Chimes Of Freedom
The Byrds
Written by Bob Dylan; released on the album "Mr. Tambourine Man".

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                                                          Far be-

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  tween       sun  -  down's      finish                      and


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  midnight's      broken      toll,                           We


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  ducked in - side        the door -  way,    thun -  der     cra-


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      shin'.                                              As  ma-


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    jes - tic     bells   of  bolts                       struck


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  shadows     in      the     sounds,                         See-


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  ming    to  be          the chimes      of      freedom     fla-


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      shin'.


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  Flashing        for     the war  -  riors               whose


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  strength is     not     to  fight,


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  Flashing        for     the re  -   fu  -   gees        on  the


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  unarmed         road    of  flight.                     And for


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  each    and     every       un  -   der  -  dog


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  sol     dier    in      the night,                      And we


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  gazed   up- on          the chimes      of      freedom     fla-


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      shin'.                                              E - ven

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  though a    cloud's white       curtain                 in  a


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  far-off         corner      flashed,                    And the


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  hypnotic        splattered  mist        was     slowly      lif-


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      tin'.                                                   E-


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  lectric lights  still           struck like arrows,


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  fired   but for     the ones                                Con-


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  demned  to  drift   or      else        be  kept        from


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  drif -  tin'.


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  Tollin'         for     the sear -  chin'   ones        on  their


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      speechless  seeking     trail,                      For the


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  lone -  some    hearted         lovers          with    too


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  perso   -   nal         a   tale.                       And for


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  each    un  -   harmful,        gentle      soul        mis-


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  placed  in  -   side    a   jail,                       And we


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  gazed   up- on          the chimes      of      freedom     fla-


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      shin'.                                                  Di-

Bridge:
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  di    -     di  -   di  -   di  di- di  -   di  -   di  -   di


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  di                                                          Di-


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  di- di  -   di  -   di  -   di- di    -     di  -   di  -   di-


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      Starry- eyed        and laugh - in'             as  I   re-


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  call    when we     were    caught,                     Kept by


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      no  track of hours,         for they    hang        suspen-


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      ded.                                                As  we


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  listened    one     last    time,                       and we


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  watched with one    last    look,


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  Spellbound  and     swallowed   till    the tol  -  lin'    en-


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  ded.


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  Tollin'         for     the a   -   ching   ones        whose


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  wounds  cannot      be      nursed,                     For the


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  count - less    confused,       accused,        misused,


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  strung-out  ones        and worse.                      And for


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  eve  -  ry      hung-up     per  -  son                 in  the


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  whole   wide    u - ni  -   verse,                      And we


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  gazed   up- on          the chimes      of      freedom     fla-


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  shin'.                                                      Di-

Outro:
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  di- di  -   di  -   di  -   di- di    -     di  -   di  -   di-


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  di                                                          Di-


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  di- di  -   di  -   di  -   di- di- di  -   di  -   di  -   di-


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  dum

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