I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free Chords by Nina Simone

[Bb] _ [D] _ [Gm] _ [Fm] _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ [Gm] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] _
_ [Bb] _ [D] _ [Gm] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ [Bbm] [Bb] I _ _ [D] _ [Gm] _ [E] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _
_ [D] wish [Gm] I knew [Bb] how [Eb] it would [Bb] feel to be free.
I [Eb] wish [Bb] I could break [F] all the [C] chains [F] holding [Bb] me.
I [D] wish [Gm] I could say [Eb] all the [F] things that [Bb] I should say.
Say them [D] loud, [Gm] say them [E] clear [Bb] for the [Eb] whole round [Bb] world to hear.
[Bb] I [D] [Gm] wish I could [Bb] share [Eb] all the love [Bb] that's in my heart.
[Bb] [Eb] Remove [Bb] all the bars [F] that [C] keep [F] us apart.
[Bb] [D] I wish [Gm] you could [Bb] know [Eb] what it means [Bb] to be [E] me.
[Bb] Then you'd [D] see [Gm] and [E] agree [Bb] that every man should be free.
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_ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] _
[Cm] _ [Bb] _ [D] _ [Gm] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ [G] _ [Bb] _
[E] _ [Bb] _ [D] _ [Gm] _ [E] _ [Bb] _ _ _
I [D] wish [Gm] I [Bb] could give [Eb] all I'm [Bb] longing to give.
I [Eb] wish [Bb] I could live [F] like [C] I'm [F] longing to live.
[Bb] I [Gb] wish [Gm] I could do [Eb] all the things [Bb] that I can [E] do.
[Bb] Though I'm [D] way [Gm] over [E] built, [Bb] I'd be starting anew.
Well I [D] wish [Gm] I could [Bb] be [Eb] like a bird [Bb] in the sky.
How [Eb] sweet [Bb] it would [F] be if my [C] heart [F] _
_ [Bb] _ [D] [Gm] soared to the [Bb] sun.
[Eb] I'm down [Bb] at the [E] sea [Bb] and I [D] say it [Gm] cause I [Eb] know.
I [Bb] say [D] hey [Gm] cause I [E] know.
[Bb] I say [D] hey [Gm] cause I know.
[Bb] How it [D] feels, [Gm]
[Eb] how it [Bb] feels [D] to [Gm] be [Eb] free.
[Bb] I know [D] how [Gm] it feels.
[Eb] I [Bb] know [Gb] how [Gm] _ [Bb] it feels.
[Gm] How it [Bb] _ [D] [Gm] feels to be [Bb] free.
[D] _ [Gm] _ _
[Bb] _ [D] _ [Gm] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] [D] I [Gm] know [Eb] _
[Bb] [D] how it [Bb] feels.
_ [Gm] I'm a free man!
I'm [Eb] a free [Bb] man!
I'm a free man!
[Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ [Eb] _
Free [Bb] _ man! _ _ _ _