If I Were Free

	  		If I Were Free 
by Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros 

Intro 
C  G Am   F    C G Am  x2 

C  G Am   F 
If I were free 
                              Am 
I would run into battles with flowers and hugs 
                                 G 
And bow at the boots of our well-oiled thugs 
               Am 
Yes, if I were free 

C  G  Am   F 
If it were me 
                               Am 
I would yell out I love you to all I passed 
                                  G 
I would disrobe and disco and rip off my mask 

               C               G                  Am            
Yes, if I were free I'd be the U that crossed the I to simply be 
G                              F             C 
Minding our reflections at the bottom of the sea 
             G 
What did you see? 

C          G         Am 
I saw that you and I forever have been free 
    G                            F           C 
The light became too heavy and I fell into a dream 
             E7 
What did you dream? 

C G Am F   C Am  C Am   F   G     Am 

C G       Am F 
I dreamed a  wind that would sweep 
                  Am 
Every castle made of sand 
                        G 
Out across the old far holy land 
                 Am 
Oh, if this were free 

C  G    Am   F 
If this were free 
                              Am 
We'd be free of the terror of the graves 
                         G 
And fear masquerading as the brave  
                 C       G      Am 
Oh, if this were free 

C     G     Am 

C      G             Am 
I woke upon a pig of red, white and blue 
    G                          F             C 
The circus got too heavy so we fell into the zoo 
             G 
What did you feel? 

C          G               Am 
I felt the fear that every queer does in his head 
G                                    F          C 
First thing to starting over, I made sure I was dead 
             G 
What do you dream? 

F   Am   G   E7   Am   C   E7 

C             G                   Am 
Swimming with ancients, laughing, tired of getting lost 
   G                                F               C 
We took our left, remember, when we leaned upon the cross 
             G 
What did you see? 

C          G         Am 
I saw that you and I forever have been free 
    G                             F           C 
The light became too heavy and we fell into a dream 

C    G    Am