Chords for Raul Midón - Libertad

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Crossing over the waterline, _ mesmerized by freedom,
_ hypnotized by the city lights, you're reaching out to meet them.
Tempted away from the ones you love, into the land of plenty,
all alone in a crowded place at the age of one and twenty.
[B] _ _ [Db] _ [Abm] Libertad, libertad, that's what they told [B] me.
_ [Db] _ [Abm] Libertad, libertad, nobody owns [B] me.
_ [Db] Libertad, [Abm] libertad, moving toward my destiny.
[B] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Abm] Libertad, libertad. _
_ _ _ _ Work all hours of the day and night, thinking barely enough to survive.
Hidden in the shadows from your fellow men, while they don't even know you're alive.
A cog in a mechanized dream machine, but none of the dreams are your own.
Locked outside in the in-between, silently longing for a home.
[B] _ _ [Db] Libertad, [Abm] libertad, that's what they [B] told me.
_ [Db] Libertad, [Abm] libertad, nobody owns [B] me.
_ [Db] Libertad, [Abm] libertad, moving toward my [B] destiny.
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[Abm] _ _ Libertad, libertad. _ _ _
Crossing over the borderline, La Migra has found you at last.
No final goodbyes for your family, for soon all signs of life would be past.
They beat you and cupped you to calm you down, they beat you until you were dead.
Twenty or more to just one man, and these are the last words you say.
[E] Ayúdame, _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] por favor. _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] Ayúdame, _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _
[C] por favor.
_ _ [B] _ _ Me [A] están matando.
_ _ _ _ Me [Abm] están matando.
_ _ _ _ Me [D] están matando.
I shall come _ _ _ home.
I [Abm] shall come _ _ _ _ home. _
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_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Db] Libertad, [Abm] libertad, that's what they [B] told me.
_ [Db] Libertad, [Abm] libertad, nobody [B] owns me.
_ [Db] Libertad, [Abm] libertad, moving toward my [B] destiny. _ _ [Db] Libertad, [Abm] _ _ libertad. _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _