The Byrds – Chimes Of Freedom (Guitar)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimes_of_Freedom_(song) G C G D C G D G C G
G                     C          G                 C
Far between sundown's finish and midnight's broken toll

   G                 C        D       G       C G
We ducked inside the doorway, thunder crashing

G                    C             G              C
As majestic bells of bolts, struck shadows in the sounds

G                 C         D       G       C G
Seeming to be the chimes of freedom flashing

D                D7              G           C      G
Flashing for the warriors, whose strength is not to fight

C                                Am              D
Flashing for the refugees on the unarmed road of flight

        G              C         G              C
And for each and every underdog, soldier in the night

       G              C         D       G       C G
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing

G                          C            G              C
Even though a clouds white curtain in a far off corner flashed

        G                   C        D      G      C G
And the hypnotic splattered mist was slowly lifting

G                     C                   G                 C
Electric lights still struck like arrows, fired but for the ones

G                     C       D         G       C G
Condemned to drift or else be kept from drifting

D               D7                       G          C        G
Tolling for the searching ones, on their speechless seeking trail,

        C                                 Am         D
For the lonesome hearted lovers, with too personal a tale

        G              C              G               C
And for each unharmful gentle soul misplaced inside a jail

       G              C         D       G       C G
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing

   C              Em             D
Di di di di di di di di di di di di

   C              Em    D        G   C G
Di di di di di di di di di di di dum

G               C                G                 C
Starry eyed and laughing, as I recall when we were caught

G                      C              D         G     C G
Trapped by no track of hours for they hanged suspended

G                        C            G                     C
And we listened one last time, and we watched with one last look

G                        C        D       G    C G
Spellbound and swallowed till the tolling ended

D               D7                G      C         G
Tolling for the aching ones whose wounds cannot be nursed

        C                                     Am                  D
For the countless confused, accused, misused, strung-out ones and worse

        G             C             G             C
And for every hung-up person in the whole wide universe

       G              C         D       G       C G
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing

   C              Em             D  Dsus2 D Dsus4 D
Di di di di di di di di di di di di

   C              Em    D        G   C G
Di di di di di di di di di di di dum
* Alternates: Capo V G = D C = G D = A D7 = A7 Am = Em Em = Bm Dsus2 = Asus2 Dsus4 = Asus4 Open (These chords are not in the original key) G = A C = D D = E D7 = E7 Am = Bm Em = F#m Dsus2 = Esus2 Dsus4 = Esus4 Set8