To Be Free chords

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Rhineland, New Jersey, _ farmland stretching, _ far as the eye G can see.
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No much down there A but sun-scorched pastures D in _ 1953.
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The war was over and they came searching for a place G to be.
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They left the Rhineland, A they lost their homeland D and _ all their G family.
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Like feathers G on the D ocean breeze, G they Bm went spinning A and tumbling across D the sea.
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Never know where G they'd come down A or D who they'd be.
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Like heather G on the hillside, Bm they were bruised and A they were D battered by the breeze.
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_ Searching G for a place A _ D to be free.
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Sunburned summers, _ frostbite winters, the kids were plainly G dressed.
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Left the farmhouse A when he was old enough D and headed out G west.
From _ D _ .
California to Southern Africa and all the way to G France _ _ _ Em.
and on to England A to meet my mother D in _ 1981.
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_ Like feathers G on the ocean breeze, Em they went Bm spinning and A tumbling across the D sea.
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Never know where G they'd come down A or who D they'd be.
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Like heather on G the hillside, they Bm were bruised and they A were battered D by the breeze.
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_ Searching for G a place _ A to D be free.
_ _ _ _ Oh, G like a seed _ Gm that is flying in the wind in D search of water, A soil and Bm sun.
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_ The E birds and the bees to help it A all along.
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D _ Now here I am, 33 years down, _ _ G 2017.
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_ Em I've seen the Rhineland, A I've been to Vineland, D I'm a feather on the G breeze.
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