Tom: Bm
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I'M FDE - THE VIOLENT FEMMES
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Tabbed by:D'Argirolle
Album 'Why Do Birds Sing?' (1991)
Tuning: EADGBE
D G A F# Bm E
E|--2--3--0--2---2---0-----------------------------------------------------|
B|--3--3--2--2---3---0-----------------------------------------------------|
G|--2--0--2--3---4---1-----------------------------------------------------|
D|--0--0--2--4---4---2-----------------------------------------------------|
A|--x--2--0--4---2---2-----------------------------------------------------|
E|--x--3--x--2---x---0-----------------------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
D G D D G A
I'm free and I'm ha - a - ppy
G D
I am free from your hatred
G F#
I've parted from the part
G A
that I participated in
[Chorus]
D G D D G A
So I'm free it was ea - sy
G D
I know nothing of your hatred
G F#
I've known and shone the light
G A D
and the darkness abated so I'm free [D-C#-C on A string]
[Verse]
Bm
run skip jump play, my little boy is happy
Bm A
look he's smiling
A Bm
because he knows no fear, hear
E A
my mommy's calling me and I'm running through the fields because
[Chorus]
D G D D G A
I'm free and I'm ha - a - ppy
G D
I am free from your hatred
G F#
I've parted from the part
G A
that I participated in
D
So I'm free [A-G#-G on G string]
[Verse]
Bm
Every day in every way
Bm
I'm getting better and better and better and better and better and better
A
and better and better and better and better
Bm
because there is no fear here
Bm
why? I can't tell you now cause I'm
E A
runnin through the woods, and I just jumped a little bit higher, cause
[Chorus]
D G D D G A
I'm free and that's the way he created me to be
G D
I have turned from your hatred
G F#
I turned on the light
G A
and there was nothing there that waited
D
to get me
D G D G
this ain't a song about that this is a song about (repeat to fade)
