George Michael - Freedom! '90: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Freedom! '90" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

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C                A#
I won't let you down
                    F
I will not give you up
                               C
Gotta have some faith in the sound
                                   C
It's the one good thing that I've got
                 A#
I won't let you down
                        F
So please don't give me up

Because I would really,
 C
really love to stick around, oh yeah!

G                         F
Heaven knows I was just a young boy
                            Csus4 C
Didn't know what I wanted to be
                             Csus4 C
(Didn't know what I wanted to be)
      G                                 F
I was every little hungry schoolgirls pride and joy
                             Csus4 C
And I guess it was enough for me
                               Csus4 C
(And I guess it was enough for me)
   G
To win the race? A prettier face!
 F
Brand new clothes and a big fat place
       Csus4 C
On your rock and roll tv
  Csus4 C
(rock and roll tv)
     G                                        F
But today the way I play the game is not the same.
No way!
                       Csus4 C   Csus4 C
Think I'm gonna get me some happy

Cm
I think there's something you should know
Cmaj7
I think it's time I told you so
Cm7
There's something deep inside of me
F
There's someone else I've got to be
Cm
Take back your picture in a frame
Cmaj7
Take back your singing in the rain
Cm7
I just hope you understand
F
Sometimes the clothes do not make the man

Chorus:
C              A#
All we have to do now
    F                   C
Is take these lies and make them true somehow
C               A#
All we have to see
           F
Is that I don't belong to you
         C
And you don't belong to me yeah yeah-ah
C
(Freedom) I won't let you down
A#
(Freedom) I will not give you up
F
(Freedom) Gotta have some faith in the sound
C
(You've gotta give for what you take)
It's the one good thing that I've got
C
(Freedom) I won't let you down
A#
(Freedom) So please don't give me up
F
(Freedom) Because I would really, really love)
C
(You've gotta give for what you take)
to stick around

Heaven knows we sure had some fun, boy
What a kick, just a buddy and me
(What a kick, just a buddy and me)
We had every big-shot goodtime band on the run, boy
We were living in a fantasy
We won the race, got out of the place
Went back home,
got a brand new face for the boys on MTV
But today the way I play
the game has got to change oh yeah (Oh, yeah)
Now I'm gonna get myself happy

I think there's something you should know
I think it's time I stopped the show
There's something deep inside of me
There's someone I forgot to be
Take back your picture in a frame
Don’t think that I’ll be back again
I just hope you understand
Sometimes the clothes do not make the man

Chorus:
All we have to do now
Is take these lies and make them true somehow
All we have to see
Is that I don't belong to you
And you don't belong to me (Yeah, Yeah!)
Freedom
I won't let you down (Freedom!)
I will not give you up, (Freedom!)
Gotta have some faith in the sound
(You got to give what you take)
It's the one good thing that I've got (Freedom!)
I won't let you down (Freedom!)
So please don't give me up (Freedom!)
Cause I would really,
really love to stick around
(You got to give what you take)

Well it looks like the road to heaven
But it feels like the road to hell
When I knew which side my bread was buttered
I took the knife as well
Posing for another picture
Everybody's got to sell
But when you shake your ass
They notice fast
And some mistakes were built to last
That's what you get, that's what you get, that's what you get
I say that's what you get
I say that's what you get
That's what you get for changing your mind
And after all this time
I just hope you understand
Sometimes the clothes do not make the man

Chorus:
All we have to do now (Oh, yeah)
Is take these lies and make them true somehow
All we have to see
Is that I don't belong to you
And you don't belong to me (Yeah, Yeah!)
Freedom! (Oh!)
Freedom!
(My) Freedom!
You got to give what you take!
Freedom!
I'll hold on to my (Freedom!)
My (Freedom!)
You got to give what you take!
(You got to give what, to give what,
to give what you take!)

Yeah!
You got to give what, to give what, to give
May not be what you want from me
Just the way it's got to be
Lose the face now
I've got to live


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

A#

Guitar chord A#

C

Guitar chord C

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

Cmaj7

Guitar chord Cmaj7

Cmaj

Guitar chord Cmaj

Csus4

Guitar chord Csus4

Cm7

Guitar chord Cm7

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Freedom! '90" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Freedom! '90" by George Michael.