Burden Of Freedom Chords by Kris Kristofferson

[E] I stand on the stairway, _ _ _ _ _ my back to [F#m] the dungeon, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the [A] doorway to [B] freedom, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ so close to [E] my hand, _ _
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voices [F#m] _ behind me _
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still _ _ [E] bitterly damning, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] forsaking _ [F#m] _
salvation _ they _
[B] _ _ _ _ don't _ [E] understand. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Lord help me [A] to _ _ shoulder _ _ the _ _ _ burden [E] of freedom, _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ and give me [A] the _ courage _ _ _ _ _ to be [B] what I _ can.
_ _ _ _ And when I [E] am wounded _ _ by _ _ _ _ those [F#m] who condemn me, _ _ _ _ _ _ Lord help me [B] forgive them, [G#m] _ _
_ [B] _ _ they don't _ [E] understand.
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Their _ _ lonely _ frustration _ _ _ descending _ _ _ _ [Em] to laughter _ _ _ _ _ _ erases [A] the footprints _ I _ _ _ leave in [D] the sand.
_ _ And _ _ _ I'm free [Em] to travel _ _ _ [A] where _ _ no one [D] can follow, _ _ _ _ _ _ in search of [Em] the kingdom _ _ they [A] _ _ _ don't _
[D] understand. _ _ _ _
_ _ Lord [A] help me [G] to _ shoulder _ _ _ _ the burden [D] of freedom, _ _ _ _ _ and give me [G] the _ _ courage _ _ _ to be what [A] I _ can. _ _
And _ when I [D] am wounded _ by _ _ _ _ those [Em] who condemn me, _ _ _ _ _ Lord help [A] me forgive them, _ _ _ _ _ they don't [D] understand. _ _ _ _
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_ _ The tigers of wrath were wiser than the horses of instruction. _ _
_ And _ he also _ said that if he who is organized by the divine for spiritual communion
refused and buries his talent in the earth, even though he should want natural bread,
sorrow and desperation will pursue him throughout life, and after death, shame and confusion of face to eternity.
_ _ _ And _ _ _ _ _
so you have this _ weird _ combination of duty and obligation tied up with your freedom.
If you're free _ _ to be the person you're supposed to be, you also have this obligation to be this person you're supposed to be.
And to _ _ communicate _ the messages of the