Freedom Hangs Like Heaven chords by Iron & Wine

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


Intro:
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Verse 1:
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Mary, carry your babe
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bound up tight like lips around a whimper
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Your fingers over my face
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blind eyed sampson driven to the temple
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and night birds digging 'til dawn
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Freedom hangs like heaven over everyone
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Ain't nobody knows what a newborn holds
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but his mama says he'll walk on water
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and wander back home

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Verse 2:
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Mary, carry your shame
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well past all those eyes across the avenue
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Fish heads running from rain
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you know I'll do anything you want me to
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Lamp oil lovers may say,
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"Freedom hangs like heaven over everyone"
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Ain't nobody knows what a new born holds
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but his papa's gonna to hide shaking gristle
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and shaking like bone

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Verse 3:
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Mary, carry My name
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hoof marks hacked up all I had to offer you
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Look all over this place
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Lost your portrait lately when the winter blew
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In like Herod and them
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Freedom hangs like heaven over everyone
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Anybody knows what a newborn holds
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but a dollar says he'll lick that devil
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and do it alone

Outro:
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