If I Were Free by Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros Intro C G Am F C G Am x2 C G Am F If I were free Am I would run into battles with flowers and hugs G And bow at the boots of our well-oiled thugs Am Yes, if I were free C G Am F If it were me Am I would yell out I love you to all I passed G I would disrobe and disco and rip off my mask C G Am Yes, if I were free I'd be the U that crossed the I to simply be G F C Minding our reflections at the bottom of the sea G What did you see? C G Am I saw that you and I forever have been free G F C The light became too heavy and I fell into a dream E7 What did you dream? C G Am F C Am C Am F G Am C G Am F I dreamed a wind that would sweep Am Every castle made of sand G Out across the old far holy land Am Oh, if this were free C G Am F If this were free Am We'd be free of the terror of the graves G And fear masquerading as the brave C G Am Oh, if this were free C G Am C G Am I woke upon a pig of red, white and blue G F C The circus got too heavy so we fell into the zoo G What did you feel? C G Am I felt the fear that every queer does in his head G F C First thing to starting over, I made sure I was dead G What do you dream? F Am G E7 Am C E7 C G Am Swimming with ancients, laughing, tired of getting lost G F C We took our left, remember, when we leaned upon the cross G What did you see? C G Am I saw that you and I forever have been free G F C The light became too heavy and we fell into a dream C G Am
