Freedom And It's Owner by Kings Of Convenience
Tabbed by Simon Bance, January 2011
*** Erlend *** (Steel string acoustic)
Tuning: Standard Capo 6
Intro
|----0-----0-----|0-----0---------|----0-----0-----|0-----0---------|
|--0-----0-----0-|----0-----0---0-|--0-----0-----0-|----0-----0---0-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|4-----6-----4---|--6-----4---6---|4-----5-----4---|--5-----4---0---|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----0-----0-----|0-----0---------|----0-----0-----|0-----0---------|
|--0-----0-----0-|----0-----0---0-|--0-----0-----0-|----0-----------|
|2-----4-----2---|--4-----2-------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|------------0---|4-----6-----4---|--6-----7p6-4---|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----0-----0-----|0-----0---------|----0-----0-----|0-----0---------|
|--0-----0-----0-|----0-----0---0-|--0-----0-----0-|----0-----0---0-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|4-----6-----4---|--6-----4---6---|4-----5-----4---|--5-----4---5---|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----0-----0-----|0-----0---------|----------------|----------------|
|--0-----0-----0-|----0-----0---0-|----------------|----------------|
|2-----4-----2---|--4-----2-------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|------------0---|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|2---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Verse
|0---------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
|3---------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
|0---------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
|0---------------|----------------|2---------------|----------------|
|2---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|0---------------|----------------|----------------|2---------------|
|3---------------|----------------|----------------|0---------------|
|0---------------|----------------|----------------|0---------------|
|2---------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
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|3---------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
|0---------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
|0---------------|----------------|2---------------|----------------|
|2---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|0---------------|----------------|------0---0m--0-|--0m---0---0m--0|
|1---------------|----------------|------0---0m--0-|--0m---0---0m--0| m = short, muted strum.
|0---------------|----------------|------0---0m--0-|--0m---0---0m--0|
|2---------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------| This strumming in
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| the last two bars
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| don't appear later.
Now some strummed chords, which I don't want to tab out fully.....
x x 0 0 3 0
x x 2 0 0 0
x x 2 0 3 0
x x 0 0 0 0
3 times, then
"Freedom, freedom.... "
x x 0 0 0 2
x x 0 0 0 3
x x 0 0 0 0
x x 0 0 0 2
2 times
Back to the intro riff and repeat earlier verse sections.
"This time it's me..."
|----------------|----------------|2---------------|2-------0-------|
|1--0------------|---0-------0----|0---------------|0-------0-------|
|------2-0-----0-|2-----0-2-------|0---------------|0-------0-------|
|-----------2----|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
"The unfamiliar is right below our eyes..."
Strum these two chords for a while...
x 3 2 0 0 0
x 4 2 2 0 0
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|3-----0---------|2-----0---------|----------------|
|0-----0---------|2-----2---------|0---------------|
|2-----2---------|2-----2-----4-0-|2---------------|
|----------------|0-----0---------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|0---------------|
After the next "Freedom, freedom..." bit we go back to the previus strummed chords
x x 0 0 3 0
x x 2 0 0 0
x x 2 0 3 0
x x 0 0 0 0
*** Eirik *** (Nylon string acoustic)
Tuning: Standard Capo 1
Main riff: (for clarity, each bar here corresponds to 8 beats in the song)
The main riff is rhythmically complex so for the sake of my less experienced readers I will first give just the full notes...
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------0-------0---------|--------------5-------5---------|
|--------------6-------6---------|--------------4-------4---------|
|--------------7-------7---------|------5---5-------5-------5-----|
|------7---7-------7-------7-----|3-------------------------------|
|5-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------10------10--------|--------------0-------0---------|
|--------------9-------9---------|--------------6-------6---------|
|------10--10------10------10----|--------------7-------7---------|
|8-------------------------------|------7---7-------7-------7-----|
|--------------------------------|5-------------------------------|
Ok, that's not so hard. Now I will give the same riff but with the additional muted notes.
You should play the lower two strings from each chord shape with your thumb, plucking the higher notes with your index, middle and ring fingers, which stay together and move in unison.
For the muted notes (written "m") you should use the same three fingers to hit downwards on the relevant strings.
I hope that makes sense. I will try to tab a video to show you all what I mean.
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----m---------0-----m-0-----m---|-----m--------5-----m-5-----m---|
|----m---------6-----m-6-----m---|-----m--------4-----m-4-----m---|
|----m---------7-----m-7-----m---|------5---5-------5-------5-----|
|------7---7-------7-------7-----|3-------------------------------|
|5-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----m---------10----m-10----m---|-----m--------0-----m-0-----m---|
|----m---------9-----m-9-----m---|-----m--------6-----m-6-----m---|
|------10--10------10------10----|-----m--------7-----m-7-----m---|
|8-------------------------------|------7---7-------7-------7-----|
|--------------------------------|5-------------------------------|
The verse and chorus both use the same picking pattern but the chord patterns are as follows:
5 7 5 5 x x
x 8 7 5 5 x (or play it as x x 3 2 1 0 )
x 5 7 5 6 x
x 3 5 4 5 x
5 7 5 5 x x
x 8 7 5 5 x (or play it as x x 3 2 1 0 )
x 5 7 5 6 x
x 10 9 7 8 x (or play it as x x 5 4 3 0 )
Now,
"And this it's me, it's me...."
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|5-------7-------|7-------9-------|
|----------------|----------------|
|5-------7-------|8-------10------|
|----------------|----------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----m---------0-----m-0-----m---|--------------------------------|
|----m---------0-----m-0-----m---|----m-------m--------m------m---|
|----m---------7-----m-7-----m---|----m-------m--------m------m---|
|------7---7-------7-------7-----|------------------------5-----5-|
|5-------------------------------|5-----5-7-----7-8-----8---------|
"The unfamiliar is right below our eyes..." Same picking pattern/rhythm but the notes changes...
1 3 2 2 1 x
2 5 2 2 2 x
Nice chords, huh? Well done Eirik :)
Then...
|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|8p5---5---------|7-----7-----------|5---------------|
|5-----5---------|5-----5-----------|5---------------|
|7-----7---------|7-----7-----------|7---------------|
|----------------|5-----5-----------|----------------|
|5-----5---------|------------------|5---------------|
Then back to the chorus section and finally finish on the chord 5 7 5 5 x x.
The End :) I hope that you enjoy playing it!
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note