To Be Free Chords by Fontella Bass

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_ I think I'll go _ _ down _ by the river _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Gonna sit down and try to rest my mind
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All the things I've been trying to [G] _ face
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_ _ Gonna leave them all behind
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Watching the boat, _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Ab] oh, I might [C] even try
_ _ But I'll be free if it's _ only _ on
[Bb] _ For a little [G] while, _ _ [C] I'll be free
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_ _ I can't live, _ _ _ _ I said I can't live like memory _ _ _ _
_ Yesterday, _ _ yesterday is dead and gone
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_ _ _ Tomorrow, _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [C] tomorrow _ _ _ _ may _ _ not even see the dawn
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I'll fly away [D] somewhere, _ _ way [G] up in [C] the sky _ _
Just to be free if it's _ _ only _ _ [Bb] for a little [G] while
_ _ _ [C] _ I'll be _ free
_ [Bb] Scrambling, _ _ _ _ _ [C] scrambling through my _ soul
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_ Searching for my [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ soul
Looking for [Gm] a [A] reason for living _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ I'm so _ tired [G] of dying _
_ _ _ [C] Looking _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ back over my life _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Trying to remember where I've been
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_ _ Thinking about the rivers I've yet to [G] cross
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_ And wondering when I'm gonna end
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If _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [A] _ _ [F] _ I'm just what it would [Ab] _ _ really, really [G] mean to [C] me _ _ _ _
To be free, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ to be free
[G] If only for a little while
[C] _ To be free _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [C] To be free _ _
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