Passenger - To Be Free: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "To Be Free" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. 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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Learn To Be Free Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Passenger
This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "To Be Free" smoothly on your guitar.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
D Vineland, New Jersey, farm land stretching G Far as the eye can see Em7 A Not much down there, but sun-scorched pastures in D G Nineteen-fifty-three D The war is over, they came searching G For a place to be Em7 A They left the Rhineland, they lost their homeland, and D G All their family Chorus: A G Like feathers on the ocean breeze Bm A/C# D They went spinning and tumbling 'cross the sea Em G A Never known where they'd come down D Or who they'd be A G Like heather on the hillside Bm A/C# D They were bruised and they were battered by the breeze Em7 G A Searching for a place D To be free Sun burn summers and frost by winter Kids were plainly dressed Left the farmhouse when he was old enough, and Headed out west From California to Southern Africa And all the way to France And on to England to meet my mother in 1981 Chorus G Oh, and like a seed Gm That is flying in the wind D A/C# Bm In search of water, soil, and sun Em7 E9 And the birds and the bees A To have it all along Now here I am, thirty-three years down Two-thousand-seventeen I've seen the Rhineland, I've been to Vineland, I'm A feather on the breeze You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsA  C#  D  Em  Em7  E9  G  Gm  Bm  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 "To Be Free" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "To Be Free" by Passenger.