Key: A
Introduction:
A G D
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E D A4 A
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Am Am7M Am7 D
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A G
I won' t let you down
D
I will not give you up
A
Gotta have some faith in the sound
A
It' s the one good thing that I' ve got
G
I won' t let you down
D
So please don' t give me up
A
Because I would really, really love to stick around, oh yeah!
E D
Heaven knows I was just a young boy
A4 A A4 A
Didn' t know what I wanted to be (Didn' t know what I wanted to be)
E D
I was every little hungry schoolgirls pride and joy
A4 A A4 A
And I guess it was enough for me (And I guess it was enough for me)
E D
To win the race? A prettier face! Brand new clothes and a big fat place
A4 A A4 A
On your rock and roll tv (rock and roll tv)
E D
But today the way I play the game is not the same. No way!
A4 A A4 A
Think I' m gonna get me some happy
Am
I think there' s something you should know
Am7M
I think it' s time I told you so
Am7
There' s something deep inside of me
D
There' s someone else I' ve got to be
Am
Take back your picture in a frame
Am7M
Take back your singing in the rain
Am7
I just hope you understand
D
Sometimes the clothes do not make the man
A G
All we have to do now
D A
Is take these lies and make them true somehow
A G
All we have to see
D
Is that I don' t belong to you
A
And you don' t belong to me yeah yeah-ah
A
(Freedom) I won' t let you down
G
(Freedom) I will not give you up
D
(Freedom) Gotta have some faith in the sound
A
(You' ve gotta give for what you take) It' s the one good thing that I' ve got
A
(Freedom) I won' t let you down
G
(Freedom) So please don' t give me up
D
(Freedom) Because I would really, really love)
A
(You' ve gotta give for what you take) to stick around
E D
Heaven knows we sure had some fun boy
A4 A A4 A
What a kick, just a buddy and me (What a kick, just a buddy and me)
E D
We had every big-shot goodtime band on the run boy
A4 A A4 A
We were living in a fantasy (We were living in a fantasy)
E D
We won the race. Got out of the place. I went back home, got a brand new face
A4 A A4 A
For the boys on MTV (boys on MTV)
E D
But today the way I play the game has got to change, oh yeah (oh yeah)
A4 A A4 A
Now I' m gonna get myself happy
Am
I think there' s something you should know
Am7M
I think it' s time I told you so
Am7
There' s something deep inside of me
D
There' s someone else I' ve got to be
Am
Take back your picture in a frame
Am7M
Take back your singing in the rain
Am7
I just hope you understand
D
Sometimes the clothes do not make the man
A G
All we have to do now
D A
Is take these lies and make them true somehow
A G
All we have to see
D
Is that I don' t belong to you
A
And you don' t belong to me yeah yeah-ah
A
(Freedom) I won' t let you down
G
(Freedom) I will not give you up
D
(Freedom) Gotta have some faith in the sound
A
(You' ve gotta give for what you take) It' s the one good thing that I' ve got
A
(Freedom) I won' t let you down
G
(Freedom) So please don' t give me up
D
(Freedom) Because I would really, really love)
A
(You' ve gotta give for what you take) to stick around
Am Am7M Am7 D
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Am
Well it looks like the road to heaven
Am7M
But it feels like the road to hell
Am7
When I knew which side my bread was buttered
D
I took the knife as well
Am
Posing for another picture
Am7M
Everybody' s got to sell
Am7
But when you shake your ass
Am7
They notice fast
D
And some mistakes were build to last
Am
(That' s what you get) That' s what you get
Am7M
(That' s what you get) I say that' s what you get
Am7
(That' s what you get for changing your mind)
D
That' s what you get for changing your mind
Am
(That' s what you get)
Am7M
(That' s what you get) And after all this time
Am7
(I just hope you understand)
D
Sometimes the clothes do not make the man
A G
(All we have to do now) oh hey and
D A
Is take these lies and make them true somehow
A G
All we have to see
D
Is that I don' t belong to you
A
And you don' t belong to me yeah yeah-ah
A
Freedom
G
Oh freedom
D
My freedom
A
You' ve gotta give for what you take
A
Freedom
G
Hold on to my freedom
D
My freedom
A
(You' ve gotta give for what you take) Give it a what you give it a what
A
you take yeah
G D
yeah
A
Yeah you gotta give it a what you give it a what you give
A
May not be what you want from me
G
Just the way it' s got to be
D
Lose the face now
A
I' ve got to live I' ve got to live I' ve got to live
(fade out)