Chords for Luke Kelly - Free the People [Audio Stream]

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_ _ _ [Am] _ [Bb] Laws were made for people, and the law can [Gm] never scorn [C] the right [F] of a man to be free.
_ [Bb] Free _ [F] the [Dm] people, _ [Bb] _ let [C] them have [F] their say.
_ _ [Bb] Free _ [F] the [Bb] people, _ let [C] them see the [F] light of day.
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] A dismal [Am] dawn was breaking when [Bb] they took her man away, [Gm]
not knowing what [C] was his crime. _
[F] Just what he was [Am] guilty of, [Gm] not one of them could say, but they think [C] of something [F] in time.
[Bb] He says goodbye [Am] and remember, _ _
[Bb] we shall _ [C] _ _ overcome.
[Bb] _ Free [F] the [Dm] people, _
[Bb] _ [C] let them [F] have their say.
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_ Free [F] the [Dm] people, _
[Bb] _ [C] let them see the [F] light of [Bb] day. _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [Am] Comforting her children [Bb] softly crying in the night, [Gm] she tries very hard [C] to explain.
[F] You know your [Am] daddy never [Bb] did a thing that wasn't right, [Gm] so soon he's [C] bound to be [F] home again.
_ [Bb] _ He [Am] is a good man, [Dm] and he shall [C] overcome.
_ _ [Bb] _ Free [F] the [Dm] people, _ [Bb] _ [C] let them [F] have their say.
[Bb] _ _ Free [F] the [Dm] people, _ [Bb] _ [C] let them see the [F] light of [Bb] day.
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[F] What [Am] does it profit him, [Bb] the right to be born, [Gm] if he suffers the loss of liberty?
[C] _ Laws were made for [F] people, [Am] and the law can never scorn [Bb] the right of a man to be [Gm] free.
_ [C] We are the people, [F] and we shall overcome.
[Bb] We _ are [Am] the people, _ [Bb] and we shall [C] overcome. _ _
_ [Gm] Free [F] the [Dm] people, _
[Bb] _ [C] let them [F] have their say. _
[Bb] _ Free [F] the [Dm] people, _
[Bb] let [C] them see the [F] light of day. _ _
[Bb] _ Free [F] the people, [Dm] _ _
[Bb] let [C] them [F] have their say. _
[Bb] _ Free [F] the people, [Dm] _ _
[Bb] let [C] them see the [F] light of day. _ _
[Bb] _ Free [F] the people. _ _
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