(This is just a basic chord progression. An advanced players can spice it up by adding melodic bass passages,)
(such as runs or alternating bass lines. A detailed explanation on it is at the bottom.)

(The original key is C. But it's easier to utilize the open strings when played in A with a capo on the 3rd.)


(Here are the simple chord voicings)


[Chorus chords
            
e|--0--|--3--|
B|--2--|--0--|
G|--2--|--0--|
D|--2--|--0--|
A|--0--|--2--|
E|-----|--3--|

]
   
--2--|
--3--|
--2--|
--0--|
-----|
-----|

[Verse chords]
            
e|--0--|--2--|
B|--0--|--3--|
G|--1--|--2--|
D|--2--|--0--|
A|--2--|-----|
E|--0--|-----|

   
--0--|--0--|
--3--|--2--|
--2--|--2--|
--2--|--2--|
--0--|--0--|
-----|-----|

[Pre-chorus ch
      
e|--0--|--0--|
B|--1--|--1--|
G|--2--|--1--|
D|--2--|--2--|
A|--0--|--0--|
E|-----|-----|

ords]
     
--0--|--2--|
--1--|--3--|
--0--|--2--|
--2--|--0--|
--0--|-----|
-----|-----|







[Chorus 0]

             
   I won't let

      
 you down
              
   I will not 

         
give you up
              
Gotta have som

              
e faith in the

   
 sound
              
It's the one g

              
ood thing that

        
 I've got
              
I won't let yo

    
u down
              
So please don'

          
t give me up
              
Because I woul

             
d really, real

              
ly love to sti

             
ck around, oh 

yeah!

[Interlude]
                         


[Verse 1]
             
Heaven knows I

            
 was just a yo

ung boy
              
Didn't know wh

              
at I wanted to

        
 be (Didn't kn

              
ow what I want

          
ed to be)
             
I was every li

              
ttle hungry sc

          
hoolgirls prid

e and joy
              
And I guess it

              
 was enough fo

        
r me (And I gu

              
ess it was eno

       
ugh for me)
             
To win the rac

              
e? A prettier 

       
face! Brand ne

w clothes and 

a big fat plac

e
        
On your rock a

              
nd roll tv (ro

 
ck and roll tv

)
             
But today the 

              
way I play the

              
 game is not t

 
he same. No wa

y!
              
Think I'm gonn

         
a get me some 

                      
happy

[Pre-Chorus]
 
I think there'

s something yo

u should know

I think it's t

ime I told you

 so

There's someth

ing deep insid

e of me

There's someon

e else I've go

t to be

Take back your

 picture in a 

frame

Take back your

 singing in th

e rain

I just hope yo

u understand

Sometimes the 

clothes do not

 make the man

[Chorus 1]
             
All we have to

 
 do now
             
Is take these 

          
lies and make 

them true some

how
             
All we have to

  
 see
             
Is that I don'

       
t belong to yo

u
        
And you don't 

belong to me y

eah yeah-ah

(Freedom) I wo

n't let you do

wn

(Freedom) I wi

ll not give yo

u up

(Freedom) Gott

a have some fa

ith in the sou

nd

(You've gotta 

give for what 

you take) It's

 the one good 

thing that I'v

e got

(Freedom) I wo

n't let you do

wn

(Freedom) So p

lease don't gi

ve me up

(Freedom) Beca

use I would re

ally, really l

ove)

(You've gotta 

give for what 

you take) to s

tick around

[verse 2]
             
Heaven knows w

              
e sure had som

  
e fun boy
              
What a kick, j

              
ust a buddy an

        
d me (What a k

              
ick, just a bu

          
ddy and me)
             
We had every b

              
ig-shot goodti

              
me band on the

      
 run boy
              
We were living

        
 in a fantasy 

              
(We were livin

         
g in a fantasy

  
)
             
We won the rac

              
e. Got out of 

             
the place. I w

ent back home,

 got a brand n

ew face
         
For the boys o

        
n MTV (boys on


 MTV)
             
But today the 

              
way I play the

              
 game has got 

    
to change, oh 

yeah (oh yeah)
              
Now I'm gonna 

        
get myself hap

                     
py

[Pre-Chorus]
 
I think there'

s something yo

u should know

I think it's t

ime I told you

 so

There's someth

ing deep insid

e of me

There's someon

e else I've go

t to be

Take back your

 picture in a 

frame

Take back your

 singing in th

e rain

I just hope yo

u understand

Sometimes the 

clothes do not

 make the man

[Chorus 1]
             
