Freedom Of Choice - Devo
Words and Music by Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald V. Casale
Intro
Chord progression - F G F G Bb C D
Opening lick tab - playing the following lick with 5 chords fills it
out better. This is more like a bass line.
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G ----------------|----------------|0-0-0-0-0-0-----|----------------|
D --------------0-|3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-|------------3-2-|3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-|
A ------------2---|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------3-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G 0-0-0-0-0-0-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D ------------3-2-|----------------|----------------|0-0-0-0-0---0---|
A ----------------|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------0---0-|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
|E ----------------|
B ----------------|
G ----------------|
D --------------0-|
A 3-----------2---|
E ----------3-----|
F G
Victim of collision on the open sea
F G
Nobody ever said that life was free
F G
Sink, swim go down with the ship
F G
Use your freedom of choice
F G
I say it again in the land of the free
Bb C D
Use your freedom of choice, your freedom of choice
G Bb Eb
In ancient Rome, there was a poem
C G Bb Eb
About a dog who had two bones
C G Bb Eb
He picked at one, he licked the other
C G Bb Eb C D
He went in circles till he dropped dead
C D D C D
Freedom of choice is what you got
F G F
Freedom of choiceInstrumental break
G F G F G (1 bar) F (1 bar) G (1 bar) F (1 bar) G(1 bar)F G
Then if you got it you don't want it
F G
Seems to be the rule of thumb
F G
Don't be tricked by what you see
F G
You got two ways to go
F G
I'll say it again in the land of the free
Bb C D
Use your freedom of choice, your freedom of choice
Instrumental break
G Bb Eb C G Bb Eb C D C D C D
Freedom of choice is what you got
Freedom of choice
G Bb Eb
In ancient Rome, there was a poem
C G Bb Eb
About a dog who had two bones
C G Bb Eb
He picked at one, he licked the other
C G Bb Eb C D
He went in circles till he dropped deadOutro (repeat and fade)
C D D C D
Freedom of choice is what you got
