{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2486598,"song":"To Be Free","artist":"Strawbs","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11507076-to-be-free-chords-by-strawbs/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2486598?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe gilt-edged invitation came and I said, \"What can this mean?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTo attend the coronation as the first guest of the Queen[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd sit upon her right hand, where the Prince is normally seen?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe maids of honour stared at me and registered surprise[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTo see a man of such good taste, appear before their eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow bring rather humble, I adopted a disguise[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAs the Minister of State for Mass Environment Controls[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWho condemn the working classes for inhabiting the holes[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nThat belong to Queen and Country, but do not permit their souls[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo be free like me[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo be free like me[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOh, to be free__[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe Perspex chandelier began to melt and slip away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOne million candle-powered, it kept the night at bay[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhile the power station workers were busy making hay[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe workers in the fields were engaged in self-defence[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhich involved the use of barbed wire as a self-containing fence[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut as a means of self-protection, it was needlessly immense[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI stopped to ask them for a light, they pointed at the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhich raised their hopes of harvesting a better crop than guns[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nCan ever mass produce at the expense of anyone[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWho is free like me[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWho is free like me[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOh, who is free__[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe solitary peasant in his home above the lake[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nRaised high on wooden stilts, has made the singular mistake[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOf revolutionary conduct at the celebration wake[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHis urban counterpart engaged in mundane occupation[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nEnjoys the chance of laughing at the Queen's humiliation[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAt the hands of Ministers of State for Rehabilitation[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow the power station worker, though his aim is too disjointed[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFinds himself around the corner, while his gun is never pointed[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nHe is ever at the ready, he desires to be anointed[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd be free like me[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd be free like me[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd be free__[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC  F  C  F  C  F  C  F\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["C","F","G","G7"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}