Nina Simone – I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free (Guitar Intro Tab)

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[Intro] F11 Bb D7/F# Gm Bb7/F Eb Fsus4 Bbadd2 F11 Bb Eb Bb/D Bb F/A Bb F/C C7 F Fsus4/Eb Bb D D7/F# Gm Bb/Ab Eb F11 Bb Bb/D Edim7 Bb/F D7/F# Gm Edim7 Bb/F F7 Bb [Verse 1]
  Bb   D7      Gm Bb7        Eb F13     Bb
[tab]  Bb   Eb         Bb           F     C7     F  F11
I wish I could break all the chains holding me

  Bb   D7       Gm Bb7       Eb       F13         Bb
I wish I could say all the things that I should say

Edim7    Bb/F D7/F#     Gm
Say 'em loud, say 'em clear

Edim7   Bb/F        F7       Bb
For the whole round world to hear
[Verse 2]
  Bb   D7      Gm    Bb7     Eb         F13    Bb
I wish I could share all the love that's in my heart

  Bb   Eb      Bb            F  C7   F   F11
Remove all the bars that kee__p us apart

  Bb   D7          Gm Bb7     Eb    F13       Bb
I wish you could know what it means to be me

Edim7     Bb/F D7/F#   Gm
Then you'd see and agree

     Edim7 Bb/F F7         Bb
That every man  should be free
[Verse 2]
  Bb   D7/F#   Gm  Bb7      Eb Fsus4   Bb
I wish I could give all I'm longing to give

  Bb   Eb       Bb            F  C7      F
I wish I could live like I'm longing to live

  Bb/F D7/F#   Gm Bb7     Eb         F13       Bb
I wish I could do all the things that I can do

Edim7     Bb/F D7/F# Gm
Though I'm way overdue,

Edim7   Bb/F F7  Bb
I'd be starting anew
[Verse 3]
        Bb   D7/F#   Gm Bb7    Eb   Fsus4   Bb
Well, I wish I could be like a bird in the sky

    Bb    Eb       Bb      F    C7        F  F11
How sweet it would be if I found I could fly

         Bb  D7      Gm  Bb7     Eb   F13    Bb
Oh, I'd soar to the sun and look down at the sea

    Edim7    Bb/F  D7/F#     Gm Bb/F
And then I'd sing 'cause I'd know, yeah

Eb       Bb/F F#dim7     Gm Bb/F
Then I'd sing 'cause I'd know, yeah
[Outro]
Eb       Bb/F D7/F#       Gm   Bb/F
Then I'd sing 'cause I'd know. I___

      Eb          Bb/F D7/F# Gm Bb/F
__I'd know how it feels      I___

      Eb          Bb/F  D7/F# Gm    Bb/F  Eb
__I'd know how it feels to be free, yeah, yeah

Eb      Bb/F D7/F#  Gm   Bb/F
Oh, I'd know how it feels

Eb       Bb/F  D7/F# Gm Bb/F
Yes, I'd know, I'd know

Eb     Bb/F D7/F#       Gm Bb/F
How it feels     How it feels

Eb    Bb/F   D7/F#      Gm Bb/F Eb
To be free, Lord, Lord, Lord, yeah