All we have to

 
 do now
             
Is take these 

          
lies and make 

them true some

how
             
All we have to

  
 see
             
Is that I don'

       
t belong to yo

u
        
And you don't 

belong to me y

eah yeah-ah

(Freedom) I wo

n't let you do

wn

(Freedom) I wi

ll not give yo

u up

(Freedom) Gott

a have some fa

ith in the sou

nd

(You've gotta 

give for what 

you take) It's

 the one good 

thing that I'v

e got

(Freedom) I wo

n't let you do

wn

(Freedom) So p

lease don't gi

ve me up

(Freedom) Beca

use I would re

ally, really l

ove)

(You've gotta 

give for what 

you take) to s

tick around


[Interlude]
(Actually this part is Am-Am-Am-D. But when played acoustic, it flows better and feels less boring)
(to employ the pre-chorus chord pattern. And feel free to play just 4 bars without repeating.)

       
(x2)

          

  

[Pre-chorus]

Well it looks 

like the road 

to heaven

But it feels l

ike the road t

o hell

When I knew wh

ich side my br

ead was butter

ed

I took the kni

fe as well

Posing for ano

ther picture

Everybody's go

t to sell

But when you s

hake your ass

They notice fa

st

And some mista

kes were build

 to last

(That's what y

ou get) That's

 what you get

(That's what y

ou get) I say 

that's what yo

u get

(That's what y

ou get for cha

nging your min

d) 

That's what yo

u get for chan

ging your mind

 

(That's what y

ou get)

(That's what y

ou get) And af

ter all this t

ime

(I just hope y

ou understand)

Sometimes the 

clothes do not

 make the man 

[Chorus 3]

             
(All we have t

    
o do now) oh h

ey and
             
Is take these 

          
lies and make 

them true some

how
             
All we have to

   
 see
             
Is that I don'

              
t belong to yo

 
u
         
And you don't 

belong to me y

eah yeah-ah

Freedom 
    
Oh freedom 
   
My freedom 
             
You've gotta g

ive for what y

ou take

Freedom
              
Hold on to my 

      
freedom 
   
My freedom 
              
(You've gotta 

  
give for what 

you take) Give

 it a what you

 give it a wha

t 
    
you take yeah 

       
yeah
              
Yeah you gotta

 
 give it a wha

t you give it 

a what you giv

e

May not be wha

t you want fro

m me

Just the way i

t's got to be

Lose the face 

now

I've got to li

ve I've got to

 live I've got

 to live


(fade out)

(End of song)




-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(The chorus part uses alternating bass patterns heavily. Just incorporate these in your play.)
(This line is syncopated. Please refer to the stroke patterns and the actual song for the rhythm.)

[Chorus pattern]

e|---0---0---0
B|---2---2---2
G|---2---2---2
D|---2---2---2
A|---0---0---0
E|-3---3---3--
   = - = - = -
(=:16th, -:8th

---0-x-x-|---3---3---3---3-x-x-|---2---2---2---2-x-x-|-----0---0---0-x-x-|
---2-x-x-|---0---0---0---0-x-x-|---3---3---3---3-x-x-|-----2---2---2-x-x-|
---2-x-x-|---0---0---0---0-x-x-|---2---2---2---2-x-x-|-----2---2---2-x-x-|
---2-x-x-|---0---0---0---0-x-x-|---0---0---0---0-x-x-|-----2---2---2-x-x-|
---0-x-x-|---2---2---2---2-x-x-|-4---4---4---4-------|-----0---0---0-x-x-|
-3-------|-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-----|---------------------|-3-3---3---3-------|
 = - - -   = - = - = - = - - -   = - = - = - = - - -   - - - = - = - - - 
)

[Verse bar 3 & 4 Asus4-A pattern]

e|-0--0--0--0-
B|-3--3--2--2-
G|-2--2--2--2-
D|-2--2--2--2-
A|-0--0--0--0-
E|------------
   -. -. 1  - 
(-.:8th and ha

-0--0--|     |
-2--2--|     |
-2--2--|  or |
-2--2--|     |
-0--0--|     |
-------|     |
 -  -         
lf, 1:4th, -:8

-x---x---x--x--x--x-x-|
-2h3-2h3-2--2--2--x-x-|
-2---2---2--2--2--x-x-|
-2---2---2--2--2--x-x-|
-0---0---0--0--0--x-x-|
----------------------|
 -.  -.  1  -  -  = =   
th, =:16th)