Freedom Taking Over Chords by Groundation
Tempo:
143.75 bpm
Chords used:
Bm
A
F#m
D
G#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
[A] [D]
[Bm] Zion, engage,
[F#m] yeah.
[D] Dragon,
[A]
[D] [Bm]
[F#m]
[Bm] you're gonna start this revolution.
[F#m]
[Bm] [F#m]
[Bm] [A]
[Bm] [F#m]
[D] The [Bm] lights broke the night.
[A]
To [Bm] indiscipline, I battled them back.
[A]
The [Bm] walking talk, they still mash them [A] down, we [Bm] weep.
With the strength of alliance, [A] I'm still, [Bm] I hear.
I hear [F#m]
war [Bm] today.
We still, I [F#m] hear war [Bm] today.
The [A] youth [D] men call upon these sailors, of which we seek help [Bm] there.
Oh, the Congo Manichae, yeah.
[F#m]
[Bm] Oh, them Congo Manichae.
All [F#m] the [Bm] youth and I, [F#m] nothing can [Bm] it see.
This is [F#m] not the use of [Bm] life, for in [F#m] the future [Bm] we wait.
All [A] the youth [Bm] and I, let all [A] the tears [Bm] we cry.
Because of [A] this [Bm] rustle of life, oh, [A] this rustle of [Bm] life.
[F] And you can see [D] the change.
Days, [G] can be made, [F#m] and cold, [A] for the children, and their [Dm] sunny [Bm] places.
[F#m]
[Bm] [A]
So [Bm] we give thanks and praises to our [F#m] allies, [Bm] yes.
For the guidance we seek help there.
[A] [Bm] We give thanks and praises to our [F#m] allies.
[Bm] For unto them we know that break [F#m] like broken [Bm] shall stand the world tonight.
[D]
Shall [Bm] stand [A]
[Bm] the world tonight.
[D]
[Bm] Shall stand the world [F#m] tonight.
Long [Bm] before this war we used to cry, [F#m] we used to [Bm] lie and fade.
Visions [F#m] of fire [Bm] running red.
So I call upon [F#m] my elders [Bm] instead.
Young Carlos [A] and the country.
[G#m] Oh yeah, oh yeah [D] now.
[G#m] Oh yeah, oh yeah [F#]
now.
[G#m] Oh yeah, oh yeah [F#]
now.
[G#m] Oh yeah, oh yeah [F#] now.
[G#m] See them come up along [D] the [G#m] road.
Oh I can see [F#] they, [G#m] some walk my way, some stop [F#] by [D] I.
[G#m] Oh as the fire I shall greet [F#] them.
[G#m] And so the man, them [A#] run up so long, [G#m] so long.
Oh Lord, [F#]
[G#m] they're beating them down, they're shooting them [D] down.
It's [G#m] a poor man battle for the youth men's [F#] love.
And [C#m] the rich men are running away.
Seems [D] like they know them [C#m] right [Bm] from wrong.
But [C#m] as the youths will fight tonight.
Oh, look [Bm] how they jump and [A] shake [Bm] and move.
For nothing [F#m] coming over.
And this is freedom [Bm] to the poor men.
[A] Oh yeah, oh [Bm] yeah now.
Oh yeah, oh yeah now.
[A] [Bm]
[Dm] [Bm] Gonna mash them down.
[A] [Bm] Gonna beat them down.
[A] [Bm] Man from [A] [Bm] Waterhouse say.
Man [F#m] from [Bm] Waterhouse say.
[F#m] A man with a [Bm] cookie and cream.
[A] [Bm]
Come [F#] on Jesus.
[Bm] Hey
[A] that's [Bm] me.
To [F#m] the fire of [Bm] the vest.
To the fire of the [A] [Bm] vest.
Oh [F#m] yeah, [G] oh yeah, oh yeah now.
[F#m] [Bm] Oh yeah.
