Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
C minorCm AbAb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb x3
Verse 1:
C minorCm AbAb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
I was born right here in Zion, God's own son
C minorCm AB EB Bb majorBb
His Holy Ghost stories and bloodshed never scared me none
C minorCm AbAb
While they bowed their heads on Sunday
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I cut out through the hedges and fields
C minorCm AbAb
Where the light could place its hands on my head
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
In the west hills
Chorus:
C minorCm AbAb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb Bbsus4Bbsus4 Bb majorBb
Fr--ee in the west hills
C minorCm AbAb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Fr--ee in the west hills
Verse 2:
C minorCm AbAb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
She's got two full-grown children, one still on the vine
C minorCm AbAb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
And once I got to know him I loved him like he was mine
C minorCm AbAb
Some nights we drive up the mouth of the canyon
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On hillbilly heroin pills
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We get out and watch the sunset
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Peaceful and still
Chorus:
C minorCm AbAb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
And free in the west hills
C minorCm AbAb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Fr--ee in the west hills
Verse 3:
C minorCm AbAb
When the sheriff kicked my door down
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
I was sleeping in my own bed
C minorCm AbAb
And the mess I got caught up in
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Rained hard down on my head
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They got me for possession of them hillbilly heroin pills
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Enough to kill the horses that run free in the west hills
AbAb
They got me for possession of enough to kill the horses that run
Chorus:
C minorCm AbAb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Fr--ee in the west hills
C minorCm AbAb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Fr--ee in the west hills
Verse 4:
C minorCm AbAb
If this life was meant for proving
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I could use more years to live
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But fifteen in a guardhouse
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That's more than I'm willing to give
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And if there really is a judgement
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When He pulls my chart
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He'll reject my actions
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But He will know my heart
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And he'll prepare a place for me
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Where happiness instills
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And the light puts its loving hands on my head
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Free in the west hills
AbAb
They got me for possession of enough to kill the horses that run
Chorus:
C minorCm AbAb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Fr--ee in the west hills
C minorCm AbAb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Fr--ee in the west hills
C minorCm AbAb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb C minorCm AbAb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb C minorCm AbAb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Fr--ee, fr--ee in the west hills, in the west hills, in the west hills