I'm A Free Born Man chords by The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
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Verse 1
(G major) I remember a long
time ago when I was young,
they used to be great bands
of tinkers
or gypsies would come through our place
and it always seemed to me
the most romantic possible
kind of a life.
You know the caravans,
or the caravans
with the horses heads painted on the side,
and the old characters leaning over the
half door of it with the pipe,
and a clatter of dogs
running along under the wagons.
Fifteen or twenty piebald ponies behind,
you know.
A friend of ours (C major) wrote a (G major) song about it,
the passing of the romantic age
of the travelling people.
It's called I'm a Freeborn Man
of the Travelling People. (F major) (G major)
I'm a freeborn man
of the (C major) travelling people. (D major)
Got no fixed abode
with the nomads I have wondered. (G major)
Country (D major) lanes and byways
(G major) were always my (C major) ways. (G major)
I nev (C major) er fan (G major) cied (C major) being num (F major) ber.
(G major) (F major) (G major) Oh, we knew the woods
and the (C major) resting places
(D major) And the small birds sang
when winter days were (G major) over
Then (D major) we'd pack our load
and be (G major) on the (C major) road
Those (G major) were (C major) good old (G major) days for (C major) a (F major) rover
(G major) There was open ground
where a (C major) man could linger (D major)
For a week or two per time
was not our (G major) master
Then (D major) away you jog,
(G major) row in your horse and (C major) dog
And (G major) nice and (C major) easy,
no need (F major) to go fast (G major) ing
Now I've known life hard
and I've (C major) known it easy (D major)
And I've cursed the life
when winter days were (G major) darning
But (D major) I've laughed and sung
through the (G major) whole night (C major) long
Seen (G major) the (C major) summer sun (G major) rise in (C major) the (F major) morning
(G major) (F major) (G major) All you free -born men,
all the (C major) traveling people (D major)
Every tinker,
rolling stone and gypsy rover (G major)
Wind (D major) s of change are blowing,
(G major) old ways are (C major) going,
(G major) your (C major) traveling days (G major) will soon (C major) be (F major) over.
(G major)
Outro 1
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I'm A Free Born Man
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
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