Xavier Rudd (born 29 May 1978) is a soulful Australian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose songs encompass themes such as spirituality, humanity, environmentalism and the rights of Indigenous Australians. He recorded as Xavier Rudd & Izintaba for the 2010 album "Koonyum Sun" and as Xavier Rudd & the United Nations for the 2017 album "Nanna".
Growing up in a family of seven children in Torquay, Victoria (Australia), near the famous surfing location Bells Beach, Rudd showed a keen interest in music.
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This song is played with lap steel, but for those less guitar savvy and looking to play along, this is my interpretation of the general chord structure excluding the bridge section.
It sounds much better if you use the bar chords with upstrokes and some palm muting.
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Let Me Be (Xavier Rudd)
[Chorus] D-G-A
oh, uh uh uh Let me be now oh oh let me be cause I want to be free now ow ow free to see now I want to walk away ow ow let me feel my feet Let me be free
[Verse 1] Bm-D-G-A
Time and time and time we see These acts against humanity Each for each and each will bleed And shed blood for what they each believe On and on and on we go Some will you see and some won't be True to you and truth will lead You to a sense of o now..peace
[Chorus] D-G-A Let me be now oh oh let me be cause I want to be free now ow ow free to see now I want to walk away ow ow let me feel my feet Let me be free
[Verse 2] Bm-D-G-A Time and time and time we see These acts against humanity Each for each and each will bleed And shed blood for what they each believe On and on and on we go Some will you see and some won't be True to you and truth will lead You to a sense of oh now... peace
[Chorus] D-G-A Let me be now oh oh let me be cause I want to be free now ow ow free to see now I want to walk away ow ow let me feel my feet Let me be free
[Chorus] D-G-A wanna be wanna see would u let me go let me be now ow ow let me be wanna be wanna see would u let me go oh,let me be now um um let me cause i wanna be free oh i wanna be free