Chimes of Freedom Bob Dylan
CAPO: None
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Far be[G]tween sundown's [D]finish and [G]midnight's broken [C]toll
We [G]ducked inside the [C]doorway as [D]thunder went [G]crashing
As ma[G]jestic bells of [D]bolts struck [G]shadows in the [C]sounds
[G]Seeming to be the [D]chimes of freedom [G]flashing
[D]Flashing for the warriors whose [G]strength is not to fight
[C]Flashing for the [G]refugees on the [Am]unarmed road of [D]flight
And for [G]each and every [D]underdog [G]soldier in the [C]night
And we [G]gazed upon the [C]chimes of [D]freedom [G]flashing
[Verse 2]
[G]Through the city's melted [D]furnace, unexp[G]ectedly we [C]watched
With [G]faces hidden [D]as the walls were [G]tightening[D]
As the [G]echo of the [D]wedding bells [G]before the blowing [C]rain
[G]Dissolved into the [D]bells of the [G]lighting
[D]Tolling for the rebel, [G]tolling for the rake
[C]Tolling for the [G]luckless, the [Am]abandoned and [D]forsaked
[G]Tolling for the [D]outcast burnin' [G]constantly at [C]stake
And we [G]gazed upon the [C]chimes of [D]freedom [G]flashing
[Verse 3]
[G]Through the mad mystic [D]hammering of the [G]wild ripping [C]hail
The s[G]ky cracked its p[D]oems in naked wond[G]er[D]
That the [G]clinging of the [D]church bells blew [G]far into the [C]breeze
[G]Leaving only bells of [D]lightning and its [G]thunder
[D] Striking for the gentle, [G]striking for the kind
[C]Striking for the [G]guardians and [Am]protectors of the [D]mind
And the [G]poet and the [D]painter far be[G]hind his rightful [C]time
And we [G]gazed upon the [C]chimes of [D]freedom [G]flashing
[Verse 4]
In the [G]wild cathedral [D]evening the [G]rain unraveled [C]tales
For the [G]disrobed faceless [D]forms of no p[G]osition[D]
[G]Tolling for the [D]tongues with no [G]place to bring their [C]thoughts
All [G]down in taken-for-g[D]ranted [G]situations
[D]Tolling for the deaf and blind, [G]tolling for the mute
For the [C]mistreated, mateless [G]mother, the mis[Am]titled prosti[D]tute
For the [G]misdemeanor out[D]law, chained and [G]cheated by pur[C]suit
And we [G]gazed upon the [C]chimes of [D]freedom [G]flashing
[Verse 5]
Even [G]though a cloud's white [D]curtain in a [G]far-off corner [C]flared
And the [G]hypnotic splattered [D]mist was slowly [G]lifting[D]
Electric [G]light still struck like [D]arrows, [G]fired but for the [C]ones
[G]Condemned to drift or [D]else be kept from [G]drifting
[D]Tolling for the searching ones, on their [G]speechless, seeking trail
For the [C]lonesome-hearted [G]lovers with too [Am]personal a [D]tale
And for [G]each unharmful, [D]gentle soul mis[G]placed inside a [C]jail
And we [G]gazed upon the [C]chimes of [D]freedom [G]flashing
[Verse 6]
[G]Starry-eyed and [D]laughing, as I re[G]call when we were [C]caught
[G]Trapped by no track of [D]hours for they hanged sus[G]pended[D]
As we [G]listened one last [D]time and we [G]watched with one last [C]look
[G]Spellbound and [D]swallowed 'til the tolling [G]ended
[D]Tolling for the aching, whose [G]wounds cannot be nursed
For the [C]countless confused, [G]accused, misused, [Am]strung-out ones and [D]worse
And for [G]every hung-up [D]person in the [G]whole wide uni[C]verse
And we [G]gazed upon the [C]chimes of [D]freedom [G]flashing
[Outro]
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