Intro: E7#9
 
E7#9
Every day in the week I'm in a different city
E7#9
If I stay too long people try to pull me down
                  A7#9                               A7#9
They talk about me like a dog    Talkin' about the clothes I wear
       E7#9
But they don't realize they're the ones who's square
 

E7#9                       A7       A7
Hey!    And that's why    You can't hold me down
A7                     A7#9
I don't wanna be down    I gotta move on, hey
 

D         C D C D C  D             C  D          C D    C     D            C D C D C  D               
Stone free        to do what I     please                  Stone free        to ride the breeze
D                                            C             Cadd9 C            A        Aadd9 A  Aadd9 A Aadd9
Stone free I can't stay    I got to got to got to get away right      now
C  Cadd9  C A
          Yeah! Alright!

 
Interlude:  E7#9
     Listen to this baby
 

A woman here a woman there try to keep me in a plastic cage
But they don't realize it's so easy to break
Oh, but sometimes I get uh, hot    I could feel my heart kinda runnin' hot
That's when   I've got to move before I get caught

 
E7#9               A7    A7
Hey!    And that's why    You can't hold me down
A7            A7#9
I don't wanna be down    I gotta move on, hey

 
Chorus

A
Turn me loose baby
 
Guitar Solo in A
Am   A7#9
       Uh, uh! Yeah! I said
 

D         C D C D C  D       C    D         C D C D C      F#   G G#    A
Stone free        to ride on the breeze    Stone free         to do what I please
D         C      D      C    D     C               F#     G G# A
Stone free   uh, I can't stay    Stone free got to got to get away
D         C D C D C        C D   C D    C D    D         C D     C      D       C   D F# G G# A
Stone free        I'm Stone  free  right  now    Stone free  don't try to hold me back
D              C     D  C    D   C   D  C D C D    D          C D C D C  D F#   G    G#    A
Stone free I'm goin' on down the highway,   yeah    Stone free         got, got, got, gotta ah
D         C D C D C D    C  D C  D C    D         C D C D  F
Stone free           bye bye  ba-by    Stone free