[F#m] [Bm]
[F#m] [Bm]
[A] [Bm]
[F#m] [Bm]
[F#m] [Bm]
[A] [Bm]
[F#m] [D]
[G]
[D]
[Bm]
[G]
[Bm] [A]
[Bm] [F#m]
[Bm] [A]
[Bm] [A]
[Bm] [A]
[Bm] [A]
[Bm] [F#m]
[Bm]
[A]
[Bm] [A] [Bm]
[A] [D]
[Bm] Zion, engage,
[F#m] yeah.
[D] Dragon,
[A]
[D] [Bm]
[F#m]
[Bm] you're gonna start this revolution.
[F#m]
[Bm] [F#m]
[Bm] [A]
[Bm] [F#m]
[D] The [Bm] lights broke the night.
[A]
To [Bm] indiscipline, I battled them back.
[A]
The [Bm] walking talk, they still mash them [A] down, we [Bm] weep.
With the strength of alliance, [A] I'm still, [Bm] I hear.
I hear [F#m]
war [Bm] today.
We still, I [F#m] hear war [Bm] today.
The [A] youth [D] men call upon these sailors, of which we seek help [Bm] there.
Oh, the Congo Manichae, yeah.
[F#m]
[Bm] Oh, them Congo Manichae.
All [F#m] the [Bm] youth and I, [F#m] nothing can [Bm] it see.
This is [F#m] not the use of [Bm] life, for in [F#m] the future [Bm] we wait.
All [A] the youth [Bm] and I, let all [A] the tears [Bm] we cry.
Because of [A] this [Bm] rustle of life, oh, [A] this rustle of [Bm] life.
[F] And you can see [D] the change.
Days, [G] can be made, [F#m] and cold, [A] for the children, and their [Dm] sunny [Bm] places.
[F#m]
[Bm] [A]
So [Bm] we give thanks and praises to our [F#m] allies, [Bm] yes.
For the guidance we seek help there.
[A] [Bm] We give thanks and praises to our [F#m] allies.
[Bm] For unto them we know that break [F#m] like broken [Bm] shall stand the world tonight.
[D]
Shall [Bm] stand [A]
[Bm] the world tonight.
[D]
[Bm] Shall stand the world [F#m] tonight.
Long [Bm] before this war we used to cry, [F#m] we used to [Bm] lie and fade.
Visions [F#m] of fire [Bm] running red.
So I call upon [F#m] my elders [Bm] instead.
Young Carlos [A] and the country.
[G#m] Oh yeah, oh yeah [D] now.
[G#m] Oh yeah, oh yeah [F#]
now.
[G#m] Oh yeah, oh yeah [F#]
now.
[G#m] Oh yeah, oh yeah [F#] now.
[G#m] See them come up along [D] the [G#m] road.
Oh I can see [F#] they, [G#m] some walk my way, some stop [F#] by [D] I.
[G#m] Oh as the fire I shall greet [F#] them.
[G#m] And so the man, them [A#] run up so long, [G#m] so long.
Oh Lord, [F#]
[G#m] they're beating them down, they're shooting them [D] down.
It's [G#m] a poor man battle for the youth men's [F#] love.
And [C#m] the rich men are running away.
Seems [D] like they know them [C#m] right [Bm] from wrong.
But [C#m] as the youths will fight tonight.
Oh, look [Bm] how they jump and [A] shake [Bm] and move.
For nothing [F#m] coming over.
And this is freedom [Bm] to the poor men.
[A] Oh yeah, oh [Bm] yeah now.
Oh yeah, oh yeah now.
[A] [Bm]
[Dm] [Bm] Gonna mash them down.
[A] [Bm] Gonna beat them down.
[A] [Bm] Man from [A] [Bm] Waterhouse say.
Man [F#m] from [Bm] Waterhouse say.
[F#m] A man with a [Bm] cookie and cream.
[A] [Bm]
Come [F#] on Jesus.
[Bm] Hey
[A] that's [Bm] me.
To [F#m] the fire of [Bm] the vest.
To the fire of the [A] [Bm] vest.
Oh [F#m] yeah, [G] oh yeah, oh yeah now.
[F#m] [Bm] Oh yeah.
