The Free Electric Band — Albert Hammond
Chords and lyrics for The Free Electric Band by Albert Hammond (key of C).
Intro
[C] [G]
Verse 1
My [C]father is a doctor, he's a [G]family man
My [C]mother works for charity [G]whenever she can
They're [C]both good clean Americans who [G]abide by the law
They [C]both stick up for liberty and they [G]both support the war.
My [C]happiness was [F]paid for when they [G]laid their money [C]down
For [C]summers in a [F]summercamp and [G]winters in the [C]town
My [C]future in the [F]system was [C]talked about and [G]planned
But I [C]gave it up for [F]music and the [G]Free Electric [C]Band.
Verse 2
I [C]went to school in handwashed shirts with [G]neatly oiled hair
And the [C]school was big and newly built and [G]filled with light and air
And the [C]teacher taught us values that we [G]had to learn to keep
And they [C]clipped the ear of many idle [G]kid who went to sleep.
Till my [C]father [F]organised for me a [G]college in the [C]east
But I [C]went to [F]California for the [G]sunshine and the [C]beach
My [C]parents and my [F]lecturers could [C]never [G]understand
Why I gave it up for music and the Free electric [C]band.[G]
Bridge
Well they [F]used to sit and [C]speculate [G]upon their son's [C]career
A [F]lawyer or a [C]docter or a [G]civil [C]engineer
Just [C]give me bread and [F]water, put a [C]guitar in my [G]hand
'Cos [C]all I need is [F]music and the [G]Free Electric [C]Band.
Verse 3
My [C]father sent me money and I [G]spent it very fast
On a [C]girl I met in Berkley in a [G]social science class
Yes and we [C]learned about her body but her [G]mind we did not know
[C]Until deep routed attitudes and [G]morals began to show
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]
Outro
[C]Oooh the [G]Free Electric Band.
[C]shaladah badup dup dee dee dee with [G]Free Electric Band.
[C]shaladah badup dup dee dee dee with [G]Free Electric Band.
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