Chords for Chimes of Freedom (Live at Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI - July 1964)

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Far between [A] the finish sundown [G]
and midnight's broken [C] toll
[G] We ducked inside the [A] doorway as thunder went crashing _ _ _
As majestic bells [A] of bolts [G] struck shadows [C] in the sounds
[G] Seeming to [A] be the [G] chimes of freedom flashing _ _ _
_ _ [D] Flashing for the warriors [G] whose strength is not to fight
[C] Flashing [G] for the refugees [Am] on the unarmed [D]
road of flight
[G] And for each and [A] every _ [G] underdog soldier [C] in the night
[G] And we gazed [C] upon the chimes [G] of freedom flashing
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_ _ _ Through the city's [D] melting furnace, [G] unexpectedly [C] we watched
[G] With faces [E] hidden as the walls were tightening
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_ _ [G] the echo [D] of the wedding [G] bells before the [C] blowing rain
[G] _ Dissolved [E] into the veils [G] of the lightning _
_ _ [D] Calling for the rebel, _ [G] calling for the weak
[C] Calling [G] for the luckless, the [Am] abandoned and [D] forsaken
_ [G] Calling [D] for the _ [G] burning constantly [C] at stake
[G] And we gazed [C] upon the chimes of [G] freedom flashing
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Through the mad, [D] mystic haemorrhine of the wild [C] ripping hail
[G] The sky cracked its palms in naked wonder
[D] The _ [G] clinging [A] of the church bells [G] blew far [C] into the night
[G] Leaving only [D] bells of [G] lightning and its thunder _ _
_ _ _ [D] Striking for the gentle, _ [G] striking for the kind
[C] Striking [G] for the guardians [Am] and protectors [D] of the mind
[G] And the poet [E] and the painter [G] who lights up his [C] bright full time
[G] And we gazed [C] upon the chimes of [G] freedom flashing _
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_ _ Through the wild [D] cathedral evening, [G] the rain on [C] rattled tails
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_ _ _ Calling [D] for the tongues with [G] no place to bring [C] their thoughts
[G] And taking [D] for [G] granted _ situations _
_ _ _ [D] Calling for the deaf and blind
[G] Calling for the mute
[C] By the mistreated, [G] maintenance mother, [Am] the mistitled [D] prostitute
[G] By the [D] misdemeanor outlaw, [G] chained and cheated [C] by pursuit
[G] And we gazed [C] upon the chimes of [G] freedom flashing _
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_ _ Even though a [D] cloud's white curtain in a [G] far-off [C] corner flared
[G] And the hypnotic [D] splattered mist [G] was slowly lifting
[D] _ _ [G] Electric light still [D] struck like arrows, [G] fired but [C] for the ones
[G] Condemned to [E] drift or else [G] be kept from drifting
Calling _ _ _ [D] _
_ for the searching on their speechless singing trail
[C] For the lonesome, [G] hearted lovers [Am] with two-person [D] _ alatale
[G] And for each [A] unharmful, gentle [G] soul misplaced [C] inside a jail
[G] And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing
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_ -eyed [A] and laughing [G] as I recall when we [C] were caught _
[G] Trapped by no [D] track of hours [G] for they hanged suspended
_ [D] As [G] we listened one [E] last time [G] and watched with one [C] last look
[G] Smelled bound [E] and swallowed [G] till the tolling ended
Calling _
[D] _ _ for the aching [G] ones whose wounds cannot be nursed
[C] By the countless, [G] confused, accused, [Am] misused, strung up [D] ones and worse
[G] And for every hung [D]-up person [G] in the whole wide [C] _ universe
[G] And we gazed [D] upon the chimes of freedom flashing _ _ _
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