Free the people

C - Em F C

Laws were made for people,

Am Dm F C

and the law can never scorn the right of a man to be free.

F C - Am - F G C

Free the people! Let them have their say !

F C - Am - F G C + F - C - F

Free the people! Let them see the light of day !

C Em F C

1. A dismal dawn was breaking when they took her man away,

F Dm G

not knowing what was his crime.

C Em F C

Just what he was guilty of not one of them could say,

F G C

but they'll think of something in time.

Dm G Am - Em F d G

He says: 'Goodbye and remember, we shall overcome'!

+ CHORUS + F - C - F

C Em F C

2. Comforting her children, softly crying in the night,

F Dm G

she tried very hard to explain.

C Em F C

You know, your daddy never did a thing that wasn't right,

F G C

so soon he's bound to be home again.

Dm G Am - Em F Dm G

He is a good man, and he shall overcome.

+ CHORUS + F - C – F

C Em F

3. (spoken) What does it profit him, the right to be born,

Dm

if he suffers the loss of liberty?

G - C

Laws were made for people, and the law can never scorn

F

the right of a man to be free.

Dm G C

We are the people, and we shall overcome

Dm G Am - Em F Dm G

We are the people, and we shall overcome !

+ CHORUS ....

(orig. = capo 5th) (Dubliners)