{title: The Free Electric Band}
{subtitle: Albert Hammond}

[C]My father is a doctor, he's a [G]family man,
my [C]mother works for charity when [G]ever 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 [C7]happiness was [F]paid for when they [G]laid their money [C]down
for summers in a [F]summercamp and [G]winters in the [C]town.
My 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.

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[C]I went to school in handwashed shirts with [G]neatly oiled hair
and [C]the 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 orga[F]nised for me a [G]college in the [C]east,
but I went to Cali[F]fornia for the [G]sunshine and the [C]beach.
My parents and my [F]lecturers could [C]never under[G]stand
why I [C]gave it up for [F]music and the [G]Free Electric [C]Band.

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Well they [F]used to sit and [C]speculated [G]upon their son's ca[C]reer,
a [F]lawyer or a [C]docter or a [G]civil engi[C]neer.
Just give me bread and [F]water, put a [C]guitar in my [G]hand,
'cause [C]all I need is [F]music and the [G]Free Electric [C]Band.

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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
un[C]til 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 knew her well [F]enough by now to [G]see inside her [C]head.
She'd settle for [F]suburbia and a [C]little patch of [G]land,
so I [C]gave her up for [F]music and the [G]Free Electric [C]Band.


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[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.