Passenger - To Be Free: Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "To Be Free" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn To Be Free ukulele chords and lyrics

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the ukulele chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "To Be Free" smoothly on your ukulele.

D
Vineland, New Jersey, farm land stretching
                    G
Far as the eye can see
Em7                     A
Not much down there, but sun-scorched pastures in
D                G
Nineteen-fifty-three
D
The war is over, they came searching
                G
For a place to be
Em7                          A
They left the Rhineland, they lost their homeland, and
D              G
All their family

Chorus:
A                    G
Like feathers on the ocean breeze
           Bm            A                  D
They went spinning and tumbling 'cross the sea
Em                             G  A
Never known where they'd come down
               D
Or who they'd be
A                    G
Like heather on the hillside
           Bm                     A               D
They were bruised and they were battered by the breeze
Em7               G  A
Searching for a place
        D
To be free

Sun burn summers and frost by winter
Kids were plainly dressed
Left the farmhouse when he was old enough, and
Headed out west
From California to Southern Africa
And all the way to France
And on to England to meet my mother in
1981

Chorus

         G
Oh, and like a seed
         Gm
That is flying in the wind
              D       A       Bm
In search of water, soil, and sun
Em7                    E9
And the birds and the bees
                  A
To have it all along

Now here I am, thirty-three years down
Two-thousand-seventeen
I've seen the Rhineland, I've been to Vineland, I'm
A feather on the breeze

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

A

Ukulele chord A

C#

Ukulele chord C#

D

Ukulele chord D

Em

Ukulele chord Em

Em7

Ukulele chord Em7

E9

Ukulele chord E9

G

Ukulele chord G

Gm

Ukulele chord Gm

Bm

Ukulele chord Bm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "To Be Free" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "To Be Free" by Passenger.

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