Chords for Free - lyrics

[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ 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.
[Eb] Tee-hee!
And then [Ab] there's your math lessons, your [Bb] geography lessons, your science lessons.
[Eb] All my life I've [Ab] always wanted [Cm] to have one day [Ab] just for me.
[Bb] Nothing to [Eb] do and for once know [Cm] where I need [Bb] to be.
[Eb] With no lessons, [Ab] lords, or lunches, [Cm] or to-do list [Ab] in the way.
[Bb] No one to say [Eb] when to eat, or [Cm] read, or leave, [Ab] or share.
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_ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] All my life I've [Ab] always wanted [Cm] to have one day for [Ab] myself,
[Bb] Not waking up [Eb] with a pile of work [Cm] on every [Bb] shelf.
[Eb] With no hems in need [Ab] of pressing, [Cm] and no sleeves in [Ab] disarray.
[Bb] No wedding gown [Eb] with a thousand [Cm] stitches to [Ab] crochet
_ And [Eb] _ _ no [Ab] debt to pay _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ Madam Cotton, what do you think I'm running here?
A cabaret?
I would have said a debtor's prison
Keep laughing, you'll be working for me for another 37 years
But I've already paid off more than half
But there's an interest, [Ab] isn't there?
Your parents should have thought of that [Cm] before they borrowed so much
They [Ab] did it to feed me Their mistake
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_ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] What would it be like to be
What would it be like to [G] be free
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_ _ [Gm] Free to try [Am]
crazy [Dm] things
[Gm] Free from [F] endless I owe you
Free _ [Gm] _ to [C] fly
Free [Dm] to [Eb] sing
And [Gm] marry my [Bb] _
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_ _ [C] _ _ [Ab] I'm [Eb] so sorry, my darling
But as you know, it is vital you marry King Dominic
It is the only way to take care of our people
[Ab] I know, it's my [Cm] duty
And look, [Ab] another engagement gift
[Eb] You [Bb] _ [Eb] 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 have [Ab] 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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[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] Now I [Ab] fear I'll never be
Soon I know I'll never [G] be free _ _
_ [Eb] _ [D] _ _ [Cm] I close my eyes [Ab] and feel myself fly
[Bb] A thousand miles [Cm] _ away
_ I could take flight [Ab] but would it be right?
[Bb] _ My conscience tells [G] me stay _ _ _ _ _
[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
She can never stop my [C] schemes
There's more to [F] living than gloves and [Dm] gowns and threads [Bb] and seams
In my dreams
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