Key: C
Introduction: C F C F C F C F
C F
The gilt-edged invitation came and I said, "What can this mean?
C F
To attend the coronation as the first guest of the Queen
G F
And sit upon her right hand, where the Prince is normally seen?"
C F
The maids of honour stared at me and registered surprise
C F
To see a man of such good taste, appear before their eyes
G F
Now bring rather humble, I adopted a disguise
G F
As the Minister of State for Mass Environment Controls
G F
Who condemn the working classes for inhabiting the holes
G G7
That belong to Queen and Country, but do not permit their souls
C G
To be free like me
C G
To be free like me
C F C F
Oh, to be free__
Verse
C F
The Perspex chandelier began to melt and slip away
C F
One million candle-powered, it kept the night at bay
G F
While the power station workers were busy making hay
C F
The workers in the fields were engaged in self-defence
C F
Which involved the use of barbed wire as a self-containing fence
G F
But as a means of self-protection, it was needlessly immense
G F
I stopped to ask them for a light, they pointed at the sun
G F
Which raised their hopes of harvesting a better crop than guns
G G7
Can ever mass produce at the expense of anyone
C G
Who is free like me
C G
Who is free like me
C F C F
Oh, who is free__
Verse
C F
The solitary peasant in his home above the lake
C F
Raised high on wooden stilts, has made the singular mistake
G F
Of revolutionary conduct at the celebration wake
C F
His urban counterpart engaged in mundane occupation
C F
Enjoys the chance of laughing at the Queen's humiliation
G F
At the hands of Ministers of State for Rehabilitation
G F
Now the power station worker, though his aim is too disjointed
G F
Finds himself around the corner, while his gun is never pointed
G G7
He is ever at the ready, he desires to be anointed
C G
And be free like me
C G
And be free like me
C F C F
And be free__