Chimes Of Freedom Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G]

[Verse 1]
Far [G]between sun[D]down's finish
an' [G]midnight's broken [C]toll
We [G]ducked inside [C]the doorway,
thun[D]der [G]crashing[D]
As [G]majestic bells of [D]bolts struck
[G]shadows in [C]the sounds
[G]Seeming to be the [C]chimes
of [D]freedom [G]flashing
[D]Flashing for the warriors whose
[G]strength is not to fight
[C]Flashing for the [G]refugees on [Am]the
unarmed road [D]of flight
An' [G]for each an' ev'ry [D]underdog
sol[G]dier in [C]the night
An' [G]we gazed upon [C]the chimes of [D]freedom
flash[G]ing

[Interlude 1]
[C][D][G]

[Verse 2]
[G]Through the city's melted fur[D]nace,
unex[G]pectedly we [C]watched
With [G]faces hidden [D]as the walls
[G]were tightening[D]
As the [G]echo of the wed[D]ding bells
be[G]fore the blowin' [C]rain
Dis[G]solved into [C]the bells
[D]of [G]the lightning
[D]Tolling for the rebel, [G]tolling for the rake
[C]Tolling for the [G]luckless,
the aban[Am]doned [D]an' [G]forsaked
Tolling for the [D]outcast,
burnin' [G]constantly at [C]stake
An' [G]we gazed upon [C]the chimes
[D]of freedom flashing

[Interlude 2]
[G][C][D][G]

[Verse 3]
Through the [G]mad mystic [D]hammering
of [G]the wild ripping [C]hail
[G]The sky cracked its [C]poems
in [D]naked won[G]der[D]
That the [G]clinging of [D]the church bells
blew [G]far into [C]the breeze
Leaving [G]only bells [C]of lightning
[D]and its [G]thunder
[D]Striking for the gentle,
[C]str[G]iking for the kind
[C]Striking for the [G]guardians and
[Am]protectors of [D]the mind
An' [G]the poet and the [D]painter
far behind [G]his rightful [C]time
An' [G]we gazed upon the [C]chimes
of [D]freedom [G]flashing

[Interlude 3]
[G][C][D][G]

[Verse 4]
In [G]the wild cathedral [D]evening
[G]the rain unraveled [C]tales
For the [G]disrobed faceless [C]forms
of [D]no posi[G]tion[D]
[G]Tolling for [D]the tongues with no
[G]place to bring their [C]thoughts
All [G]down in taken- [C]for- granted
[D]situ[G]ations
[D]Tolling for the deaf an' blind,
[G]tolling for the mute
For the mis[C]treated, mateless [G]mother,
[Am]the mistitled pros[D]titute
[G]For the misdemeanor out[D]law,
chaineded an[G]' cheated by [C]pursuit
An' we [G]gazed upon [C]the chimes
[D]of freedom [G]flashing

[Interlude 4]
[G][D][C][G]

[Verse 5]
Even [G]though a cloud's white [D]curtain
in [G]a far- off corner [C]flared
An' the [G]hypnotic splattered [D]mist
was [C]slowly [D]lift[G] in[D]g
Electric [G]light still struck like [D]arrows,
[G]fired but for [C]the ones
[G]Condemned to drift or [C]else
be [D]kept from drift[G]ing
[D]Tolling for the searching ones,
on their [G]speechless, seeking trail
For the [C]lonesome- hearted [G]lovers
with too [Am]personal a [D]tale
An' for [G]each [D]un harmful, gentle
soul mis[G]placed inside [C]a jail
An' [G]we gazed upon the [C]chimes of
[D]freedom flashing

[Interlude 5]
[G][C][D][G]

[Verse 6]
[G]Starry- eyed an' [D]laughing as I [G]recall
when we [C]were caught
[G]Trapped by no track of [C]hours for
[D]they hanged sus[G]pended[D]
As we [G]listened one [D]last time an'
[G]we watched with one last [C]look
[G]Spellbound an' swal[C]lowed
'til [D]the tolling [G]ended
[D]Tolling for the aching whose
[G]wounds cannot be nursed
For [C]the countless confused, [G]accused,
misused, [Am]strung- out ones an' [D]worse
An' for [G]every hung- up [D]person in
the whole [G]wide uni[C]verse
An' we [G]gazed upon [C]the chimes
of [D]freedom [G]flashing

[Outro 1]
[G][C][D][G]