I Shall Be Free

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[Chords]
D7sus
x00213
C/G xx2013 (or 3x2013)
[Intro]
G D7 G C/G G C/G G C/G G C/G G
[Verse 1]
D7sus
Well, I took me a woman late last night
G C/G G C/G G
I was three-fourths drunk, she looked alright
D7sus
'Til she started peelin' off her onion-gook
G C/G G
She took off her wig, an' said, "How do I look?"
C/G G C/G G
I was high-flyin'
C/G G C/G G
Bare-naked
C/G G D7 C/G G C/G G
Out the window
[Verse 2]
D7sus
Well, sometimes I might get drunk
C/G G
Walk like a duck and smell like a skunk
D7sus
Don't hurt me none, it don't hurt my pride
G C/G G
'Cause I got my little lady right by my side
C/G G C/G G
She's-a tryin' to hide
C/G G D7sus C/G G C/G G C/G G
Pretendin' she don't know me
[Verse 3]
D7sus
I's out there paintin' on the old woodshed
G C/G G
When a can of black paint it fell on my head
D7sus
I went down to scrub and rub
C/G G C/G G
But I had to sit in back of the tub
C/G G D7sus
Cost a quarter
C/G G C/G G C/G
Half-price
[Verse 4]
D7sus
Well, my telephone rang, it would not stop
G C/G G
It's President Kennedy callin' me up
D7sus
He said, "My friend Bob, what do we need to make the country grow?"
G C/G G
I said, "My friend John, Brigitte Bardot
C/G G C/G G
Anita Ekberg
C/G G C/G G
Sophia Loren
C/G G D7 C/G G C/G G C/G G
Country-O-Grow"
[Verse 5]
D7sus
Well, I got a woman four feet short
C/G G C/G G
She yells and hollers and screams and snorts
D7sus
She tickles my nose pats me on the head
C/G G C/G G
Rolls me over and kicks me outta bed
C/G G C/G G
She's a man-eater
C/G G C/G G
Meat-grinder
D7sus C/G G C/G G C/G G C/G G
Bad loser
[Verse 6]
D7sus
Oh, there ain't no use in me workin' all the time
C/G G
I got a woman who works herself blind
D7sus
Works up to her britches, up to her neck
C/G G
Writes me letters and sends me checks
C/G G C/G G
She's a humdinger
C/G G D7sus C/G G C/G G C/G G
Folk singer
[Verse 7]
D7sus
Late one day in the middle of the week
C/G G
Eyes were closed, I was half asleep
D7sus
I chased me a woman up the hill
C/G G C/G G
Right in the middle of an air raid drill
C/G G C/G G
I jumped the fallout shelter
C/G G C/G G
I jumped the string-bean
C/G G C/G G
I jumped the TV dinner
C/G G D7sus C/G G C/G G
I jumped the shotgun
[Verse 8]
D7sus
Now, the man on the stand, he wants my vote
C/G G
He's a-runnin' for office on a ballot note
D7sus
He's out there preachin' in front of the steeple
C/G G C/G G
Tellin' me he loves all kinds of people
C/G G C/G G
He's eatin' bagels
C/G G C/G G
He's eatin' pizza
C/G G D7 C/G G C/G G C/G G
He's eatin' chitlins
[Verse 9]
D7sus
Oh, I set me down on the television floor
C/G G
I flipped the channel on to number four
D7sus
Out of the shower comes a football man
C/G G C/G G
With a bottle of oil in his hand
C/G G C/G G C/G G
Greasy kid stuff
D7sus
But what I want to know, Mr. Football Man
C/G G C/G G C/G G
Is what do you do about Willy Mays?
C/G G C/G G
Martin Luther King?
C/G D7sus C/G G C/G G C/G G C/G G
Oula Tunjee?
[Verse 10]
D7sus
Well, the funniest woman I ever seen
G C/G G
Was the great-granddaughter of Mr. Clean
D7sus
She takes about fifteen baths a day
C/G G
Wants me to grow a mustache on my face
C/G G C/G D7sus C/G G C/G G C/G G
She's insane
[Verse 11]
D7sus
Well, ya ask me why I'm drunk all the time
C/G G C/G G
It levels my head and eases my mind
D7sus
I just walk along and stroll and sing
C/G G C/G G
I'll see better days and I'll do better things
C/G G C/G G
I'll catch dinosaurs
C/G G C/G G
Make love to Elizabeth Taylor
C/G G C/G G C/G D7sus C/G G C/G G
Catch hell from Richard Burton

I Shall Be Free chords and lyrics

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[Chords]
[Intro]
G D7 G C/G G C/G G C/G G C/G G
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Verse 3]
[Verse 4]
[Verse 5]
[Verse 6]
[Verse 7]
[Verse 8]
[Verse 9]
[Verse 10]
[Verse 11]

I Shall Be Free Chords by Bob Dylan

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