Chimes Of Freedom Chords

by The Byrds
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: G
Capo: no capo
Author Pencom [a] 30,874.
3 contributors total, last edit on Aug 1, 2024

Chords

G
C
D
D7
Am
Em

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Chimes Of Freedom chords
The Byrds  1965 (Bob Dylan)
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimes_of_Freedom_(song)
 
G C G D  C G D G C G
 
G                     C          G                 C
Far between sundown's finish and midnight's broken toll
   G                 C        D       G      C G
We ducked inside the doorway, thunder crashing
G                    C             G              C
As majestic bells of bolts, struck shadows in the sounds
G                 C         D       G       C G
Seeming to be the chimes of freedom flashing
 
D                D7              G           C      G
Flashing for the warriors, whose strength is not to fight
C                                Am              D
Flashing for the refugees on the unarmed road of flight
        G              C         G              C
And for each and every underdog, soldier in the night
       G              C         D       G      C G
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing
 
G                          C            G              C
Even though a clouds white curtain in a far off corner flashed
        G                   C        D      G      C G
And the hypnotic splattered mist was slowly lifting
G                     C                   G                 C
Electric lights still struck like arrows, fired but for the ones
G                     C       D         G       C G
Condemned to drift or else be kept from drifting
 
D               D7                       G          C        G
Tolling for the searching ones, on their speechless seeking trail,
        C                                 Am         D
For the lonesome hearted lovers, with too personal a tale
        G                             G               C
And for each unharmful gentle soul misplaced inside a jail
       G              C         D       G       C G
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing
 
G               C                G                 C
Starry eyed and laughing, as I recall when we were caught
G                      C              D         G     C G
Trapped by no track of hours for they hanged suspended
G                        C            G                     C
And we listened one last time, and we watched with one last look
G                        C        D       G    C G
Spellbound and swallowed till the tolling ended
 
D               D7                G       C         G
Tolling for the aching ones whose wounds cannot be nursed
        C                                     Am                  D
For the countless confused, accused, misused, strung-out ones and worse
        G             C             G             C
And for every hung-up person in the whole wide universe
       G              C         D       G       C G
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing
 
   C              Em             D
Di di di di di di di di di di di di
   C              Em    D        G   C G
Di di di di di di di di di di di dum
 
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4 comments
runbikejeff
Thanks for another Byrds song posting! Sounds great with my Hagstrom Viking 12 string!
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alecaster
Good tab, thx. I play it with a full G (add D on B string) and easy change to Cadd9. Intro: G C C/B D Dsus4 C G D G C G In chorus, at second 'Flashing' change G to C. Try it.
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richardvilla31
Excellent tab. 5 stars. Gotta love that 12 string. Thanks.
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