Broken Freedom Song chords by Kris Kristofferson

Chords with lyrics

Just does a little hammer-on pick down to C majorC and then back up to G7.


Intro: G7, C majorC (x4)


G7G7         C majorC
Got a song about a soldier,
G7G7           C majorC
Ridin' somewhere on a train
G7G7              C majorC
Empty sleeve pinned to his shoulder
G7G7             C majorC
And some pills to ease the pain

FF           C majorC
Started drinkin' in El Paso,
FF          C majorC
He was drunk in San Antone,
FF              C majorC
Tellin' strangers who were sleepin'
G7G7         D7D7
How he hated goin' home

Chorus 1:

C majorC           G7G7
Just a simple song of freedom,
C majorC           G7G7
He was never fightin' for,
C majorC                G7G7
No one's listenin' when you need 'em,
FF        C majorC        A minorAm
Ain't no fun to sing that song no more.

G7G7         C majorC
Got a song about a sister,
G7G7            C majorC
Waitin' somewhere by the phone,
G7G7              C majorC
For some man who never missed her,
G7G7           C majorC
Ever since he come and gone

FF           C majorC
And it's harder for a woman,
FF          C majorC
With a baby on the way,
FF            C majorC
That's the price of bein' human,
G7G7             D7D7
When you're poor enough to pay,

C majorC           G7G7
So she listens to the freedom,
C majorC           G7G7
In the silence at her door
C majorC               G7G7
No one's missin' till you need 'em
FF        C majorC        A minorAm
Ain't no fun to sing that song no more

G7G7          C majorC
Got a song about a Savior,
G7G7          C majorC
Lookin' lonesome and afraid,
G7G7          C majorC
At a city full of strangers,
G7G7          C majorC
And a cross He never made

FF             C majorC
And He's sadder than He's wiser,
FF           C majorC
And a longer way from home,
FF            C majorC
And He wonders why His Father,
G7G7           D7D7
Left Him bleeding and alone.

C majorC           G7G7
Just a broken song of freedom,
C majorC           G7G7
And the closing of a door,
C majorC               G7G7
No one's missin' till you need 'em
FF        C majorC        A minorAm