To Be Free chords by The Strawbs
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Intro 1
(C major)
(F major) (C major) (F major) (C major)
Verse 1
(C major) The gilt- edged
invitation came
And I said, "What (F major) can this mean,
(C major) To attend the coronation
As the first guest of the Queen,
(F major) And (G major) sit upon her right hand
Where the Prince (F major) is mostly seen?"
The (C major) maids of honour stared at me
And register surprised
To see a man of such good taste
Appear before their eyes
Now (G major) being rather humble
I adop (F major) ted a disguise
As the Min (G major) ister of State
For Mass En (F major) vironment Controls,
Who con (G major) demn the working classes
For in (F major) habiting the holes
That be (G major) long to Queen and Country,
But do not permit their souls (C major) (G major)
To be (C major) free like me. (G major)
The (C major) (F major) (Csus4) (C major) (Csus4) (F major)
(C major) perspex chandelier
Began to melt and (F major) slip (C major) away;
One million candle- powered
It kept the night at bay. (F major)
While the (G major) power station workers
Were (F major) busy making hay,
The workers (C major) in the fields
Were engaged in self- defence,
Which involved the use of barbed wire
As a self- containing fence,
But as a (G major) means of self- protection
It was need (F major) lessly immense.
I stopped (G major) to ask them for a light,
They (F major) pointed at the sun,
Which (G major) raised their hopes of harvesting
A bet (F major) ter crop than guns
Can (G major) ever mass- produce
At the expense of anyone
Who is (C major) free like me. (G major)
(C major) The (G major) (C major) (Csus4)
(C major) (F major) (C major) (F major)
(C major) (Csus4) (C major)
(Csus4) (C major)
(G major)
(F major) (G major) (F major)
(G major) (F major) (G major)
(C major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) (F major) (C major) solitary
peasant
In his home above (F major) the lake,
(C major) Raised high on woooden stilts,
Has made the singular mistake
Of revolu (G major) tionary conduct
At the cel (F major) ebration wake.
His (C major) urban counterpart,
Engaged in mundane occupation,
Enjoys the chance of laughing
At the Queen's humiliation
(F major) At the (G major) hands of Ministers of State
For (F major) Rehabilitation,
Now the (G major) power station worker,
Though his (F major) aim is too disjointed,
Finds (G major) himself around the corner;
While his (F major) gun is never pointed,
He is ever (G major) at the ready,
He desires to be anointed
And be (C major) free (F major) (G major) (C major) like me.
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Outro 1
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To Be Free
The Strawbs
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