Tommy Makem

The Winds Are Singing Freedom

Tommy Makem


Tom: C

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The winds are singing freedom
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They sing it everywhere
     F       G       Am
They sing it on the mountainside
    F             G     (G7)
And in the city square
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They sing of a new day dawning
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When our people will be free
          F         G       Am
Come and join their song of freedom
       F          G      C
Let it ring from sea to sea

[Verse 2]
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In the battered streets of Belfast
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Can't you hear the people cry?
     F       G       Am
For justice long denied them
           F              G     (G7)
And their crying fills the sky
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But the winds of change are singing
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Bringing hope from dark despair
          F         G       Am
There's a day of justice coming
      F          G      C
You can feel it in the air

[Verse 3]
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Too long our people suffered
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In their misery and their tears
     F       G       Am
And foreign rulers used our land
           F              G     (G7)
For about eight hundred years
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It's a long road has no turning
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And I know that soon we'll see
          F         G       Am
That day of justice dawning
      F          G      C
When our people will be free


[Chorus]
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There's a time laid out for laughing
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There's a time laid out to weep
     F       G       Am
There's a time laid out for sowing
           F              G     G7
And a time laid out to reap
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There's a time to love your brother
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There's a time for hate to cease
          F         G       Am
You must sow the seeds of justice
       F          G      C
To reap the fruits of peace

 C              G           C
There's a time laid out for laughing
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There's a time laid out to weep
     F       G       Am
There's a time laid out for sowing
           F              G     G7
And a time laid out to reap
 C              F       C
There's a time to love your brother
 C              F       C
There's a time for hate to cease
          F         G       Am
You must sow the seeds of justice
       F          G      C
To reap the fruits of peace