Oh Freedom Chords by Joan Baez

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_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [A] _ These are some [D] things I read in a newspaper, _ November _ 1989.
[G] _ _ I saw the miracle on TV, [G#] East and West Berliners cheering and [D] dancing on top of the wall.
I immediately called [B] my friend Hans.
He laughed.
He'd been [E] drinking wine, he said, celebrating with his 16-year-old son from the [Bm] East,
called from a phone [D] booth just around the corner.
He'll be here any minute, he [F#] said.
Can you imagine?
I haven't seen him since he was [G] 10.
The only sensible thing to [G#] do, he said, is to celebrate.
[D] Please tell your readers that.
Tell them that what we've [A#] just seen is greater than logic.
The [Bm] doorbell's ringing.
My son [B] is here.
I have to hang up, open a bottle and drink with us.
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[F#m] The past lost its [D] grip and the wall of history opened, [Bm] and people flooded [B] through for a look at the present.
[D] They wandered the West, looking at freedom and [F#] also at the latest cars in the showroom [G] windows.
As it is written [G#] on the wall near Potsdamer Platz, they came, they saw, they did a little shouting.
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_ [D] _ _ [B] _ _ Shhh.
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_ [D] Oh, _ oh, freedom. _
_ _ Oh, _ _ freedom.
_ _ _ Oh, _ freedom.
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ Oh, [G] freedom.
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_ _ [D] Oh, _ [B] _ _ [D] _
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freedom.
_ _ Oh, _ _ freedom.
[A] Oh, freedom.
Oh, freedom. Oh, _ _ freedom.
[Bm] Oh, _ [D] _ freedom. _ _
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[A] _ Oh, [D] _ _ _ _
freedom.
_ [A] Oh, _ _ _ [D] _
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ freedom.
_ _ [G] Oh, freedom. _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [D] And go home [B] _ [F#] to my love [A] _ [D] and be free.
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[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ Oh, freedom.
[G] _ _ _ _ [N] Oh, freedom.
_ _ Oh, _ I'm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ buried in my [D] grave.
And go home [B] to [F#] my love [A] _ [G] and be _ free.
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_ And go [B] home _ [E] _
_ [A] _ [G] to my _ [D] _ _ _
_ love _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _
_ and [G] be free.
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