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