Freeborn Man chords by Paul Brady

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I'm a free -born man
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of the driving people
Got no fixed abode
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with no Mataya number
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Country lanes and byways
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were always my ways
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I nev er fancied being a lumber
Oh, we knew the woods
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and the western places
And the small birds sang
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when winter days were over
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Then we'd pack our load
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and be on the road
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They were good old times
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for the rover
There was open ground
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where a man could linger
Stay a week or two,
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for time was not your master
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Better when you jog
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with your horse and dog
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Nice and easy,
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no need to go faster
Now and then we'd meet up
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with other travellers
Hear the news or else swap
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family information
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At the country fairs
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we'd be meeting there
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All the people of the traveling nation
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Well, I've known life hard
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and I've known it easy
And I've coursed the times
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when winter days were dawning
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But I've danced and sang
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through the whole night long
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Seen the summer sun
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rise in the morning
All you free -born men
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of the traveling people
Every tinker, rolling stone,
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and gypsy rover
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Winds of change are blowing,
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old ways are go ing
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Your traveling days
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will soon be over you