Sleeping With Sirens – Free Now (Ukulele)

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Chords: F#m 244222 D xx0232 A x02220 E 022100 Verse 1
F#m   D
I wrote this song for my father

A           E                        F#m   D    A   E
Sometimes I feel he never gave a damn about me

      F#m       D        A
Though he raised me like he should

 E              F#m     D            A   E
Did he understand me? No, no, I don't think so.
I wrote this song for my mother She had to leave me, when I was younger She said son, seek this life, and keep an open mind But in my mind's eye... Chorus
      D   F#m
I am free now

          A               E
Free to live without my fears

      D   F#m
I believe now

    A               E
There's a reason why I'm here.

                   F#m  D  A
It's to try and do good

E                    F#m      D   A  E
It's to try and do better. (ooh oh)
Verse 2 Who will I be for my daughter? This little baby, she means the world to me Will I relive their mistakes? Or do things the right way For her sake. Chorus I am free now Free to live without my fears I believe now There's a reason why I'm here
      D
Can I be a man?

         F#m
One that understands

         A               E 
How to love more patiently 

         D   F#m
I'll be free now

         A    E
I'll be free now.
Bridge
         D                         A               
And we dream of the day, when our kids can play

          E
In the streets with no fear of them being taken away

          D                      A
Fathers raise their sons with respect and love 

         E
Handle anger and pain with no need for no guns

       D                        A
If we hope to be free it takes you and me

         E                
To start over here and now

        D                  A               E
'Cause this world is, the way it is, it's how we raise our kids.

F#m   D         A   E
I wrote this song for my mother, wrote this song for our father
So hopefully we can come together And hopefully make things a little better. Chorus
D   F#m   A   E
I am free now
Free to live without my fears I believe now There's a reason why I'm here.
      D
Can I be a man?

         F#m
One that understands

         A               E 
How to love more patiently 

         D   F#m
I'll be free now

         A    E
I'll be free now. (finish in D)