Lindisfarne – Freedom Square (Guitar)

Capo 4
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Chords

## NOTE: C can also be played as a Walk-Down from F to Dm ## ## G/B can also be played as a Walk-Down from C to Am ## [Intro] Am G C F Am G C Am G C F Am G C [Verse 1]
G                              C
Please, Captain, let me go downtown

     F             G                 C
It's Sunday and my friends won't be around

     G                                   C
I've been to church like I'm supposed to do

       F              G                     C
I have prayed that my girl's gonna be there too
[Verse 2]
    F C   Dm   C  G
And Jesus said to me

C   G/B Am     G  Am
One day you'll be free

        F          C               G              C
But for now, every Sunday, there's dancing in the square

      F                 C                  G              C
We'll sing our father's songs, there'll be freedom in the air 

      G                         C
We'll plant a seed, maybe it'll grow

   F       G               C
So please, Captain, let me go
[Chorus]
      Am        G              C               F
And I try and I try, I'm going down to Freedom Square

       Am            G             C
That's right, that's right, that's right

      Am          G                C              F
And I try, that's right, I'm gonna meet my people there

       Am            G             C
That's right, that's right, that's right
Instrumental: Am G C F Am G C Am G C F Am G C [Verse 3]
       G                                     C
Well I slaved all week and the day has come around

           F                     G             C
When I can slip these chains and lay my burden down

   G                                   C
On Freedom Square, Old Hannah shine on bright

       F               G               C
On the working man and make him feel alright
[Verse 4]
  F   C     Dm C   G
Today we're on our own

      C  G/B Am G    Am
We're taking it back home

    F               C           G              C
And up from the plantation, the line is coming through

             F                C             G                C
Like they're dancing in their shackles, the way they used to do

    G                             C
And every step they take is gonna be

    F                G                C
One further down the road for you and me
[Chorus]
           Am            G                C               F
And that's right, that's right, I'm going down to Freedom Square

       Am            G             C
That's right, that's right, that's right

           Am               G                C              F
And that's right and that's right, I'm gonna meet my people there

       Am            G             C
That's right, that's right, that's right
[Chorus]
           Am            G                C               F
And that's right, that's right, I'm going down to Freedom Square

       Am            G             C
That's right, that's right, that's right

           Am               G                C              F
And that's right and that's right, I'm gonna meet my people there

       Am            G             C
That's right, that's right, that's right

       Am            G             C        Am  G  C
That's right, that's right, that's right