Тональность: G major
Verse 1
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Am
In the
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C
county of Fayette,
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in the state of Tennessee,
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Freedom City stands for all
C
Tenants driven from their homes
G
just across the way.
D
In tents they must live,
G
but here is what they say.
C
Oh, we were born in Fayette County
G
and here we will stay.
We'll take more than evictions
D
G
D
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to drive us away.
C
The tenants tell their story,
G
it's the same thing over again
D
When we went to the polls
our troubles did begin
G
C
They took our trucks and tractors,
G
more trouble every day
D
They took away our livelihood,
G
but here is what we say
C
We only were born in Fayette County,
G
and here we will stay.
It will take more than trouble
D
G
D
G
to drive us away.
C
They have kept us from the polls
G
for nearly a hundred years,
D
And all because our color
G
is not the same as theirs.
C
But now we've gone and voted,
G
and we live in tents today.
D
Our family's cold and hungry,
G
but here is what we say.
C
For we were born in Fayette County,
G
and here we will stay.
It will take more than hunger
D
G
D
G
to drive us away.
C
There in the early morning,
G
a planter's gunmen creep
into the tents
G
where little children sleep
G
barrels aimed at people in their beds
D
A bullet struck Earl Williams,
G
but this is what he said
C
Oh, we were born in Fayette County,
G
and here we will stay.
We'll take more than bullets
D
G
D
G
C
G
to drive us away.
D
G
C
They're in the mud and the rain
G
of a cold winter night
D
By the tents of Freedom City
G
they stand on guard tonight
C
They look into the future
G
and what do they see?
D
A better world for everyone
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who's fighting to be free.
C
We were born in Fayette County
G
and here we will stay
D
And we will see the coming
G
of a new and brighter day.
Outro 1
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