Free the people
C - Em F C
Laws were made for people,
Am Dm F C
and the law can never scorn the right of a man
to be free.
F C - Am
- F G C
Free the people! Let them have their say !
F C - Am - F
G C + F - C - F
Free the people! Let them see the light of day !
C Em F C
1. A dismal dawn was
breaking when they took her man away,
F Dm
G
not knowing what was his crime.
C Em F C
Just what he was guilty of not one of them could say,
F G C
but they'll think of something in time.
Dm
G Am - Em F d G
He says: 'Goodbye and remember, we shall overcome'!
+ CHORUS + F - C - F
C Em F C
2. Comforting her
children, softly crying in the night,
F Dm G
she tried very hard to explain.
C Em F C
You know, your daddy never did a thing that wasn't right,
F
G C
so soon he's bound to be home again.
Dm G
a - Em F d G
He is a good man, and he shall overcome.
+ CHORUS + F - C – F
C Em F
3. (spoken) What does
it profit him, the right to be born,
Dm
if he suffers the loss of liberty?
G - C
Laws were made for people, and the law can never scorn
F
the right of a man to be free.
Dm G C
We are the people, and we shall overcome
Dm
G Am - Em F Dm G
We are the people, and we shall overcome !
+ CHORUS ....
(capo 5th)
(Dubliners)