Biography:
Flanagan and Allen were a British singing and comedy double act popular during World War II. Its members were Bud Flanagan (1896 - 1968) and Chesney Allen (1893 - 1982). They were first paired in a Florrie Forde revue, and were booked by Val Parnell to appear at the Holborn Empire in 1926[1].
worked with that team for many years concurrently with their double-act career.
Flanagan and Allen's songs featured the same, usually gentle, humour for which the duo were known in their live performances
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Free ? Flanagan and Allen
This is a by ear transcription of this classic song. All mistakes are provided free by Malcolm Thomas.
Good luck and hopefully the chords will end up in the same place that I put them in.
Intro F# F#m Db Ab7 F7 Bb7 Eb Ab7
Db Bbm Ebm F# D Bbm A Bbm
We haven?t got a penny, we haven?t any money at all
A Fdim G#7 Fm7 Adim Ab7
But we?re rich as millionaires, cause we haven?t worries or cares
Db Ebm Db C Db
We?re just two tumble weeds, that keep on tumbling along
Fm C Fm E Ab
On the highways, on the byways, we?re singing a song
Chorus
Db Fm Ab7 Db F# Ab Bb7
Free, everything we have in life is free, things we couldn?t buy with LSD (i.e. pounds, shillings, pence)
Ebm Ab7 Db Ab
Someone put them there for you and me
Db A7 Ab7 Db F# Fm7 Bb7
Free, who would pay to hear a symphony, listen to the song birds in the trees
F# Ab Db Ddim Ebm Ab
Song birds sing a lovely melody
Ebm Ab Db Ab Db
We?ve got the arches and the alleys, to shelter us from winter?s cold
Ebm F Bbm Ebm Ab Ab7
We?ve got the green hills and the valleys when summer is spreading the gold
Db Ab Db F# Fm7 B7
Free, no one could be luckier than we, nature never had a lock or key
F# Ab Db Ab
Isn?t that the way it ought to be
(talked over the chorus chords) Db Fm Ab7 Db F# Ab Bb7 Ebm Ab Db
Ab Db A7 Ab7 Db F# Fm7 Bb7 F# Ab Db Ddim Ebm Ab
I listen to the patter of the rain drops, and over the twilight, and the song that the birds make
The rainbow, with his divine chord of colour harmony
Giving promise of sunshine to come, and the sun bursting through
Is a strain of glory, turning a world of blue harmonies into a beautiful golden rhapsody
Ebm Ab Db Ab Db
We?ve got the arches and the alleys, to shelter us from winter?s cold
Ebm F Bbm Ebm Ab Ab7
We?ve got the green hills and the valleys when summer is spreading the gold
Db Ab Db F# Fm7 B7
Free, no one could be luckier than we, nature never had a lock or key
F# Ab Db
Isn?t that the way it ought to be
F#7 Db
We?re saying, just free
This is a by ear transcription of this classic song. All mistakes are provided free by Malcolm Thomas.
Good luck and hopefully the chords will end up in the same place that I put them in.
Intro F# F#m Db Ab7 F7 Bb7 Eb Ab7
Db Bbm Ebm F# D Bbm A Bbm
We haven?t got a penny, we haven?t any money at all
A Fdim G#7 Fm7 Adim Ab7
But we?re rich as millionaires, cause we haven?t worries or cares
Db Ebm Db C Db
We?re just two tumble weeds, that keep on tumbling along
Fm C Fm E Ab
On the highways, on the byways, we?re singing a song
Chorus
Db Fm Ab7 Db F# Ab Bb7
Free, everything we have in life is free, things we couldn?t buy with LSD (i.e. pounds, shillings, pence)
Ebm Ab7 Db Ab
Someone put them there for you and me
Db A7 Ab7 Db F# Fm7 Bb7
Free, who would pay to hear a symphony, listen to the song birds in the trees
F# Ab Db Ddim Ebm Ab
Song birds sing a lovely melody
Ebm Ab Db Ab Db
We?ve got the arches and the alleys, to shelter us from winter?s cold
Ebm F Bbm Ebm Ab Ab7
We?ve got the green hills and the valleys when summer is spreading the gold
Db Ab Db F# Fm7 B7
Free, no one could be luckier than we, nature never had a lock or key
F# Ab Db Ab
Isn?t that the way it ought to be
(talked over the chorus chords) Db Fm Ab7 Db F# Ab Bb7 Ebm Ab Db
Ab Db A7 Ab7 Db F# Fm7 Bb7 F# Ab Db Ddim Ebm Ab
I listen to the patter of the rain drops, and over the twilight, and the song that the birds make
The rainbow, with his divine chord of colour harmony
Giving promise of sunshine to come, and the sun bursting through
Is a strain of glory, turning a world of blue harmonies into a beautiful golden rhapsody
Ebm Ab Db Ab Db
We?ve got the arches and the alleys, to shelter us from winter?s cold
Ebm F Bbm Ebm Ab Ab7
We?ve got the green hills and the valleys when summer is spreading the gold
Db Ab Db F# Fm7 B7
Free, no one could be luckier than we, nature never had a lock or key
F# Ab Db
Isn?t that the way it ought to be
F#7 Db
We?re saying, just free
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