Aimee Mann (born September 8, 1960, in Richmond, Virginia) is an American rock singer-songwriter, guitarist and bassist.
Mann attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, but dropped out to sing with her first punk rock band, the Young Snakes; the band released the EP Bark Along with the Young Snakes in 1982, and a compilation album was issued in 2004. In 1983, seeking a return to "sweetness and melody", she co-founded with Berklee classmate and boyfriend Michael Hausman the new wave band 'Til Tuesday
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Just heard this song for the first time on Limewire. It's off Aimee's forthcoming album Smilers. Sounds like a really cool song and the chords were easy to tab so I thought I'd post it up.
FREEWAY - Aimee Mann
Tune down half a step (d#,g#,c#,f#,a#,d#)
Chords used:
A (x02220) E (022100) B (x24442) F#m (244222) C#m (x46654) D (xxo232)
(x=mute string)
INTRO:
A-E (x4)
VERSE 1:
AEBF#mAEAE You've got a lot of money but you can't afford the freeway AEBF#mAEAE The road to orange County leaves an awful lot of leeway AEBF#mAEAE Where everyone's a doctor or a specialist in retail AEBF#mAEAE They'll sell you all the speed you want if you can take the black mail
PRE CHORUS:
C#mEBF#m You knew it, I know it, why don't you just show it?
CHORUS: (x2)
AEBF#mAEAE You've got a lot of money but you can't afford the freeway
VERSE 2: AEBF#mAEAE You've got a lot of money but you cannot keep your bills paid AEBF#mAEAE The sacrifice is worth it just to hang around the arcade C#mBF#mAEAE You found yourself a profit but you left him on the boardwalk C#mBF#mAEAE Another chocolate easter bunny hollowed out by your old talk
PRE CHORUS:
C#mEBF#m You knew it, I know it, why don't you just show it?
CHORUS: (x2)
AEBF#mAEAE You've got a lot of money but you can't afford the freeway
BRIDGE:
C#mDAF#m And everything I do is wrong, but at least I'm hanging on
OUTRO:
AEBF#m You've got a lot of money but you can't afford AEBF#m You've got a lot of money but you can't afford AEBF#mAEAE You've got a lot of money but you can't afford the freeway AEBF#mAEAE You've got a lot of money but you can't afford the freeway C#mBF#mAEAE You've got a lot of money but you can't afford C#mBF#mAEAE You've got a lot of money but you can't afford
Repeat A-E 'til end.
That's it. If you can't be bothered tuning down half a step, or you want to use a capo, then just play it in the corresponding key. But I'm sure these are the right chord progressions.