Chords for Paul Robeson (Born to be Free)--Black 47

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[D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ I'm going [Gm] to sing a song called,
I'm going to sing a song called,
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[F] There's a lot more to democracy than having a vote.
[D] I'm the equal leader of any man, free my people, let them go.
[Bb] These chains around my body are never going to hold me.
[C] And I refuse to be a slave in my own country.
[Bb] The greater only grave, cause we're down on our knees.
[C] Rise up my brothers and sisters, we were born to be free, born to be free.
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[Am] You can call me a traitor, but I love my country.
[Gm] And I would like to sell it out, because of your hypocrisy.
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I refuse to hide behind the filth, I have no fear of [D] honesty.
[Gm] You always know exactly where I am, so let's just come on over here and get me.
[F] You can tap my phone, but there's one thing you will never hear.
[D] Cause the drug beat of freedom, wasn't meant for your slave's ears.
[Bb] I'll never turn my back on my comrades and my friends.
[C] The cruel and the displeasing, the women and the men.
[Bb] The greater only grave, cause we're down on our knees.
[C] Rise up my brothers and sisters, we were born to be free, born to [F] be free.
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I stand [Bb] here struggling for the [Ab] rights of my people to be full citizens in this country, and they are not.
_ [Eb] Close your heart, stop me singing.
[F] Close your mind, stop me speaking.
[G] Close your kitchens, stop me [Ab] eating.
Close your house, stop me sleeping.
[Bb] But I'll never turn my back on my comrades and my friends.
[C] The poor and the dispossessed, the women and the men.
[Bb] The greater only grave, cause we're down on our knees.
[C] Rise up my brothers and sisters, we were born to be free, born [F] _ _ _ _
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[A] to be free.
All [Bb] these chains around my body, are never gonna hold me.
[C] And I refuse to be a slave, in my own country.
[Bb] The greater only grave, cause we're down on our knees.
[C] Rise up my brothers and sisters, [G] we were born to be free, born to [F] be free. _ _ _
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_ _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ I am born and bred in this America of ours.
I [C] want to love it, but we must have the courage to shout at the top of our voices [Bb] about our injustices.
And we must lay the blame right where it is belongs for over [C] 300 years of slavery and misery.
Right here on our own [F] doorstep. _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ My father was a slave, and my people died to build [C] this country.
And I'm going to stay here and have a part of it just [Bb] like you.
And no fascist minded people will drive me from it.
[G] Is that clear? _ _
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