We Shall Be Free Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Dm][Gm][G][Dm][C][Dm][G][Gm][G][Dm]
[Eb][C]

[Verse 1]
In [C]the mornin' you shall be free
'fore day you shall be
free hear me say
You shall be free when the
[G]good lord sets you [C]free
I was [G]down in the hen house

[Verse 2]
[G]
other night awful dark
I didn't have no [C]light I
[G]reached for a chicken
I got me a goose a man come out, I
had to [C]turn him loose

[Verse 3]
I jumped [C]a gully you shall be free I jumped
a rose bush you shall be free
You shall be free when the good lord
sets [F]you [C]free
Vpreacher an' a [G]rooster had

[Verse 4]
a [Gm]terrible fight
[Dm]Preacher knocked the rooster
[G]clean out [C]o' sight
[Dm]Preacher told the rooster
that'll be all right
Meet ya [Gm]at the h[Dm]en house
to[Eb]morrow [C]night

[Verse 5]
You shall be free [C]in the mornin'
You shall be free you know, rooster
You shall be free when the
good lord sets you free

[Verse 6]
I's [G]down in the [Dm]hen house
[G]on my knees
I thought I heard a chick[C]en sneeze
[G]Only a [Dm]roost[G]er sayin' his prayers
Thankin' his god for the
[C]hens upstairs

[Verse 7]
Here's the [C]preacher you shall be free
He's a- singin' you shall be free
Takin' up c'llection you shall be free
When the good lord [G]sets [C]you free
[G]Oh, some folks says times

[Verse 8]
is hard
[Dm]Preacher says put your [G]trust [C]in god
[Dm]matter [G]no [Dm]dif fere[Gm]nce
[Dm]Don't [Gm]you see a hog can't
[G]run [Gm]too fast for me
[C]Gettin'

[Verse 9]
that
You shall be free
Gettin' that hogeye you shall be free
Eatin' up chitt'lin's you shall be free
When the good lord [Dm]sets you [C]free

[Verse 10]
As [G]some people say,
a preacher won't steal
[Dm]I caught two d[Gm]own in my co[Dm]rn fiel'[C][Dm]
One had a bushel,
[G]other had a peck
Other'n had a roastin'
ear down [C]his neck

[Verse 11]
You shall [C]be free gettin' roastin' ears
You shall be free gettin' dried corn
You shall be free when
the good lord sets you free
Oh the gun [Dm]said

[Verse 12]
boom
an' the [Gm]hog said
Jumped on 'er [G]with all
[Gm]o' h[C]is will[G][Gm]

[Verse 13]
How that hog gets
[C]You shall be free I don't care
you shall be free forget about
You shall be free when
the good lord sets you free