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I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free

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And I Awish C#7I knew F#mhowA  
It would Dfeel Eto be freAe
AI wish Dthat I could AbreDak
EAll the chains B7holding Eme
And AI wisC#7h I could F#msayA  
AlDl the things Ethat I'd like to Asay
ASay 'em loud C#7say 'em clearF#m  A  
For the Dwhole round Eworld to Ahear
AI wish C#7I could F#mshareA  
DAll the love that's Ein my hearAt
ARemove Devery AdouDbt that Ekeeps B7us aEpart
And AI wish yC#7ou could F#mknowA  
What it Dmeans Eto be meA  
Then you'd seC#7e and agF#mree
AEvery Dman Eshould be Afree
AI wish C#7I could F#mliveA  
Like I'm DlongiEn' to Alive
AI wish that DI could AgivDe
All I'm ElongB7in' to Egive
And AI wish C#7I could F#mdoA  
All the Dthings that EI'd like to Ado
You know there Astill is C#7quite a F#mfew
Yes ASir...
And I'm Dway way Eover Adue
AI wish C#7I could F#mbe A  
like a Dbird up Ein the Asky
AHow sweet Dit would AbeD  
If I Efound out B7I could Efly
I'd Asoar up C#7to the F#msunA  
And look Ddown upEon the Asea
And I Asing beC#7cause I F#mknow
AHow it Dfeels Eto be
And I Asing beC#7cause I F#mknow
AHow it Dfeels Eto be
And I Asing beC#7cause I F#mknow
AHow it Dfeels Eto be Afree
   A       C#7       F#m  AYeah!
D  A  E
Words and Music by Taylor and Dallas

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I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free

by John Denver

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A C#7 F#m A

And I wish I knew how

D E A

It would feel to be free

A D A D

I wish that I could break

E B7 E

All the chains holding me

A C#7 F#m A

And I wish I could say

D E A

All the things that I'd like to say

A C#7 F#m A

Say 'em loud say 'em clear

D E A

For the whole round world to hear

A C#7 F#m A

I wish I could share

D E A

All the love that's in my heart

A D A D E B7 E

Remove every doubt that keeps us apart

A C#7 F#m A

And I wish you could know

D E A

What it means to be me

C#7 F#m

Then you'd see and agree

A D E A

Every man should be free

A C#7 F#m A

I wish I could live

D E A

Like I'm longin' to live

A D A D

I wish that I could give

E B7 E

All I'm longin' to give

A C#7 F#m A

And I wish I could do

D E A

All the things that I'd like to do

A C#7 F#m

You know there still is quite a few

Yes Sir...

D E A

And I'm way way over due

A C#7 F#m A

I wish I could be

D E A

like a bird up in the sky

A D A D

How sweet it would be

E B7 E

If I found out I could fly

A C#7 F#m A

I'd soar up to the sun

D E A

And look down upon the sea

A C#7 F#m

And I sing because I know

A D E

How it feels to be

A C#7 F#m

And I sing because I know

A D E

How it feels to be

A C#7 F#m

And I sing because I know

A D E A

How it feels to be free

A C#7 F#m A

Yeah!

D A E

Words and Music by Taylor and Dallas

About I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free Chords by John Denver

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The chords for "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free" show the original chord names (including A, C#7, F#m, D, E, B7). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.