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Chimes of Freedom Bob Dylan
from the album "Another Side of Bob Dylan", 1964
Note:
Some purists prefer to use [C9]chords, but regular [C]chords work fine.
Intro:
[G] . . . [C] . . . [G] . . . [C] . . .
[G] . . . [C] . . . [D] . . . [C] . . .
Far be-[G]tween the sundown's [C9]finish and [G]midnights broken [C]toll
we [G]ducked inside a [C]doorway as [D]thunder went [G]crashing
As ma-[G]jestic bells of [C]bolts struck [G]shadows in the [C]sounds
[G]seeming to be the [C]chimes of [D]freedom [G]flashing
[D]Flashing for the warriors whose [G]strength is [C]not to [G]fight
[C]flashing for the refugees of the [Am]unarmed road of [D]flight
and for [G]each and every [C]underdog [G]soldier in the [C]night
and we [G]gazed upon the [C]chimes of [D]freedom [G]flashing
. . . .
There are [G]cities melted [C]furnace unex-[G]pectedly we [C]watched
with [G]faces hidden [C]as the [D]walls were [G]tightening
As the [G]echo of the [C]wedding bells be-[G]fore the blowing [C]rain
dis-[G]solved into the [C]bells [D]of the [G]lightning
[D]Tolling for the rebel [G]tolling [C]for the [G]rake
[C]tolling for the luckless they are [Am]bound and damned for-[D]saked
[G]tolling for the [C]outcasts burning [G]constantly at [C]stake
and we [G]gazed upon the [C]chimes of [D]freedom [G]flashing
. . . .
Through the [G]mad mystic [C]hammering and the [G]wild ripping [C]hail
the [G]sky cracked its [C]farms in [D]naked [G]wonder
As the [G]clanging of the [C]church bells blew [G]far into the [C]breeze
leaving [G]only bells of [C]lightning [D]and its [G]thunder
[D]Striking for the gentle [G]striking [C]for the [G]kind
[C9]striking for the guardians and pro-[Am]tectors of the [D]mind
and the [G]poet and [C]painter far be-[G]hind his rightful [C]time
and we [G]gazed upon the [C]chimes of [D]freedom [G]flashing
. . . .
In the [G]wild cathedral [C]evening the [G]rain unravelled [C]tales
for a [G]disrobed faceless [C]forms of [D]no po[G]sition
[G]Tolling for the [C]tongues with no [G]place to bring their [C]thoughts
all [G]down and taken for [C]granted [D]situ-[G]ations
[D]Tolling for the deaf and blind [G]tolling [C]for the [G]mute
for a mis-[C]treated maidless mother, a mis-[Am]titled prosti-[D]tute
for the [G]misdemeanor [C]outlaw chained and [G]cheated by pur-[C]suit
and we [G]gazed upon the [C]chimes of [D]freedom [G]flashing
. . . .
Even [G]though the cloud's white [C]curtain in a [G]far off corner [C]flared
and the hyp-[G]notic splattered [C]mist was [D]slowly [G]lifting
E-[G]lectric lights still [C]struck like arrows [G]fired but for the [C]ones
con-[G]demned to drift or [C]else be [D]kept from [G]drifting
[D]Tolling for the searching ones on their [G]speechless [C]seeking [G]trail
for the [C]lonesome hearted lovers with too [Am]personal a [D]tale
and for [G]each unharmful [C]gentle soul mis-[G]placed inside a [C]jail
and we [G]gazed upon the [C]chimes of [D]freedom [G]flashing
. . . .
[G]Starry eyed and [C]laughing as I re-[G]call when we were [C]caught
trapped [G]by no track of [C]ours for they [D]hang sus-[G]pended
As we [G]listened one last [C]time and we [G]watched with one last [C]look
spell-[G]bound and swallowed [C]'til the [D]tolling [G]ended
[D]Tolling for the aching whose [G]wounds can-[C]not be [G]nursed
or the [C]countless confused accused misused [Am]strung-out ones and [D]worse
and for [G]every hung up [C]person in the [G]whole wide uni-[C]verse
and we [G]gazed upon the [C]chimes of [D]freedom [G]flashing
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