We Shall Be Free

	  		 
  
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This ain't comin' from no prophet,  
A7sus       A7      C       D7  
Just an ordinary man.  
              Em                   G              
When I close my eyes I see  
         A7sus                    A7  
The way this world shall be  
                 C                          D7  
When we all walk hand in hand.  
G (4 bars)  
  
Verse 1  
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When the last child cries for a crust of bread,  
	    Cmaj7				 D   
When the last man dies for just words that he said,  
	           G                                      Em 
When there's shelter over the poorest head,  
        D           G  
We shall be free.  
  
Verse 2             
When the last thing we notice is the color of skin  
And the first thing we look for is the beauty within,  
When the skies and the oceans are clean again,  
We shall be free.  
  
 
Em    G        A7sus     A7    C                    A7sus  
We  shall be free          	We shall be free  
G                     A7            
Stand strait,	walk proud,  
C                D7         G  
'Cause we shall be free. 
 
  
Verse 3  
When we're free to love anyone we choose,  
When this world's big enough for all diff'rent views,  
When we all can worship from our own kinds of pews.  
Then we shall be free.  
  
 
Em    G        A7sus     A7    C                           A7sus  
We  shall be free,          	we shall be free.  
G                       	A7            
Have a little faith	and hold out,  
C                D7         Em7  
'Cause we shall be free.
  
  
A7	C   D		G/B  D/A  G    
D/F#          Em7                        C  
And when money talks for the very last time  
         G                       D  
And nobody walks a step behind  
        D#       Em                       A7   
And there's only one race, and that's mankind,  
C              D             G  
Then we shall be free . 

 
Em    G               A7sus  A7  
We shall be free,  
C                        A7sus  A7  
We shall be free.  
G                     A7  
Stand straight, walk proud,  
C       D        G  
We shall be free. 

Em    G         A7sus   A7  C                  A7sus  A7 
We shall be free,            we shall be free. 
G                          A7 
Stand straight, have a little faith. 
C     D          G 
We shall be free.