The Gift to be Free

 

 

bbbbbbbbb B7

 

E                                            A                           E 

I am so very lucky - to have had your love - all of these years 15

E         B7                                                                        E          

I hope you enjoyed the - laughter - you supported - all my tears 15

E          A            E                                   D#            D               B7

Like the rocket - flying to the moon - you were the hydrogen - of my child time years 20

E         A                      E         A      E      A           B7          E

and now I’m constantly in orbit I can feel that you’re still here 16

 

Dsus4                   A                              E

So thank you for what you have done for me

Dm7                          Asus4

for taking not much in return

D      A       E         A

I hope that I might be 

Dm7                                            E7             

to your grandchildren what you have been to me

 

E                                           A                       E 

In nineteen fifty eight - you smiling in a - world made of sun 15

E                                        B7                        E         

Sepia photos - old now - you looking so - very young 15

E                        A          E                         D#                 D                  B7

Old super eight - movies you move and - the camera blinded - by the glare of sun 20

              E           A        E           A            E        A       B7          E                             

and now I’m constantly in awe of the years, you and everyone 16

 

E                                      A                           E

The very best thing you - gave to me was the - gift to be free 15

E                                                B7                                    E

to choose my own thoughts and - my own - truths and to - simply be me 15

         E                 A                        E                    D#           D                   B7              

It takes inner - warmth and confidence - to allow another - person to be free 20

E              A          E      A              E           A       B7         E   

and now I’m constantly striving to give that which you gave to me 16

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ISWC T-011.655.711-9             MCPS/PRS London Tune Code  5864164Y       Written Clarke    October 2004

 

Sound Recording on the Album 'I'm the Boy Who Played Tom Paxton's Guitar' By Almond Greenway

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