WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Humble Pie - Alabama 69 Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
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Yep, this one's called "Alabama 69"
[Verse 1]
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I come from Alabama and I work a ten pound hammer
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And my woman's picking cotton for the boss man on the hill
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They work us till they break our back
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Beat us cos our skin is black
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I guess I'll have to slave till the whip is in the grave
[Chorus]
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Yeah, when will we be free
F#m
I wanna walk down any road
B
And feel I have my liberty
[Verse 2]
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Well, from day to day I live to die
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The scars across my back don't lie
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Ain't there anyone out there
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To hear my freedom cry
[Harmonica Solo]
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[Verse 3]
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Well, I believe a man's a man who earns his pay as best he can
E B
The color of his skin don't mean he ain't just like you
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Yeah, but white folk here don't give a hell
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They think that we were born to smell
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Of sweat and dust and dirt
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Or plough until we die
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Hallelujah, let me hear you now
[Chorus]
A E
When will we be free
F#m
I wanna walk down any road
B
And feel I have my liberty
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These shoes I'm wearing every day
A
Got holes the size of Frisco Bay
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I'm praying for the time
B E
When there will come a judgment day
[Harmonica Solo]
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Let me play you some lead here
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Ooh, ooh
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[Verse 4]
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Well, we all know how long it is since Lincoln made those promises
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That one day we would walk along the white side of the street
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Now, but there were some bad folk around
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That got so riled they shot him down
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And there ain't a cop in town
B E
Who wouldn't do the same for me
[Out-Chorus]
A E
Yeah, now, when will we be free
F#m
I wanna walk down any road
B
And feel I have my liberty
B
Well, now, now
A E
When will we be free
A
Yeah, yeah
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When will we be free
A
Ooh, yeah
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When will we be free
A
Well, now, now
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When will we be free
A
Well, now, now, now, now
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When will we be free
A N.C.
Yeah, yeah, yeah
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When will we be free