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D7M              A7M
And for my opening line 
                  E7M
I'm not trying to indicate my state of mind. 
          A7M
I turn you on, 
                    E7M
I tell you that I'm laughing just to keep from crying 
       A7M          E7M
Pretty music when you hear it, 
       A7M          E7M
Keep on trying to get near it.
         A7M           E7M
A little rhythm for your spirit 
       D                E
Oh but that's what it's for 
        G              A  
Come on in, here's the door


 A7M                     E7M
And I've seen a sparrow get high 
 G7M                   D7M
And waste his time in the sky 
A7M                 E7M
He thinks it's easy to fly 
           G7M                  D7M
He's just a little bit freer than I

                  A7M
Now here's a mystery 
                  E7M
And maybe you can help to make it clear to me 
                 A7M
When you're fast asleep 
                      E7M
Then what is it that's lighting up the dreams you see 
          A7M          E7M
Only your tears can't conceal it 
              A7M             E7M
And only your prayers may not reveal it 
           A7M           E7M
You've got soul so you can feel it 
         D            E
And when you make the scene 
         G           A
Well you know what I mean 


    A7M                    E7M
Hey, I've seen a sparrow get high 
    G7M                 D7M
And waste his time in the sky 
A7M                 E7M
He thinks it's easy to fly 
           G7M                  D7M
He's just a little bit freer than I


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D7M            A7M
Down here on the ground 
                        E7M
When you find folks are giving you the runaround 
              A7M
Keep your game uptight 
                     E7M
And if you must just take your secrets underground 
        A7M                 E7M
Now politicians are trying to speech you 
           A7M                  E7M
Mad colour watchers are trying to teach you
     A7M                  E7M
Very few will really try to reach you 
          D         E
If you're lost in a stack 
       G            A
That's OK, come all black


    A7M              E7M
Now I'd be the last to deny 
     G7M               D7M
That I'm just an average guy 
                   A7M                   E7M
And don't you know each little bird in the sky 
          G7M                 D7M
Is just a little bit freer than I

              A7M
Hey ordinary Joe 
                         E7M
Although they say you're just a lazy so-and-so 
                   A7M
What they think is real 
                  E7M
Is nothing but an animated puppet show
             A7M            E7M
So don't let time and space confuse you 
              A7M           E7M
And don't let name and form abuse you 
         A7M            E7M
Let that Big Joe Williams blues you 
       D            E           G            A
In the light of the sun you can see how they burn 

 
   A7M                   E7M
Oh I've seen a sparrow get high 
    G7M                 D7M
And waste his time in the sky 
A7M                  E7M
He thinks it's easy to fly 
            G7M                 D7M
He's just a little bit freer than i


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