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Freedom

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 10Position: 5

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Standard Tuning
Intro:  A  D  
      [riff 1]
Verse:
ADon't wanna be a martyr Din this war 
ADon't wanna hear the samDe excuses Aanymore 
EThat everything's a threat
DAnd it's only gonna get worse if wAe let iDt 
ADon't wanna blame the rich for what Dthey got 
ADon't point a finger at the poor Dfor what they have not 
EThough the politician and the priest 
DLive in the belly of the beast because we fed it 
Chorus:
          A      F#m       D[riff 2]
Freedom is seldom found
          A              F#m       D[riff 2]
By beating someone to the ground 
            A              F#m                 D[riff 1]
Telling them how everything is gonna be now, yeah 
Verse:
Now if the tables were turned tell me how you would feel 
Somebody busted up into your house telling you to stay still 
While the leaders will deny defeat 
Innocents they testify by dying in the street 
Chorus:
Freedom is seldom found 
By beating someone to the ground 
Telling them how everything is gonna be now 
Chorus:
Freedom is seldom found 
By beating someone to the ground 
Telling them how everything is gonna be now
Riff 1: [the basic sound to follow, just be loose and play around with this part]
e|--7p5--5--------|
B|--5----7p5------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
Riff 2:
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|---5p4p2—2p0----|
E|-------------4--|

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Freedom

by Amos Lee

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

Standard Tuning

A D

Intro:

[riff 1]

Verse:

A D

Don't wanna be a martyr in this war

A D A

Don't wanna hear the same excuses anymore

That everything's a threat

D A D

And it's only gonna get worse if we let it

A D

Don't wanna blame the rich for what they got

A D

Don't point a finger at the poor for what they have not

Though the politician and the priest

Live in the belly of the beast because we fed it

Chorus:

A F#m D

[riff 2]

Freedom is seldom found

A F#m D

[riff 2]

By beating someone to the ground

A F#m D

[riff 1]

Telling them how everything is gonna be now, yeah

Verse:

Now if the tables were turned tell me how you would feel

Somebody busted up into your house telling you to stay still

While the leaders will deny defeat

Innocents they testify by dying in the street

Chorus:

Freedom is seldom found

By beating someone to the ground

Telling them how everything is gonna be now

Chorus:

Freedom is seldom found

By beating someone to the ground

Telling them how everything is gonna be now

Riff 1: [the basic sound to follow, just be loose and play around with this part]

e|--7p5--5--------|

B|--5----7p5------|

G|----------------|

D|----------------|

A|----------------|

E|----------------|

Riff 2:

e|----------------|

B|----------------|

G|----------------|

D|----------------|

A|---5p4p2—2p0----|

E|-------------4--|

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