Song Title: The Road To Freedom
Artist: Chris De Burgh

Intro
  
Dm (xx0231@1)Verse 1

DmI (xx0231@1)feel the wind blowing through my doorway,

it's telling me that the summer's gone,
            Bb (x1333x@1)           Dm (xx0231@1)  C (x32010@1)                Dmand (xx0231@1)the winter waits in shadow, waiting with the storm.

Verse 2

DmI (xx0231@1)am old and my bones are weary,

and my son, he is all I have,
           Bb (x1333x@1)              Dm (xx0231@1)     C (x32010@1)               Dmbut (xx0231@1)he has gone to fight for freedom, leaving with my heart.

C (x32010@1)                F (133211@1)              Bb (x1333x@1)              AAll (x02220@1)my life I have loved this land, worked it with my hands,
             Bb (x1333x@1)             F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)             Dmbut (xx0231@1)can this freedom send the rain when seed is in the ground ?
           Bb (x1333x@1)           F (133211@1)      Bb (x1333x@1)         ACan (x02220@1)this freedom heal the pain and bring my boy back to me again?

Dm (xx0231@1)           Bb (x1333x@1)       C (x32010@1)  - A (x02220@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)            Dm (xx0231@1)Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh,        oh, oh.    (2x)

Verse 3
       
DmI (xx0231@1)watched them sail from the rocks below me,

'twas like the sea in its endless rage,
Bb (x1333x@1)              C (x32010@1)      Dm (xx0231@1)   C (x32010@1)             Dmmany (xx0231@1)fall on the road to freedom, dying on the stones.



C (x32010@1)               F (133211@1)               Bb (x1333x@1)             AAll (x02220@1)my life I have loved this land, worked it with my hands,
             Bb (x1333x@1)             F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)            Dmbut (xx0231@1)can your freedom send the rain when seed is in the ground ?
           Bb (x1333x@1)           F (133211@1)        Bb (x1333x@1)        ACan (x02220@1)your freedom heal the pain and bring my boy back to me again?

Dm (xx0231@1)      Bb (x1333x@1)      C (x32010@1)  - A (x02220@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)          
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh,        oh, oh.   
      Dm (xx0231@1)      Bb (x1333x@1)      C (x32010@1)  - A (x02220@1)     Bb (x1333x@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh,        oh, oh. - - - Oh oh.

Verse 4
DmLate (xx0231@1)last night, as the world was sleeping,

I dreamed my boy, he was calling out, 
            Bb (x1333x@1)              Dm'Cos (xx0231@1)he was lost in some dark forest, 
    C (x32010@1)      A (x02220@1)     Bb (x1333x@1)  C (x32010@1)            Dmand (xx0231@1)snow was falling down, falling on the ground.

Dm (xx0231@1)      Bb (x1333x@1)      C (x32010@1)  - A (x02220@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)          
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh,        oh, oh.