Freedom Song

Tabbed by:Jim Myers
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Tuning:EADGBE
                            Intro

   A      C#M     D      E        Verse and Chorus

                             Riff 1

                              SOLo

    Intro
    Verse 1
    Chorus
    Riff 1 2x
    Verse 2
    Chorus
    Riff 1 2x
    Solo
    Verse 3
    Chorus
    Riff 1 2x
    Intro 3x

 A                   C#M
Let me tell you the hard luck story
 D                  E
About a man named Jack McDuff           VERSE 1
 A              C#M
He believed in God and glory
 D              E
But he just wasn't tough enough

A                 C#M
I believe in the freedom song
D            E
Long live liberty!                     CHORUS
A                 C#M
I believe in the freedom song
D                   E
I'll choose my own destiny

RIFF 1 2X

A                     C#M
Well they took him and they beat him
D                     E
Underneath the old hanging tree
A                   C#M                VERSE 2
Saying, "Jack, you must die"
D                   E
"What will your last words be?"

A                   C#M
Jack, he hung his head back
D            E
"Long live liberty!"
A                   C#M
"I believe in the freedom song"
D                    E
"Doesn't matter what you do to me"

RIFF 1 2X
SOLO

A                           C#M
With a rope around his neck they left him hanging
D                  E
High on that old hanging tree
A                  C#M
D                  E                            VERSE 3
"Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy"

A                 C#M
I believe in the freedom song
D            E
Long live liberty!
A                  C#M
I believe in the freedom song
D                    E
Doesn't matter what you do to me

RIFF 1 2x
INTRO 3 X

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