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The Housemartins - Freedom
(Heaton, Key)
[Intro]
A D G D
[Verse]
I Aused to Dthink you GundersDtood
ATaught me Dright anGd lDearnt me goAodD  G  D  
A D G D
AMade things Dsimple Gfor my Dbrain
ATold the Dtruth and   G  Dmade it pAlainD  G  D  
A D G D
[Bridge]
But the C#mimplications I mistook
UnDtil I found out whose side you took
And C#mnow with paper in my hand
I'm Dbeginning to underEstand
[Chorus]
So this is Afreedom   D   GThey Dmust be jAokingD  G  
They mDust be Ajoking  D   GIf they Dthink its AtrueD  G  
So Dthis is Afreedom   D   GI dDoubt their AtruthD  G  
So Dthis is Afreedom   D   GFor Dme and AyouD  G  D  
[Verse]
From the Afront page Dnews to the GinterviewsD  
It's Asink the Dreds and GliDve the blueAsD  G  D  
A D G D
They preAtend they're Ddifferent Gpoints of vieDw
But it's Aonly Ddifferent   G  Dshades of bluAeD  G  D  
[Bridge]
But the C#mimplications I mistook
UnDtil I found out whose side you took
And C#mnow with paper in my hand
I'm Dbeginning to underEstand
[Chorus]
So this is Afreedom   D   GThey Dmust be jAokingD  G  
They mDust be Ajoking  D   GIf they Dthink its AtrueD  G  
So Dthis is Afreedom   D   GI dDoubt their AtruthD  G  
So Dthis is Afreedom   D   GFor Dme and AyouD  G  D  
A D G D
A D G D
[Guitar Solo]
(It's something like this)
e------9---------7------   ------------------------------------------------|
h---10------10-8-----8--   ------------------------------------------------|
G--------11--------9----   ----6-------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------   --7---4-7-5-------------------------------------|
A-----------------------   --------------7---------------------------------|
E-----------------------   -----------------5---5\3----0-----5---5\3----0--|
[Bridge]
But the C#mimplications I mistook
UnDtil I found out whose side you took
And C#mnow with paper in my hand
I'm Dbeginning to underEstand
[Chorus]
So this is Afreedom   D   GThey Dmust be jAokingD  G  
They mDust be Ajoking  D   GIf they Dthink its AtrueD  G  
So Dthis is Afreedom   D   GI dDoubt their AtruthD  G  
So Dthis is Afreedom   D   GFor Dme and AyouD  G  D  
[Outro]
AF.R.DE.E.GD.O.M.    DThey Alocked us up Donce
                  So they'll Gdo it agaiDn
AC.H.DA.I.GN.E.D.    DThey Alocked up my friends
                  Now they're coming for me

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Freedom

by The Housemartins

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C#m

The Housemartins - Freedom

(Heaton, Key)

[Intro]

A D G D

[Verse]

A D G D

I used to think you understood

A D G D A D G D

Taught me right and learnt me good

A D G D

Made things simple for my brain

A D G D A D G D

Told the truth and made it plain

A D G D

[Bridge]

C#m

But the implications I mistook

Until I found out whose side you took

C#m

And now with paper in my hand

D E

I'm beginning to understand

[Chorus]

A D G D A D G

So this is freedom They must be joking

D A D G D A D G

They must be joking If they think its true

D A D G D A D G

So this is freedom I doubt their truth

D A D G D A D G D

So this is freedom For me and you

[Verse]

A D G D

From the front page news to the interviews

A D G D A D G D

It's sink the reds and live the blues

A D G D

They pretend they're different points of view

A D G D A D G D

But it's only different shades of blue

[Bridge]

C#m

But the implications I mistook

Until I found out whose side you took

C#m

And now with paper in my hand

D E

I'm beginning to understand

[Chorus]

A D G D A D G

So this is freedom They must be joking

D A D G D A D G

They must be joking If they think its true

D A D G D A D G

So this is freedom I doubt their truth

D A D G D A D G D

So this is freedom For me and you

A D G D

[Guitar Solo]

(It's something like this)

e------9---------7------ ------------------------------------------------|

h---10------10-8-----8-- ------------------------------------------------|

G--------11--------9---- ----6-------------------------------------------|

D----------------------- --7---4-7-5-------------------------------------|

A----------------------- --------------7---------------------------------|

E----------------------- -----------------5---5\3----0-----5---5\3----0--|

[Bridge]

C#m

But the implications I mistook

Until I found out whose side you took

C#m

And now with paper in my hand

D E

I'm beginning to understand

[Chorus]

A D G D A D G

So this is freedom They must be joking

D A D G D A D G

They must be joking If they think its true

D A D G D A D G

So this is freedom I doubt their truth

D A D G D A D G D

So this is freedom For me and you

[Outro]

A D G D A D

F.R.E.E.D.O.M. They locked us up once

G D

So they'll do it again

A D G D A

C.H.A.I.N.E.D. They locked up my friends

Now they're coming for me

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