Old Sam chords by Prelude

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Old Sam,
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we've done it fine
Took some old ideas
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and  made some new words rhyme
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Old Sam, we took the chance
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to change that old refrain
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and make a brand new dance
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And Old Sam,
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we've got rivers and skies
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We've got mountains and valleys
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and Fourth of July
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Give to me your hungry,
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your naked and your cold
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And I will give them peace of mind
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and forests to roam
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Send to me your weary,
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the young men and the old
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And I  will give them freedom
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and call them my own
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But oh God, they say we fail
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The captain's down below,
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the ship has lost her sail
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And oh God, the dream has died
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Or in a victory song
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you'll hear a black man crying,
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Old Sam, Old Sam.
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But old Sal, I think you came too soon
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But God knows come the day we'll
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sing that
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And old Sam,
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more than silver and gold
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We've got words to believe in,
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and tales to
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And, Lord Sam,
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Lord Sam,
you're not too old to say.
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Give to me your hungry,
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your naked,
and your cold,
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And I  will give them
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peace of mind.
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Send to me, O weary,
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the young men and the old
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And I will give them freedom,
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and call them my own you