Chords with lyrics
Peter Yarrow and Margery Tabankin
©1986 Silver Dawn Music (ASCAP)
It's my first time, please be fair :-)
Intro:
G+G B7B7 E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
G+G B7B7
Brother Martin was walkin with me,
E minorEm B7B7
And every step I heard liberty
C majorC G+G E minorEm
Tho he's fallin', come a million behind!
A augmentedA D MajorD
Glory, Hallelujah, gonna make it this time!
chorus:
G+G B7B7
No easy walk to freedom,
E minorEm DmDm
No easy walk to freedom,
C majorC G+G E minorEm
Keep on walkin and we shall be free
A augmentedA D MajorD
That's how we're gonna make history
G+G B7B7
Across the ocean, the blood's running warm
E minorEm B7B7
I, I hear it coming, there's a thunderin' storm
C majorC G+G E minorEm
Just like we lived it, you know that it's true,
A augmentedA D MajorD
Nelson Mandela, now we're walkin with you!
chorus:
G+G B7B7
No easy walk to freedom,
E minorEm DmDm
No easy walk to freedom,
C majorC G+G E minorEm
Keep on walkin and we shall be free
A augmentedA D MajorD
That's how we're gonna make history
G+G B7B7
In our land, not so long ago,
E minorEm B7B7
We lived the struggle, and that's how we know
C majorC G+G E minorEm
Slavery abolished, comin' freedom's call
A augmentedA D MajorD
Keep on walking and apartheid will fall!
chorus:
G+G B7B7
No easy walk to freedom,
E minorEm DmDm
No easy walk to freedom,
C majorC G+G E minorEm
Keep on walkin and we shall be free
A augmentedA D MajorD
That's how we're gonna make history
G+G B7B7
Oh, bread for the body, there's got to be
E minorEm B7B7
But a soul will die without liberty
C majorC G+G E minorEm
Pray for the day when the struggle is past!
A augmentedA D MajorD
Freedom for all! Free at last! Free at last!
chorus:
G+G B7B7
No easy walk to freedom,
E minorEm DmDm
No easy walk to freedom,
C majorC G+G E minorEm
Keep on walkin and we shall be free
A augmentedA D MajorD
That's how we're gonna make history
G+G B7B7
No easy walk to freedom,
E minorEm DmDm
No easy walk to freedom,
C majorC G+G E minorEm
Keep on walkin and we shall be free
A augmentedA D MajorD
That's how we're gonna make history
G+G C majorC G+G
You and me!