Chords for "Set Me Free"

Date: April 3, 1997  12:26 AM
From: cory gavito


Chords for: Set Me Free         
Words & Music by: Ray Davies    

INTRO: G-Am  G-Am  G-Am  G-Am

VERSE:
       Am              Am+7/g#                     Am7/g           D 
Set me free lttle girl, all you gotta do is set me free little girl

                 C            Am
You know you can do it if you try, 

F             G            Am        G-Am               
All you gotta do is set me free, free, free,  [repeat verse]


BRIDGE:
Bm           Bb           Bm                 Bb 
I don't want no one, if I can't have you for myself.

        Bm          Bb            F                 C      
I don't need nobody else, so if I can't have you to myself,

Am  Dm  E7   Am  Dm  E7 
Set me free, set me free, oh set me


Repeat verse and bridge accordingly. (same words)


Pye single, 5/65. cut 3 from Greatest Hits (Rhino)
transcribed by cory gavito.



Date: April 9, 1997  10:56 AM
From: doug holland


hi there!

the chords to the middle eight are incorrect. it goes from a b minor to
f#major, not a b flat.

have fun!

doug holland


Date: April 25, 1997  12:56 AM
From: cory gavito

Doug- Hi.  In response to your concern about the bridge of Set Me Free:
I'm sorry, I have to flat out disagree with B minor to F# Major.  First of
all, the most prominent pitch coming from the lead guitar is a D natural,
more than likely being played on the b-string in a b-minor bar position.  At
the chord change, the D remains audible, becoming the third of a Bb major
triad.(Bb-D-F)  

Secondly, remember: when in doubt listen to the bass! The bass guitar notes
unmistakeably alternate between B and Bb on the bridge, not to mention Ray's
melody line is exactly doubling the bass line at the octave:

B B     B    Bb Bb   Bb C D     B    B   B   B B  Bb (melody pitches)
I don't want no one, if I can't have you for myself.

Now, one might argue that Ray's melody and the bass guitar are playing the
third of a F# major chord at the chord change (A#, enharmonically Bb).  But
this becomes cancelled out by the prominent D natural in the lead guitar
(There is no D natural in F# major).  If you want to call the chord a
function of F# major, you need to call it F#major with a flat 5th and a
raised 7th, or F#-5+7.  This chord actually translates quite comfortably to
a Bb major triad. Thank you for your time.
    
                               Cory Gavito.



Date: 17 August 2006
From: Ruben R. Galindo

Hi. I just found this tab for this song and pretty good except where you go 
from Bm to Bb it should be Bm to Bbaug.



Date: 18 October 2007
From:  R. Kearney

I hate to disagree with Cory Gavito, but he is incorrect in his claim that a Bb chord 
is used in the bridge to "Set Me Free." He explains his reasoning in his messaage of 
April 25, 1997, but the issue is not whether a D natural is present in the chord (it is), 
but rather the problem of insisting on an F natural in the chord, for this is not the 
case. To my ears the chord is clearly an F#aug, so you get these three notes: F#, Bb, 
and D natural. It is fine if the bass guitar is playing a Bb during this chord (I guess 
then you could call the whole thing a F#aug/Bb), but the guitar is definitely playing 
a F#aug chord.

Try the two chords on your own guitar and see which one sounds right.

Cheers - R. Kearney, Teaneck, NJ



Date:  22 February 2011
From:  Terry McCullough

Set Me Free - Kinks

chords
Am    G#aug   Cmaj   F    G    D    Bm    F#aug    C     Dm    E7    E7(2)  Am9
5       4       0    1    3    5     2      2      8      5    10     #      #
5       5       1    1    3    7     3      3      8      6     9     5      0
5       5       0    2    4    7     4      3      9      7     9     7      2
7       6       2    3    5    7     4      4     10      7     9     6      4
7       #       #    3    5    5     2      #     10      5     7     7      1
5       #       3    1    3    #     #      #      9      #     #     #      0


intro
(riff 1 4x)

VERSE:
       Am                G#aug                      Cmaj
Set me free little girl, all you gotta do is set me free little girl
D                C            Am
You know you can do it if you try,
F             G            G-Am        G-Am
All you gotta do is set me free, free, free,  [repeat verse]


BRIDGE:
Bm           F#aug
I don't want no one,
     Bm                 F#aug
if I can't have you for myself.
        Bm          F#aug
I don't need nobody else,

        F                   C
so if I can't have you to myself,
Am  Dm E7    Am  Dm E7(2)
Set me free, set me free, oh set me

outro
Am  Am9