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