------
|--7--7--7--------|-----e--9--9--9-----|--9--9--e--9--9\||*-------------
|-----------------|-----s--------------|--------s-------||*-------------
|-----------6--6--|--7--t-----------7--|--------t-------||--------------
Third/Fourth Verses
q e e e e e q Q e Q e e q e e e e q e
13--13--11--9--|--------r--------|-----r-----------|--------r-----------
---------------|--------e--------|--6--e--6--6--7--|--------e-----------
---------------|--9--9--s--9--7--|-----s-----------|--------s-----------
---------------|--------t--------|-----t-----------|--5--5--t--5--5-----
e e Q e e e e e e e q e e e q e e e
------|--9---r--9---9------|--8--8--r--8--8-----8--|--11--11------11----
------|--10--e--10--10--7--|--9--9--e--9--9--9-----|--12--12--12--12----
7-----|------s-------------|--------s--------------|--------------------
---5--|------t-------------|--------t--------------|--------------------
e e e e e e q e e e e e e Q q
11--r------|--10--10--r--10--10--10------|---------------|
----e--12--|--11--11--e--11--11------11--|-4--4--2--6--6-|
----s------|----------s------------------|---------------|
----t------|----------t------------------|---------------|
e q e Q e e e q e q e e e q q q 2x
|-----------------|-----r--8--8--8-----|--8--8--r--8------||
|--7--7--7--------|-----e--9--9--9-----|--9--9--e--9--9\-*||
|-----------------|-----s--------------|--------s--------*||
|-----------6--6--|--7--t-----------7--|--------t---------||
Freedom...
e e e q e e e e e q e e e q q
-------------13-----13------|-----14--14-----14------|------17-----
-----14--16-------------14--|-----14--14---------14--|------18-----
----------------------------|--0----------0----------|--14---------
--0--------------0----------|------------------------|-------------
Bass and backing vocal bridge-verse
e e e e e e q e e e q e e e q e e e
17--17--r--17--|-----6--6-----6-----|-----9-------9---9------|--8--8----
18--18--e--18--|-----7--7-----7--7--|-----10--10--10--10-----|--9--9----
--------s------|--0--------0--------|------------------------|----------
--------t------|--------------------|--8------------------8--|----------
q e e e q e e e q e e e e Q e e
8-----8-----|------11------11--11------|--10--10-----10--10------|------
9-----9--9--|------12--12--12--12------|--11--11-----11--11--11--|------
------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|------
---7--------|--10------------------10--|----------8--------------|------
e e e Q q e q e Q e e e q
-----------------|-----------------|-----r--8-----
--4--4--2--6--6--|--7--7--7--------|-----e--9-----
-----------------|-----------------|-----s--------
-----------------|-----------6--6--|--7--t--------
Ahhh! Baby...
e q e e e q q q
8--8-----|--8--8--r--8-----||-------------------------------------------
9--9-----|--9--9--e--9--9--||-------------------------------------------
---------|--------s--------||-------------------------------------------
------7--|--------t--------||-------------------------------------------
**Tabbed by Jerm and Todd
Awesome Sound - Ween Guitar tabs (www.vaxxine.com/mtbhl/ween.htm)