I am Free

By Erick

Here's I Am Free by the Desperation Band.




Intro/Bridge:
*Play the open D string throughout the entire riff. Refer to vid for the no. of repetitions for each note.

E------------------------------
B------------------------------
G -14 --12--11--12--11--12-----
D ----------------------------- *
A------------------------------
E------------------------------ x2

E------------------------------
B------------------------------
G -12--11--9--7--4s7--7--------
D -----------------------------*
A------------------------------
E------------------------------ x2

E-----------
B-----------
G--7h9 9----
D-----------*
A-----------
E----------- x4 (struming pattern)

Then play this chord:

E--------
B--------
G----9---
D--7-----
A--------
E--------

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is an awesome tab! (Like all on this site.) I wanna use this on in my youth group. But ..um, that part when you're on the 12th and 14th fret, how did you do that? It was like pause and release or something. I can't get it to work the same way as in this video...

Anonymous said...

yea this is an awesome song!! but i was wondering if it was in the same key as the newsboys version of i am free, or in other words if i could use this intro when we play it at youth group. thanks

Anonymous said...

The newsboys version is in E, Desperations is in D

Unknown said...

This is great, ...and an improvement over how I was playing it. Thanks!

I'd love to see the fast picking part during the early verse sections. These old ears just can't seem to focus at that speed even thought it may not be that complicated. thanks again

Anonymous said...

Hey guys, for the last part of the riffs, its just palm muting to get that effect.
Its the same notes just palm muting.
So it really has to do with strumming and palm muting at the same time.
Hope this helps!!

Unknown said...

So if i wanted to play this in the key of F where would i start?

Unknown said...

To play in "F" use a capo on the first fret and play everything one fret higher than in "E"

Unknown said...

Sorry, I was thinking the song was in E. To play in "F" you'd capo on the third fret