[F#m] [Bm]
[F#m] [Bm]
[A] [Bm]
[F#m] [Bm]
[F#m] [Bm]
[A] [Bm]
[F#m] [D]
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[D]
[Bm]
[G]
[Bm] [A]
[Bm] [F#m]
[Bm] [A]
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Key:
Bm
A
F#m
D
G#m
Bm
A
F#m
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Bm] Zion, _ engage, _
_ [F#m] yeah. _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ Dragon, _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] you're gonna start this revolution.
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [D] The [Bm] lights broke the night.
[A]
To [Bm] indiscipline, I battled them back.
[A]
The [Bm] walking talk, they still mash them [A] down, we [Bm] weep.
With the strength of alliance, [A] I'm still, [Bm] I hear.
_ I hear [F#m]
war [Bm] today.
We still, I [F#m] hear war [Bm] today.
_ _ The [A] youth [D] men call upon these sailors, of which we seek help [Bm] there.
Oh, the Congo Manichae, yeah.
[F#m] _
_ [Bm] Oh, them Congo Manichae.
All [F#m] the [Bm] youth and I, _ _ _ [F#m] nothing can [Bm] it see.
_ _ This is [F#m] not the use of [Bm] life, _ _ for in [F#m] the future [Bm] we wait.
_ _ All [A] the youth [Bm] and I, _ _ let all [A] the tears [Bm] we cry.
_ Because of [A] this [Bm] rustle of life, _ _ oh, [A] this rustle of [Bm] life.
_ _ _ [F] And you can see [D] the change.
_ Days, _ [G] can be _ _ made, [F#m] and cold, [A] for the children, _ _ _ and their [Dm] sunny [Bm] places.
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A]
So [Bm] we give thanks and praises to our [F#m] allies, [Bm] yes.
For the guidance we seek help there.
[A] [Bm] We give thanks and praises to our [F#m] allies.
[Bm] For unto them we know that break [F#m] like broken [Bm] shall stand the world tonight.
[D] _
Shall [Bm] stand _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Bm] the world tonight.
[D] _
[Bm] Shall stand the world _ _ [F#m] tonight.
Long _ [Bm] before this war we used to cry, [F#m] we used to [Bm] lie and fade.
_ Visions [F#m] of fire [Bm] running red.
So I call upon [F#m] my elders [Bm] _ instead.
Young Carlos [A] and the country.
[G#m] Oh yeah, oh yeah [D] now.
_ [G#m] Oh yeah, oh yeah [F#]
now.
[G#m] Oh yeah, oh yeah [F#]
now.
[G#m] Oh yeah, oh yeah [F#] now.
_ [G#m] See them come up along [D] the [G#m] road.
Oh I can see [F#] they, _ [G#m] some walk my way, some stop [F#] by [D] I.
[G#m] Oh as the fire I shall greet [F#] them.
_ [G#m] And so the man, them [A#] run up so long, [G#m] so long.
_ Oh Lord, [F#] _
[G#m] they're beating them down, they're shooting them [D] down.
It's [G#m] a poor man battle for the youth men's [F#] love.
And [C#m] the rich men are running away. _ _
_ _ Seems [D] like they know them [C#m] right [Bm] from wrong.
_ _ _ But [C#m] as the youths will fight _ tonight.
Oh, _ _ look [Bm] how they jump and [A] shake [Bm] and move.
For nothing [F#m] coming over. _
And this is freedom [Bm] to the poor men.
_ [A] Oh yeah, oh [Bm] yeah now.
Oh yeah, oh yeah now.
[A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bm] Gonna mash them down.
[A] _ _ [Bm] Gonna beat them down.
_ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ Man _ from [A] [Bm] Waterhouse say. _ _
Man [F#m] from [Bm] Waterhouse say. _ _
_ [F#m] A man with a [Bm] cookie and cream. _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
Come [F#] on Jesus.
[Bm] Hey _ _
_ _ [A] that's [Bm] me. _ _ _
To [F#m] the fire of [Bm] the vest.
To the fire of the _ _ [A] _ [Bm] vest.
