Simple Song Of Freedom Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][Am][C]

[Verse 1]
[C]Come and sing a sim
[G]ple song [C]of freedom
[F]Sing it like you've never sung before
[C]Let[G] it fill the air
Tell [Am]the people everywhere
[F]We, the people [G]here,
don't want a [C]war.

[Verse 2]
[C]Hey, there, mister black [G]man,
can you hear [C]me?
[F]I don't want your diamonds or your [C]game
[G]I just want to be someone
[Am]known to you as me
[F]And I will bet my l[G]ife you
want the [C]same.

[Verse 3]
[C]Come and sing a sim[G]ple
song [C]of freedom
[F]Sing it like you've never sung be[C]fore
[G]Let it fill the air
Tell [Am]the people everywhere
[C]We, [F]the people [G]here, don't want a [C]war.

[Verse 4]
[C]Seven hundred [G]million are
[C]ya [F]list'nin'?
Most of what you read is made of [C]lies
But, [G]speakin' one to one
ain't it [Am]everybody's sun
To [F]wake to in [G]the mornin'
when we rise?
[C][F]

[Verse 5]
[C]Come and sing [G]a simple
song of [C]freedom
[F]Sing it like you've never sung be[C]fore
[G]Let it fill the air
Tell the [Am]people everywhere
[F]We, the people [G]here,
don't want a war.
[C]

[Verse 6]
[C]Brother [G]Solzhenitsyn, are you bus[C]y?
[F]If not, won't you drop this friend a [C]line
[G]Tell me if the man who is
[Am]plowin' up your land
Has [F]got the war machine
[G]upon his mind?
[C]

[Verse 7]
[C]Come and sing [G]a simple
song of [C]freedom
[F]Sing it like you've never sung be[C]fore
[G]Let it fill the air
Tell the [Am]people everywhere
[F]We, the people [G]here, don't want a war.
[C]

[Verse 8]
Now, no doubt some [G]folks
enjoy doin' [C]battle
Like [F]presidents, prime ministers and [C]kings
[G]So, let's all build them shelves
Where they can [Am]fight
among themselves
[F]Leave the people [G]be who love to [C]sing.

[Verse 9]
[C]Come and sing [G]a simple
song of [C]freedom
[F]Sing it like you've never sung be[C]fore
[G]Let it fill the air
Tell the [Am]people everywhere
[F]We, the [G]people here, don't want a war.
[C]

[Verse 10]
I [G]say … let it fill the air …
[Am]Tellin' people everywhere [F]…
We, the people [G]here,
[F]don't[C]

[Outro 1]
want a war.
[C][C]