We Shall Be Free chords by Woody Guthrie
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Verse 1
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In the mornin' you shall be free
'fore day you shall be
free hear me say
You shall be free when the
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good lord sets you free
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I was down in the hen house
Verse 2
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other night awful dark
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I didn't have no light I
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reached for a chicken
I got me a goose a man come out, I
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had to turn him loose
Verse 3
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I jumped a gully you shall be free I jumped
a rose bush you shall be free
You shall be free when the good lord
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sets you free
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Vpreacher an' a rooster had
Verse 4
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a terrible fight
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Preacher knocked the rooster
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clean out o' sight
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Preacher told the rooster
that'll be all right
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Meet ya at the hen house
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tomorrow night
Verse 5
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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
Verse 6
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I's down in the hen house
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on my knees
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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
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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
Verse 8
is hard
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Preacher says put your trust in god
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matter no dif ference
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Don't you see a hog can't
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run too fast for me
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Gettin'
Verse 9
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
Verse 10
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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,
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other had a peck
Other'n had a roastin'
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ear down his neck
Verse 11
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You shall be free gettin' roastin' ears
You shall be free gettin' dried corn
You shall be free when
the good lord sets you free
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Oh the gun said
Verse 12
boom
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an' the hog said
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Jumped on 'er with all
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o' his will
Verse 13
How that hog gets
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You shall be free I don't care
you shall be free forget about
You shall be free when
the good lord sets you free
We Shall Be Free
Woody Guthrie
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