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                            Intro

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                             Riff 1

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                              SOLo

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    Intro

    Verse 1

    Chorus

    Riff 1 2x

    Verse 2

    Chorus

    Riff 1 2x

    Solo

    Verse 3

    Chorus

    Riff 1 2x

    Intro 3x



 A                   C#M

Let me tell you the hard luck story

 D                  E

About a man named Jack McDuff           VERSE 1

 A              C#M

He believed in God and glory

 D              E

But he just wasn't tough enough





A                 C#M

I believe in the freedom song

D            E

Long live liberty!                     CHORUS

A                 C#M

I believe in the freedom song

D                   E

I'll choose my own destiny





RIFF 1 2X



A                     C#M

Well they took him and they beat him

D                     E

Underneath the old hanging tree

A                   C#M                VERSE 2

Saying, "Jack, you must die"

D                   E

"What will your last words be?"



A                   C#M

Jack, he hung his head back

D            E

"Long live liberty!"

A                   C#M

"I believe in the freedom song"

D                    E

"Doesn't matter what you do to me"



RIFF 1 2X

SOLO



A                           C#M

With a rope around his neck they left him hanging

D                  E

High on that old hanging tree

A                  C#M

D                  E                            VERSE 3

"Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy"



A                 C#M

I believe in the freedom song

D            E

Long live liberty!

A                  C#M

I believe in the freedom song

D                    E

Doesn't matter what you do to me





RIFF 1 2x

INTRO 3 X







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