From: John Speas at [email protected]
Basstab for Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Standard tuning
Intro:
[G-]-----------------|--------------|--------------------|
[D-]---5------4------|--2-----------|----5---7-5-----7-5-|
[A-]-----------------|--------------|------------3-------|
[E-]-----------------|--------------|--------------------|
|---------7----14-14-16-16-17-16-14---|
|---------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0---|
|-5---5-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
Verses:
|------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---5-----------5-4----------4-|-------------------------5-|
|-------5-----------------5----|--7--------7---7-----5-7---|
|-----------3---------5--------|-----7---------------------|
|---------------------------|------------7------7------|
|-3---3-3---3-0-------------|-------7------7------7----|
|---------------3---3-3-3/5-|--5--5----5------5-----5--|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
Choruses:
|---------------------------|----------14-14-16-16-17-19-19--|
|-3---3-3---3-0-------------|------7----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
|---------------3---3-3-3/5-|-5--5---------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
Solo Riff:
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------1--|------1-----1------0--1----5-|
|--3--3-----3-----3-------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|--3--3----3-3--3----3-|-3--3----3----3-------|
|----------------------|----------------0-1-2-|
Decending scale:
|--5--5--3--3--2--2--0--0--|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|--3--1--0--------------|
|--------------------------|-----------3--1--0--3--|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
Notes:
This piece is a classic. Have fun with the riffs, play variations of each
riff. The solo riff is especially fun to mess around with. The two best
scales for that riff are minor and dorian.