Chords for Heather Maloney "Rather Be Free" (acoustic) // Gondola Sessions
Tempo:
63.15 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
A
C
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Ab]
Hey, this is Heather Maloney, and [Gb] I'm doing a gondola session.
And this is a song [Ab] called Rather Be Free.
[D]
[G] Don't let him love you.
Don't let him [C] see.
[G] The rays on your head and the scars on your knees, scars [Am] on your knees.
[G] Don't let her know.
[D]
[Bm] Don't let her see.
When there's tears in your eyes, when you're not [G] a machine, not [Am] a machine.
We [G] didn't know how to be.
[A] I ran [G] with my brother to the swing between the [A] trees.
We [G] had no roles to rehearse.
[A] We [Gm] flipped a quarter to see who would swing first.
We didn't know how to be.
[A] I [G] could go higher, I'd touch the [D] scale with my feet.
[Gm] But you [D] don't let him know you.
You don't [Bm] let him see.
[C] You're a thinker and a fighter and a [D] captain at sea, [A] captain at sea.
You [Gm] don't let her know you.
You don't let [C] her see.
That your lover and a dreamer is a [Gm] passenger to sea, [A] passenger to sea.
[G] We didn't know how to be.
I ran [Gm] with my brother to the swing between the trees.
We had no roles to rehearse.
We flipped a quarter to see who would swing first.
We didn't know how to be.
[G] I could go higher, I'd touch the scale.
I could go higher, I'd touch the scale.
I could go higher, I'd touch the scale [D] with my feet.
[G] But you don't let them know you.
You don't let [C] them see.
[D] That you're tired of pretending you'd rather [G] be free.
[A] Rather be free.
[G] [C] [Em]
Hey, this is Heather Maloney, and [Gb] I'm doing a gondola session.
And this is a song [Ab] called Rather Be Free.
[D]
[G] Don't let him love you.
Don't let him [C] see.
[G] The rays on your head and the scars on your knees, scars [Am] on your knees.
[G] Don't let her know.
[D]
[Bm] Don't let her see.
When there's tears in your eyes, when you're not [G] a machine, not [Am] a machine.
We [G] didn't know how to be.
[A] I ran [G] with my brother to the swing between the [A] trees.
We [G] had no roles to rehearse.
[A] We [Gm] flipped a quarter to see who would swing first.
We didn't know how to be.
[A] I [G] could go higher, I'd touch the [D] scale with my feet.
[Gm] But you [D] don't let him know you.
You don't [Bm] let him see.
[C] You're a thinker and a fighter and a [D] captain at sea, [A] captain at sea.
You [Gm] don't let her know you.
You don't let [C] her see.
That your lover and a dreamer is a [Gm] passenger to sea, [A] passenger to sea.
[G] We didn't know how to be.
I ran [Gm] with my brother to the swing between the trees.
We had no roles to rehearse.
We flipped a quarter to see who would swing first.
We didn't know how to be.
[G] I could go higher, I'd touch the scale.
I could go higher, I'd touch the scale.
I could go higher, I'd touch the scale [D] with my feet.
[G] But you don't let them know you.
You don't let [C] them see.
[D] That you're tired of pretending you'd rather [G] be free.
[A] Rather be free.
[G] [C] [Em]
Key:
G
D
A
C
Gm
G
D
A
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
Hey, this is Heather Maloney, and [Gb] I'm doing a gondola session.
And this is a song [Ab] called Rather Be Free.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] Don't let him love you.
Don't let him [C] see.
_ [G] The rays on your head and the scars on your knees, scars [Am] on your knees.
[G] Don't let her know.
[D] _
[Bm] Don't let her see.
_ When there's tears in your eyes, when you're not [G] a machine, not [Am] a machine.
_ _ We [G] didn't know how to be.
[A] I ran [G] with my brother to the swing between the [A] trees.
We [G] had no roles to rehearse.
[A] We [Gm] flipped a quarter to see who would swing first.
We didn't know how to be.
[A] I [G] could go higher, I'd touch the [D] scale with my feet.
_ [Gm] _ But you [D] don't let him know you.
You don't [Bm] let him see.
_ [C] You're a thinker and a fighter and a [D] captain at sea, [A] captain at sea.
You [Gm] don't let her know you.
You don't let [C] her see.
That your lover and a dreamer is a [Gm] passenger to sea, [A] passenger to sea. _
_ [G] We didn't know how to be.
I ran [Gm] with my brother to the swing between the trees.
We had no roles to rehearse.
We flipped a quarter to see who would swing first.
We didn't know how to be.
[G] I could go higher, I'd touch the scale.
I could go higher, I'd touch the scale.
I could go higher, I'd touch the scale [D] with my feet. _ _ _
[G] But you don't let them know you.
You don't let [C] them see.
_ _ [D] That you're tired of pretending you'd rather [G] be free.
[A] Rather be free. _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Hey, this is Heather Maloney, and [Gb] I'm doing a gondola session.
And this is a song [Ab] called Rather Be Free.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] Don't let him love you.
Don't let him [C] see.
_ [G] The rays on your head and the scars on your knees, scars [Am] on your knees.
[G] Don't let her know.
[D] _
[Bm] Don't let her see.
_ When there's tears in your eyes, when you're not [G] a machine, not [Am] a machine.
_ _ We [G] didn't know how to be.
[A] I ran [G] with my brother to the swing between the [A] trees.
We [G] had no roles to rehearse.
[A] We [Gm] flipped a quarter to see who would swing first.
We didn't know how to be.
[A] I [G] could go higher, I'd touch the [D] scale with my feet.
_ [Gm] _ But you [D] don't let him know you.
You don't [Bm] let him see.
_ [C] You're a thinker and a fighter and a [D] captain at sea, [A] captain at sea.
You [Gm] don't let her know you.
You don't let [C] her see.
That your lover and a dreamer is a [Gm] passenger to sea, [A] passenger to sea. _
_ [G] We didn't know how to be.
I ran [Gm] with my brother to the swing between the trees.
We had no roles to rehearse.
We flipped a quarter to see who would swing first.
We didn't know how to be.
[G] I could go higher, I'd touch the scale.
I could go higher, I'd touch the scale.
I could go higher, I'd touch the scale [D] with my feet. _ _ _
[G] But you don't let them know you.
You don't let [C] them see.
_ _ [D] That you're tired of pretending you'd rather [G] be free.
[A] Rather be free. _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _