We Shall Be Free chords by Lead Belly
Verse 1
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In the mornin' you shall be free
'fore day you shall be free
hear me say
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You shall be free when the good lord
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sets you free
I was down in the hen
house other night awful dark
I didn't have no light I
reached for a chicken
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I got me a goose a man come
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out, I had to turn him loose
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I jumped a gully you shall be free I jumped
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a rose bush you shall be free
You shall be free when the good lord sets
you free
Vpreacher an' a rooster
had a terrible fight
Preacher knocked the rooster
clean out o' sight
Preacher told the rooster
that'll be all right
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Meet ya at the hen
house tomorrow night
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You shall be free in the mornin'
You shall be free you know, rooster
You shall be free when the
good lord sets you free
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I's down in the hen house on my knees
I thought I heard a chicken sneeze
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Only a rooster sayin' his prayers
Thankin' his god for the
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hens upstairs
Here's the preacher you shall be free
He's a- singin' you shall be free
Takin' up c'llection you shall be free
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When the good lord sets you free
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Oh, some folks says times is hard
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Preacher says put your trust in god
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matter no difference
Don't you see a hog can't
run too fast for me
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Gettin' that
You shall be free
Gettin' that hogeye you shall be free
Eatin' up chitt'lin's you shall be free
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When the good lord sets you free
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As some people say,
a preacher won't steal
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I caught two down in my corn fiel'
One had a bushel, other
had a peck
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Other'n had a roastin' ear down his neck
You shall be free gettin' roastin' ears
You shall be free gettin' dried corn
You shall be free when
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the good lord sets you free
Oh the gun said boom an' the hog
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said
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Jumped on 'er with all o' his will
How that hog gets
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C
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You shall
be free I don't care you
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shall be free forget about
You shall be free when the
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good lord sets you free
We Shall Be Free
Lead Belly
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