Woody Guthrie – We Shall Be Free (Guitar)

[Intro]
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   [Riff is also played over Chorus] 

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In the mornin'   you shall be free

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'Fore day        you shall be free

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Hear me say      you shall be free

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When the Good Lord sets you free

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I was down in the hen house, other night

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Awful dark, I didn't have no light

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I reached for a chicken, I got me a goose

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A man come out, I had to turn him loose

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I jumped a gully     you shall be free

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I jumped a rose bush you shall be free

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Lotsa plowed ground  you shall be free

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When the good lord sets you free

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The preacher and the rooster had a terrible fight

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The preacher knocked the rooster clean outta sight

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Preacher told the rooster that he'll be all right

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Meet ya at the hen house tomorrow night

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Where the chickens at   you shall be free

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In the mornin'          you shall be free

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Gettin'the rooster      you shall be free

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When the Good Lord sets you free

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I's down in the hen house on my knees

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I thought I heard a chicken sneeze

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Only a rooster sayin' his prayers

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Thankin' his God for the hens upstairs

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Here's the preacher    you shall be free

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He's a-singin'         you shall be free

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Takin' up collection'  you shall be free

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When the Good Lord sets you free

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Some folks say that times is hard

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Preacher he tell you put your trust in God

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Matter no difference, don't you see

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A hog can't run too fast for me

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Get my hopes up        you shall be free

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Get them hog eyes      you shall be free

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Gettin' them chitlins  you shall be free

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When the good lord sets you free

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There's some people say a preacher won't steal

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I caught two down in my cornfield

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One had a bushel, the other had a peck

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The other had a roastin' ear down his neck

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In the kitchen        you shall be free

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Gettin' roastin' ear  you shall be free

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Gettin' dried corn    you shall be free

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When the Good Lord sets you free

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Ah the gun said boom and the hog said whip

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He jumped on her with all of his grip

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Pulled of his overcoat and hung it on the rail

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Tired that hog guess I'll go to jail

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Get my hopes up           You shall be free

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I don't care              You shall be free

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Forget about the jailbird You shall be free

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When the good Lord sets you free

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Ain't no use in me a-workin' so hard

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I got a woman in the rich folks' yard

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When they kill a chicken, she sends me the head

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Thinks I'm a-workin', I'm a layin' up in bed

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Takin' it easy        you shall be free

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Two other women       you shall be free

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I thought you noticed you shall be free

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When the Good Lord sets you free