Chords for Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper: Free Lyrics

[Ab] Oh, we're late, late, late!
We have twenty, maximum twenty-two minutes for your royal fitting.
And then it's move, move, move to your speech at the Historical Society.
After that, we have to rush, and I mean rush, to the Horticultural Society.
Tee [Eb]-hee!
Then there's [Ab] your math lessons, your [Bb] geography lessons, your science [Eb] lessons_
All my life I've [Ab] always wanted [C] to have one [Ab] day just for me.
[Bb] Nothing to do and [Eb] for once [Cm] know where I need to [Bb] be.
[Eb] With no lessons, [Ab] lords, or [Cm] lunches, or to-do [Ab] list in the way.
[Bb] No one to [Eb] say when to eat, or [Cm] read, or [Ab] leave, or_
Day! _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] That would be the day! _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] All my life I've [Ab] always wanted [Cm] to have one day [Ab] for myself.
[Bb] Not waking [Eb] up with a pile of [Cm] work on [Bb] every shelf.
[Eb] With no hems in [Ab] need of pressing, [Cm] and no sleeves in [Ab] disarray.
[Bb] No wedding [Eb] gown with a thousand [Cm] stitches to [Ab] crochet.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Ab] No debt to pay.
_ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ Madam Carp, what do you think I'm running here?
A cabaret?
I would have said a debtor's prison.
Keep laughing, [Ab] you'll be [Eb] working for me for another thirty-seven years.
But I've already paid off more than half.
But there's an interest, [Ab] isn't there?
Your parent should have [Cm] thought of that before he borrowed so much.
They [Ab] did it to feed me. Their mistake.
[Eb] _ _
[Bb] _ [Bb] What [Ab] would it be like to be_
What would it be like to [G] be free_ Free!
_ [Dm] _ [D] _
_ [Gm] Free to [C] try crazy [Dm]
things.
[Gm] Free from endless [F] I owe you. _
_ [Gm] Free to fly.
[C] Free [Dm] to sing.
[Eb] And [Gm] marry whom I choose. _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Eb] I'm so sorry, my darling.
But as you know, it is vital you marry King Dominic.
He is the only way to take care of our people.
[Ab] I know.
It's my [Cm] duty.
Oh, and look!
[Ab] Another engagement gift!
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] You would think that [Ab] I'm so lucky [Cm] that I have so [Ab] many things.
[Bb] I'm [Eb] realizing that every [Cm] present comes [Bb] with strings.
[Eb] Though I know I [Ab] have so little, [Cm] my [Ab] determination's strong.
[Bb] People will [Eb] gather around the [Cm] world to hear [Ab] my song.
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_ _ [Ab] _ _ [D] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] [Gm] Now [Ab] I fear I'll never be free.
Soon I'll know why I'm [G] being free.
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[D] _ _ [Cm] I close my [Ab] eyes and feel myself fly [Bb] a thousand miles [Cm] away.
_ _ _ I critique my [Ab] God, would it be right?
[Bb] My conscience tells [G] me say_
_ _ _ _ [F] I'll remain [Bb] forever royal.
I'll repay my parents' debt.
[C] Duty means [F] doing the things your [Dm] heart may well [C] regret.
[F] But I'll never [Bb] stop believing.
[Dm] She can never [Bb] stop my schemes.
[C] There's more to [F] living than gloves and [Dm] gowns and threads [Bb] and seams.
In my dreams, I'll [F] be free. _
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