In The Springtime Chords by Maxi Priest

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ Oh, _ yeah.
[Ebm] _ _ Oh, [Db] _ _ _ [Ebm] _
_ _ oh, [Ab] _ _ yeah.
_ [Bb] _ In [Db] the _ [Bbm] springtime, _ _ you can see [Ab] nature fully free.
_ _ [Db] _ High up in the trees, you can hear the [Ebm] birds,
them [Gb] singing songs.
[Db] _ _ [Bbm] Freedom.
_ _ Out in the open, _
[Eb] _ [Gb] _ _ [Db] everything there is fresh [Bbm] and clean.
I like [Db] the life I'm [Gb] giving.
_ [Db] All creatures [Eb]
great and [Bbm] small living [Ab] _ together one and [Gb] all.
[Db] I want to [Eb] be the [Gb] way I [Db] want to be. _
[Eb] [Bbm] That is the way [Db] I want to be.
[Bbm] _ Like the [Db] birds in the trees. _
[Bbm] _ _ They're [Ab] going. _ _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ Singing [Db] songs of freedom.
[Bbm] _ Singing [Db] songs of freedom. _
[Bbm] _ _ Living [Db] in the city. _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Db] No [Ab] change around [Gb] my feet.
_ [Db] _ Still I'm [Ebm] not [Gb] free.
_ [Db] No [Ab] handcuffs on [Bbm] my hands.
[Db] But I've got my [Eb] dignity.
[Gb] _ _ [Ab] I want to [Bbm] be the way I [Db] want to be. _
[Ebm] _ That is the way [Ab] I want to [Bbm] be.
_ Like the [Db] birds in the trees. _
[Bbm] _ _ _ They're [Ab] going. _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ Singing [Db] songs of freedom.
_ [Bbm] _ Singing [Db] songs of freedom.
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Gb] _ [Db] See, I say you, _
[Eb] _ _ [Bbm] living [Db] in the city. _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] Can't get no work.
[Ebm] Can't get no [Db] job.
Can't get [Ab] no money.
So [Bbm] what's in my pocket?
I _
[Bbm] _ _ _ [Db] can't get a [Ab] thing to have [Db] on my _ [Eb] own.
That's why I [Db] want to be _ [Bbm] free.
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[Eb] _ [Gb] That's why I [Db] want to be _ _
[Ebm] _ _ free.
[Db] _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ Like the [Db] birds in the _ [Bb] trees.
Like the [Db] birds in the trees.
[Bbm] _ _ [Ab] They're going. _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ Singing [Db] songs of freedom. _
[Ebm] _ [Bbm] Singing [Db] songs of [Ab] freedom.
[Bbm] _ _ _ [Db] Yes, in the _ [Bbm] springtime.
_ _ [Db] Yes, it [Ab] makes you feel [Bbm] free.
_ _ [Ab] _ Higher [Ebm] in the trees.
You [Db] can hear the [Ebm] birds.
They're singing songs of freedom.
[Bbm] _
_ _ Out in the [Ab] open. _
_ _ Everything there is fresh and clean.
I like [Db] the life [Ab] I'm here [Bbm] living.
_ [Db] All creatures, [Bbm] great and small,
Living [Db] _ together, one [Bbm] and all.
_ [Db] I want to [Bb] be the way I want to be. _
Just like the _ birds in the trees.
_ They're _ going. _ _
_ They're [Db] going.
_ _ [Ebm] _
[Bbm] I said they're [Db] going.
_ _ [Bb]
I said they're going.
_ _ [Eb]
I said they're [Ab] going.
_ Singing [Ebm] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ songs [Ebm] _
_ [Bbm] _ [Db] of freedom.
_ [Ebm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _