The Free Electric Band Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][G][C][G]

[Verse 1]
Our [C]father is a doctor, he's a [G]family man
My [C]mother works for charity
when [G]ever she can
And they're [C]both good clean Americans
who ab[G]ide by the law
And they [C]both stick up for liberty
and they [G]both support the war

[Chorus 1]
My [C]happiness was [F]paid for
when they [G]laid their money [C]down
For [C]summers in a summer [F]camp
and [G]winters in the [C]town
Our [C]future in the [F]system
was [C]talked about and [G]planned
But I gave it up for music
and the free electric [C]band[G][C][G]

[Verse 2]
i [C]went to school in hand-washed shirts
with [G]neatly ordered hair
And the [C]school was big and newly built
and [G]filled with light and air
And the [C]teachers taught us values
that we [G]had to learn to keep
And they'd [C]clip the ear of any
idle [G]kid who went to sleep

[Chorus 2]
And my [C]father orga[F]nized for me
a [G]college in the [C]east
But I [C]went to Cali[F]fornia
the [G]sunshine and the [C]beach
My [C]parents and my [F]lecturers
could [C]never under[G]stand
Why I gave it up for music
and the free electric [C]band[G]

[Bridge 1]
Well, they [F]used to sit and [C]speculate
[G]upon their son's [C]career
A [F]lawyer or a [C]doctor or a [G]civil engi[C]neer
Just [C]give me bread and [F]water,
put a [C]guitar in my [G]hand
'Cause all I need is music and the free electric
[C]band[G][C][G]

[Verse 3]
My [C]father sent sent me money
and I [G]spent it very fast
On a [C]girl I met in Berkeley
in a [G]social science class
Yes, and we [C]learned about her body
but her [G]mind we didn't know
[C]Until deep-rooted attitudes
and [G]morals began to show

[Chorus 3]
She [C]wanted to get [F]married
even [G]though she never [C]said
And I [C]knew her well [F]enough by now
to [G]see inside her [C]head
She'd [C]settle for [F]suburbia
and a [C]little patch of [G]land
So I gave her up for music
and the free electric [C]band[G]
[C]Ooh, the [G]free electric band

[Outro 1]
Da, ba, [C]da, ba, da, da, dee, dee
with the [G]free electric band
Da, ba, [C]da, ba, da, da, dee, dee
with the [G]free electric band
[Repeat and fade]