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If You Love Somebody Set Them Free Chords

Music by: Sting · 1985
Genre Pop Tone D minor BPM 125 Views 213
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[Chorus 1]
[Am]Free, free, set them free (oh, whoa)
Free, free, set them free (oh,
[Am]Free, free, set them free
Free, free, set them free

[Verse 1]
If you [Am]need [D]somebody,[Em]
[D]call [Am]my na[D]me[Em]
If [D]you [Am]want [D]someone,[Em]
you can [D]do [Am]the same[D][Em]
If you [D]want to keep
[Am]something [D]precious[Em]
You got to [D]lock it up
and [Am]throw away the [D]key[Em]
If you want to [D]hold on
[Am]to your po[D]ssession[Em]
Don't [D]even [Am]think about [D]me[Em]
If [D]you love

[Pre-chorus 1]
[F#m]somebody
If you [D]love someone
If you [F#m]love somebody
If you [D]love some[Em]one
Set them

[Chorus 2]
[Am](free) Free, [D]free, [Em]set them free
[D](set them [Am]free) Free, [D]free, [Em]set them free
[D](set them [Am]free) Free, [D]free, [Em]set them free
[D](set them [Am]free) Free, [D]free, [Em]set them free
If it's a [D]mirror you want

[Verse 2]
[Am][D][Em]
Just look in[D]to my [Am]eyes[D][Em]
Or [D]a whipp[Am]ing b[D]oy[Em]
Someone [D]to [Am]despi[D]se[Em]
Or [D]a pris[Am]oner in the d[D]ark[Em]
Tied up in [D]chains you just [Am]can't [D]see[Em]
Or a [D]beast in a [Am]gilded [D]cage[Em]
That's all some [D]people
e[Am]ver want to b[D]e[Em]
If [D]you love

[Pre-chorus 2]
[F#m]somebody
If you [D]love someone
If you [F#m]love somebody
If you [D]love some[Em]one
Set them

[Chorus 3]
[Am](free) Free, [D]free, [Em]set them free
[D](set them [Am]free) Free, [D]free, [Em]set them free
[D](set them [Am]free) Free, [D]free, [Em]set them free
[D](set them [Am]free) Free, [D]free, [Em]set them f[D]ree

[Bridge 1]
[C]You can't control
an inde[G]pendent heart
(can't hold what you can't keep)
[Dm]Can't tear the one y[C]ou love a pa[G]rt
(can't hold what you can't keep)
For[Dm]ever conditioned
to be[C]lieve that we can't live
We can't [G]live here and be happy with less
[Dm]So many riches, so[C] many souls
[G]Everything we see we want to possess

[Verse 3]
If you [Am]need [D]somebody,[Em]
[D]call [Am]my na[D]me[Em]
If [D]you [Am]want [D]someone,[Em]
you can [D]do you can [Am]do,
you can [D]do the [Em]same
If you [D]want to keep
[Am]something [D]precious[Em]
You got to [D]lock it up
and [Am]throw away the [D]key[Em]
If you want to [D]hold on
[Am]to your po[D]ssession[Em]
Don't [D]even [Am]think about [D]me[Em]
If [D]you love

[Pre-chorus 3]
[F#m]somebody (love somebody)
If you [D]love someone (love somebody)
If you [F#m]love somebody (love somebody)
If you [D]love some[Em]one
Set them

[Outro 1]
[Am](free) Free, [D]free, [Em]set them free
[D](set them [Am]free) Free, [D]free, [Em]set them f[D]ree
[Repeat and fade]
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