O Freedom chords by Billy Bragg

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Verse 1
Em 
Bm 
Em 
The
policemen broke
G 
my door down
Em 
Dragged me from my bed
C 
I asked them what was happening
D 
Em 
They just ignored the words I said

Verse 2

They waved their guns in my face

Kept screaming out my name

Something terrible had happened

And somehow I was to blame

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Verse 3

O freedom, what liberties

are taken in thy name

In thy name

O freedom, what liberties are taken

What liberties are taken

What liberties are taken in thy name

Verse 4
Em 
My accusers formed a jury
G 
The judge and the defense
Em 
C 
The charges were
D 
made known to me
Em 
But not the evidence

Verse 5

There was no guilty verdict

Yet, still I was detained

Flown to another country where

Their methods are less constrained

Verse 6
D 
C 
O freedom, what liberties
Em 
are taken in  thy name
D 
In thy name
Em 
C 
O freedom, what liberties are taken
What liberties are taken
Em 
What liberties are taken in  thy name

Interlude 1

Verse 7

In our determination

To defend democracy

We must not destroy the safeguards

That underpin our liberty

Verse 8

For who will pay the price if

Injustice such as this

Turns our protectors to oppressors

And angry men to terrorists?

Verse 9
D 
C 
O freedom, what liberties
Em 
are taken in thy name
D 
In thy name
G 
C 
O freedom, what liberties are taken
What liberties are taken
Em 
What liberties are taken in thy name