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Liberty by Switchfoot
Liberty
The bridge is in 3-bar phrases, not the regular 4-bar phrases.
Intro: F#m/A D/A A (x2)
Verse 1:
F#m/A D/A A
The feeling comes to me in waves
F#m/A D/A A
The darkest seas I’ve ever known
F#m/A D/A A
Mine is an odyssey of grace
F#m/A D/A A
Mine is a story headed home
F#m/A D/A A
I tie myself up to the mast
F#m/A D/A A
Give up the semblance of control
F#m/A D/A A
The sirens sing but I let them pass
F#m/A D/A A
Cuz only you could free my soul
Chorus (first):
F#m D/E A
Only you can free my soul
F#m D/E A
Yeah, only you can free my soul, yeah
Verse 2:
F#m/A D/A A
Set these broken bones to cast
F#m/A D/A A
Stitch my wounds with holy sutures
F#m/A D/A A
Every saint has got a past
F#m/A D/A A
Yeah, but every sinner’s got a future
Chorus (second):
F#m D A
And only you can free my soul
F#m D A
Yeah, only you can free my soul, yeah
Bridge:
F#m A/E D
Show me the freedom from these chains
F#m A/E D
Show me a battlefield that’s safe
F#m E/G# A
That waters still roll away
But you are my liberty
Tag:
Bm D A E
F#m D A E
F#m D
Free my soul, free my soul
A E
And let liberty flow
F#m D
Like a flood, let it grow
A E
And I’ll let the past go
F#m D
I’ve come home, back home
A E
And I’ll make it I know
F#m D
All my love, all my hope
A E
Only you could free my soul
A
Free my soul
D A
Come on and free my soul (only you could free my soul)
D A
Only you could free my soul (only you could free my soul)
I tied myself up to the mast
D A
I tied myself up to the mast and let it go (only you could free my soul)
D
Yeah yeah
A
Only you could free my soul
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version 2
#### Intro ####
A D/A A
A A A
#### Verse 1 ####
F#m E7sus4 A
The feeling comes to me in waves—
F#m E7sus4 A
The darkest seas I’ve ever known.
F#m E7sus4 A
Mine is an odyssey of grace.
F#m E7sus4 A
Mine is a story headed home.
#### Verse 2 ####
F#m E7sus4 A
I tie myself up to the Mast;
F#m E7sus4 A
Give up the semblance of control.
F#m E7sus4 A
The sirens sing, but I let them pass,
F#m E7sus4 A
'Cause only You could free my soul.
#### Chorus ####
F#m E7sus4 A
Only You can free my soul, - yeah.
F#m E7sus4 A
Only You can free my soul, – yeah.
#### Verse 3 ####
F#m E7sus4 A
Set these broken bones to cast.
F#m E7sus4 A
Stitch my wounds with holy sutures
F#m E7sus4 A
Every saint has got a past, yeah,
F#m E7sus4 A
But every sinner’s got a future, and
##### [Chorus] #####
#### Bridge ####
F#m Esus4 D
Show me the freedom from these chains.
F#m Esus4 D
Show me a battlefield that’s safe.
F#m E A
That world is still a world away,
But You are my Liberty.
#### Interlude ####
Bm D A E
F#m D A E
#### Coda ####
F#m D
Free my soul, free my soul,
A E
And let liberty flow.
F#m D
Like a flood, let it grow,
A E
And I’ll let the past go.
F#m D
I’ve come running back home,
A E
And I’ll make it—I know.
F#m D
Oh, my Lord—oh, my Hope—
A E
Only You could free my soul.
A
Free my soul.
D
Come on and free my soul.
A
*Only You could free my soul.*
D
Only you could free my soul.
A
*Only You could free my soul.*
I tie myself up to the Mast.
D
I tie myself up to the Mast and let it go.
A
*Only You could free my soul.*
D
Yeah, yeah,
A
Only You could free my soul.
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version 3
Key: A Major
This is that cool riff that plays after "But you are my liberty..." in the first Bridge and
all through the second Bridge.
e|----12-9------12-10------12-9------12---------12-9------12-10------12-9------12--------|
B|-10--------10---------10--------10----12---10--------10---------10--------10----12-----|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
If you want to play it at a lower octave
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---5-2-----5-3-----5-2-----5-------5-3-----5-2-----5-3-----5---------------|
G|-2-------2-------2-------2---4---2-------2-------2-------2---4-------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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