Chimes of Freedom chords by
Bob Dylan

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Key: G major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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Far between sundown’s finish

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an’ midnight’s broken toll

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We ducked inside the doorway,

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as thunder went crashing

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As majestic bells of bolts

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struck shadows in the sounds

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Seeming to be the chimes

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of freedom flashing

Chorus 1

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Flashing for the warriors

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whose strength is not to fight

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Flashing for the refugees

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on the unarmed road of flight

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And for each

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and every underdog soldier in the night

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And we gazed upon the chimes

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of freedom flashing

Verse 2

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Through the city’s melted furnace,

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unexpectedly we watched

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With faces hidden

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while the walls were tightening

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As the echo of the wedding bells

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before the blowin’ rain

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Dissolved into the bells

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of the lightning

Chorus 2

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Tolling for the rebel,

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tolling for the rake

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Tolling for the luckless,

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the abandoned and forsaken

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Tolling for the outcast,

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burning constantly at stake

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And we gazed upon the chimes

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of freedom flashing

Verse 3

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Through the mad mystic hammering

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of the wild ripping hail

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The sky cracked its poems

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in naked wonder

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That the clinging of the church bells

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blew far into the breeze

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Leaving only bells of lightning

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and its thunder

Chorus 3

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Striking for the the gentle,

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striking for the kind

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Striking for the guardians

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and protectors of the mind

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And the poet and the painter

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far behind his rightful time

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And we gazed upon the chimes

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of freedom flashing

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In the

Verse 4

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wild cathedral evening

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the rain unraveled tales

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For the disrobed faceless

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forms of no position

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Tolling for the tongues

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with no place to bring their thoughts

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All down in taken-forgranted

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situations

Chorus 4

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Tolling for the deaf and blind,

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tolling for the mute

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For the mistreated, mateless mother,

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the mistitled prostitute

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For the misdemeanor outlaw,

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chained and cheated by pursuit

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And we gazed upon the chimes

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of freedom flashing

Interlude 1

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Verse 5

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Even though a cloud’s white curtain

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in a far-off corner flared

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And the hypnotic splattered mist

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was slowly lifting

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Electric light still struck like arrows,

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fired but for the ones

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Condemned to drift

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or else be kept from drifting

Chorus 5

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Tolling for the searching ones,

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on their speechless, seeking trail

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For the lonesome-hearted lovers

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with too personal a tale

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And for each unharmful,

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gentle soul misplaced inside a jail

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And we gazed upon the chimes

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of freedom flashing

Interlude 2

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Verse 6

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Starry-eyed and laughing as I recall

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when we were caught

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Trapped by no track

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of hours for they hanged suspended

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As we listened one last time an’ we watched

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with one last look

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Spellbound and swallowed

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’til the tolling ended

Chorus 6

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Tolling for the aching

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whose wounds cannot be nursed

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For the countless confused,

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accused, misused,

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strung-out ones and worse

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And for every hung-up person

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in the whole wide universe

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And we gazed upon the chimes

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of freedom flashing

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of Chimes of Freedom by Bob Dylan is G major.

The primary chords used in Chimes of Freedom are G, D, C, G7/D, Am.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like G, D, C, G7/D, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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