Oh [F#m] yeah, _ _ _ [G] oh yeah, oh yeah now.
[F#m] _ _ _ [Bm] Oh yeah. _
_ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Bm] Zion, _ engage, _
_ [F#m] yeah. _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ Dragon, _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] you're gonna start this revolution.
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [D] The [Bm] lights broke the night.
[A]
To [Bm] indiscipline, I battled them back.
[A]
The [Bm] walking talk, they still mash them [A] down, we [Bm] weep.
With the strength of alliance, [A] I'm still, [Bm] I hear.
_ I hear [F#m]
war [Bm] today.
We still, I [F#m] hear war [Bm] today.
_ _ The [A] youth [D] men call upon these sailors, of which we seek help [Bm] there.
Oh, the Congo Manichae, yeah.
[F#m] _
_ [Bm] Oh, them Congo Manichae.
All [F#m] the [Bm] youth and I, _ _ _ [F#m] nothing can [Bm] it see.
_ _ This is [F#m] not the use of [Bm] life, _ _ for in [F#m] the future [Bm] we wait.
_ _ All [A] the youth [Bm] and I, _ _ let all [A] the tears [Bm] we cry.
_ Because of [A] this [Bm] rustle of life, _ _ oh, [A] this rustle of [Bm] life.
_ _ _ [F] And you can see [D] the change.
_ Days, _ [G] can be _ _ made, [F#m] and cold, [A] for the children, _ _ _ and their [Dm] sunny [Bm] places.
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A]
So [Bm] we give thanks and praises to our [F#m] allies, [Bm] yes.
For the guidance we seek help there.
[A] [Bm] We give thanks and praises to our [F#m] allies.
[Bm] For unto them we know that break [F#m] like broken [Bm] shall stand the world tonight.
[D] _
Shall [Bm] stand _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Bm] the world tonight.
[D] _
[Bm] Shall stand the world _ _ [F#m] tonight.
Long _ [Bm] before this war we used to cry, [F#m] we used to [Bm] lie and fade.
_ Visions [F#m] of fire [Bm] running red.
So I call upon [F#m] my elders [Bm] _ instead.
Young Carlos [A] and the country.
[G#m] Oh yeah, oh yeah [D] now.
_ [G#m] Oh yeah, oh yeah [F#]
now.
[G#m] Oh yeah, oh yeah [F#]
now.
[G#m] Oh yeah, oh yeah [F#] now.
_ [G#m] See them come up along [D] the [G#m] road.
Oh I can see [F#] they, _ [G#m] some walk my way, some stop [F#] by [D] I.
[G#m] Oh as the fire I shall greet [F#] them.
_ [G#m] And so the man, them [A#] run up so long, [G#m] so long.
_ Oh Lord, [F#] _
[G#m] they're beating them down, they're shooting them [D] down.
It's [G#m] a poor man battle for the youth men's [F#] love.
And [C#m] the rich men are running away. _ _
_ _ Seems [D] like they know them [C#m] right [Bm] from wrong.
_ _ _ But [C#m] as the youths will fight _ tonight.
Oh, _ _ look [Bm] how they jump and [A] shake [Bm] and move.
For nothing [F#m] coming over. _
And this is freedom [Bm] to the poor men.
_ [A] Oh yeah, oh [Bm] yeah now.
Oh yeah, oh yeah now.
[A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bm] Gonna mash them down.
[A] _ _ [Bm] Gonna beat them down.
_ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ Man _ from [A] [Bm] Waterhouse say. _ _
Man [F#m] from [Bm] Waterhouse say. _ _
_ [F#m] A man with a [Bm] cookie and cream. _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
Come [F#] on Jesus.
[Bm] Hey _ _
_ _ [A] that's [Bm] me. _ _ _
To [F#m] the fire of [Bm] the vest.
To the fire of the _ _ [A] _ [Bm] vest.
Oh [F#m] yeah, _ _ _ [G] oh yeah, oh yeah now.
[F#m] _ _ _ [Bm] Oh yeah. _
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