Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Cold water glasses sweating, Sunday papers turning
B G#m
Pages on verandas in the southern mind
F# G#m
Early summer peaches, honeysuckle vines
B G#m
All them Georgia voters stood in all-day lines
[Chorus]
B A#m D#m E
Ooooh, tell me he's not free, is he?
B A#m D#m E
Ooooh, tell me he's not free
[Verse 2]
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Eight o'clock arriving, quiet 15 after
B G#m
Elementary classrooms all across the south
F# G#m
On the television, murdered by a policeman
B G#m
Pledges of allegiance come from baby's mouths
[Chorus]
B A#m D#m E
Ooooh, tell me he's not free, is he?
B A#m D#m E D#m
Ooooh, tell me he's not free
[Bridge]
D#m A#m B G#m D#m
You say the old ways died long time ago
A#m B G#m B
If you say the old ways died, you lied, you know
[Chorus]
B A#m D#m E
Ooooh, tell me he's not free, is he?
B A#m D#m E
Ooooh, tell me he's not free
B A#m D#m E
Ooooh, tell me he's not free, is he?
B A#m D#m E
Ooooh, tell me he's not free
[Outro]
F# G#m B E