Chords for Common - Letter To The Free ft. Bilal

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[G] Southern leaves, southern trees we hung from, [Ab] barren souls, heroic songs unsung.
Forgive them, Father, they know this knot is undone.
[Cm] Tied with the rope that my grandmother died.
[G] Pride of the pilgrims affect lives of millions.
The [Ab] slave days separating fathers from children.
Institution ain't just a building, but a [Cm] method of having black and brown bodies filled.
[F] We ain't seen as human beings with feelings.
Will the [Ab] U.S. ever be us?
Lord willing.
For [Eb] now we know the new Jim Crow.
To [Cm] stop, search, and arrest our souls.
Police [F] and policies betrothed.
Philosophies of [Cm] control.
A cruel hand taking hold.
We let go to free them so we can free us.
America's moment to come to Jesus. _
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[Eb] _ Hold on.
[Cm] Don't be long.
The [G] cage bird sings for freedom to bring.
Black [Ab] bodies being lost in the American dream.
Blood of black being, a pastoral scene.
Slavery [Cm] still alive, check Amendment 13.
[G] Not whips and chains, I'm subliminal.
[Ab] Instead of nigger, they use the word criminal.
Sweet land of liberty, [Eb] incarcerated country.
Shot me [Cm] with your ray gun and now you wanna trump me.
Prison [G] is business, America's the company.
[Cm] Investing in [Ab] injustice, fear, and long suffering.
We [Cm] staring in the face of hate again.
The same hate they say will make America great again.
No [F] consolation prize for the dehumanized.
For [Ab] America to rise is a matter of black lives.
And we gon' free them [Cm] so we can free us.
America's moment to come to Jesus. _
[G] Freedom.
_ [Cm] Freedom.
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Hold on.
[Eb] _ _ [Cm] Don't be long. [G] Freedom.
_ _ _ [Fm] Freedom come.
_ [Eb] Hold on.
[Cm] _ Won't be long, love.
_ [G] Won't be long, [Fm] freedom. _ _
[Eb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Db] Won't [A] be long.
[Ab] _ _ [F] _ Freedom [C] come. _
[Eb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Db] Won't [Ab] _ _
_ _ [F] be long.
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[Fm] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [Ab] Won't be long.
Won't [Gm] be long, freedom.
[F] Freedom, _ _ _
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[Ab] freedom, freedom, [Gm] _ [F] freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, _ _ [Dm] _ [Db] freedom, _ [A] _ _
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_ _ [D] _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] freedom, freedom,
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[Bb] _ _ _ [Db] freedom, freedom, [Cm] _
[Fm] freedom, _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
[Eb] freedom, [Bb] freedom, freedom, freedom, _ [Db] freedom, [Cm] freedom, [Ab] _ _ [Gm] freedom,
[Ab] freedom, _ _ _
_ [Eb] freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom,
freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom,
freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom,
freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom,
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