• Song:

    Freedom Now

  • Artist:

    Tracy Chapman

  • Album:

    Millennium Collection

Tom: G5

Intro: G5 C5 G5 (Twice)
 
( G5 )
They throwed him in jail

And they kept him there
  C5              G5
Hoping soo he'd die

That his body and spirit would waste away
           C5             G5    C5
And soon after that his mind


                        G5    C5
But every day is born a fool
                            G5     C5
One who thinks that he can rule
                          G5     C5
One who says tomorrow's mine
                          D5     G5
One who wakes one day to find

The prison doors open the shackles broken
      C5                G5
And chaos in the street


            C5              D5           G5
Everybody sing we're free free free free
            C5              D5           G5
Everybody sing we're free free free free
            C5              D5           G5
Everybody sing we're free free free free

They throwed him in jail

And they kept him there
   C5                 G5
Hoping his memory'd die

That the people forget how he once led
                  C5               G5     C5
And fought for justice in their lives


                         G5    C5
But every day is born a man
                              G5     C5
Who hates what he can't understand
                              G5     C5
Who thinks the answer is to kill
                                  D5     
Who thinks his actions are god's will


         C5                D5         G5
And he thinks he's free free free free
         C5                D5         G5
Yes he thinks he's free free free free
      C5              D5          G5       C5
He thinks he's free free free free


                        G5
Soon must come the day
                                   E5               
Where the righteous have their way
                       B5
Unjustly tried are free
                               C5 (bar)
And people live in peace I say
                    G5
Give the man release
                                  E5
Go on and set your conscience free
                         B5
Right the wrongs you made
                             C5 (bar)  G5   C5 (bar)  G5
Even a fool can have his day


       C5            D5           G5
Let us all be free free free free
       C5            D5           G5
Let us all be free free free free
       C5            D5           G5
Let us all be free free free free
C5  G5  C5  G5

                               G5
Free our bodies free our minds
                E5
Free our hearts
                     B5
Freedom for everyone
                C5 (bar)   G5
And freedom now
            E5
Freedom now
            B5
Freedom now
            C5 (bar)   C5   G5
Freedom now


        C5           D5           G5
Let us all be free free free free
        C5           D5           G5
Let us all be free free free free
        C5           D5           G5
Let us all be free free free free


C5 (bar)  G5   (to fade-out)
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