Chords for Barry Manilow at Fiesta at Ford Theater Finale Song "Let Freedom Ring" 1992

_ _ _ _ _ _ It's over a century and a quarter now since history was made in this theater.
[C] There is no one alive who knew or heard or saw Abraham [Bb] Lincoln.
Yet today there are millions of people all over [F] the world who can tell you not only what he did, [Fm] but what he was like.
_ [Em] Mr.
President, we know that [E] an evening like this will have made you happy.
[Am] An evening [C] dedicated to preserving [Am] a vibrant working theater [G] and to furthering the education of young [C] people.
[Dm]
[Em] As a young man, through effort [C] and [Abm] sacrifice, you proved how important education [B] was to you.
Later [B] you would prove to the world [Db] how important freedom was to you.
[E] You proved that by [B] guaranteeing it for everyone [A] against [Em] great opposition.
[Dm] We have all come to realize, Mr.
President, that freedom [Em] and education go hand in hand.
[Bb] Each loses something [Gm] without the other.
[F] These are the things you wanted for everyone [Dm] and made [Ab] possible for millions who [E] otherwise might have had [Em] neither.
[Am] The message [Bm] I bring to [E] you from all of them, [D] black, [G] white, Asian, [Em] Hispanic, is very simple, [A] very short.
And directly from the heart.
[N] I deliver it in the tongue of my ancestors. _
Muchas gracias, señor Presidente, and señor Presidente, muchas gracias. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ A very special star who came in support of the scholarship fund, you all know him, Barry Manilow. _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ My [C] country, tis of thee, _ [F] sweet [Bb] land [F] of [Dm] liberty, [Gm] _ [F] of [C] thee I sing.
[Gm] _ [F] _
_ _ [Am] [F] Land where [Am] my [Eb] _
[B] fathers died, [Gm] land [Eb] of [C] the pilgrims' pride, [F] [Bb] from [F] every _ _
[F] _ mountainside.
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [D] _ _ Let [G] freedom ring, _ [E] let its music resound throughout the [D] nation.
[A] _ _ _ [Am] [B] Let it celebrate [Em] sweet liberty _ [Gm] that is keeping us free and [G]
[D] strong.
_ _ _ _ Let freedom [G]
ring, _ [Gm] and let everyone share its [D]
inspiration.
[A] _ _ [Am] _ [B] Let the promise [G] not be satisfied [Gm] until no [D] one's denied its song.
[Am] It's a [F] dream [D] to build [G] upon.
We [E] take the dream and [A] pass it on.
And [G] _ [A] _ _ let freedom [Bb] sing, _ _ [Ab] [Bb] let [Eb] freedom _ ring.
[Ab] _ _ _ For [F] the children of every [Eb] generation.
[Bb] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] All the [Fm] freedom, _ _ and let [Abm] [Bb] everyone sing.
_ [Abm] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bbm] It's a [Gb] dream [Ebm] to [Ab] build upon.
We [F] take the dream and [Bb] pass it on.
[Ab] _ [Bb] And _ _ [B] let freedom sing, _ _ _ _ let freedom [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Am] ring.
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_ [B] _ _ [D] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Gbm] _
_ _ [B] It has brought us this far, _ _ _ _ [Ab] it means who we are. _
[Db] _ And [A] together we [Gb] sing, _ [E] let _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ [F] people of the land sing.
[C] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ [C] _ [Am] _ [E] _ _ _ _
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