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They came for him in the morning, an hour before dawning
D# Cm G# A#
The pale white moon was waning in the African sky
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The cell door flew wide open, they stood looking at him
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He saw no mercy in their hearts, no pity in their eyes
[Verse 2]
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As they took him and they bound him, tied his trembling hands behind him
D# Cm G# A#
He felt his courage leave him, his manhood disappear
D# Cm G# D#
His legs would not support him, so from the cell they dragged him
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He sobbed and screamed and cursed them in his loneliness and fear
[Chorus]
D# A# D#
Chains, chains, chains
G# A# D#
How many souls have died in freedom's name
G# A# D# Cm
To some it is a way of life, to others just a word
G# A# D# Cm
To some it is a snow-white dove, to some a bloody sword
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But until the last chains fall, freedom will make slaves of us all
[Verse 3]
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With faces closed and hidden the white guards walked beside him
D# Cm G# A#
Indifferent to his pleading - they'd been down this path before
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But other eyes were watching, other ears were listening
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Other hearts beat with him in his final desperate hour
[Verse 4]
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From the darkness of that prison came the sound of his brothers singing
D# Cm G# A#
Courage, their voices told him, you do not walk alone
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From their cells beyond the shadow he heard their voices echo
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As in love and pride and sorrow they sang his spirit home
[Chorus]
D# A# D#
Chains, chains, chains
G# A# D#
How many souls have died in freedom's name
G# A# D# Cm
To some it is a way of life, to others just a word
G# A# D# Cm
To some it is a snow-white dove, to some a bloody sword
G# A# Cm G# A# D#
But until the last chains fall, freedom will make slaves of us all
[Verse 5]
D# Cm G# D#
And their song of hope and freedom, it rang inside that prison
D# Cm G# A#
It beat against the iron bars and crashed against the stone
D# Cm G# D#
As in their fear and hate they hung him, the last sound that filled his being
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Was his brothers singing, singing his spirit home
[Outro]
D# A# D#
Courage, brother, you do not walk alone
D# A# D#
We shall walk with you and sing your spirit home
Ends with singing of SHOSHOLOSA
- 1. Chord Gitar Eric Bogle - Singing The Spirit Home Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar B)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Eric Bogle - Singing The Spirit Home Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar B)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan