Broken Freedom Song chords by Kris Kristofferson

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


Intro: G7, C (x4)


G7                 C
Got a song about a soldier,
G7                     C
Ridin' somewhere on a train
G7                           C
Empty sleeve pinned to his shoulder
G7                          C
And some pills to ease the pain

F                      C
Started drinkin' in El Paso,
F                    C
He was drunk in San Antone,
F                           C
Tellin' strangers who were sleepin'
G7                  D7
How he hated goin' home

Chorus 1:

C                      G7
Just a simple song of freedom,
C                     G7
He was never fightin' for,
C                                G7
No one's listenin' when you need 'em,
F                C                Am
Ain't no fun to sing that song no more.

G7                  C
Got a song about a sister,
G7                        C
Waitin' somewhere by the phone,
G7                           C
For some man who never missed her,
G7                      C
Ever since he come and gone

F                      C
And it's harder for a woman,
F                   C
With a baby on the way,
F                        C
That's the price of bein' human,
G7                         D7
When you're poor enough to pay,

C                      G7
So she listens to the freedom,
C                      G7
In the silence at her door
C                              G7
No one's missin' till you need 'em
F                C                Am
Ain't no fun to sing that song no more

G7                   C
Got a song about a Savior,
G7                    C
Lookin' lonesome and afraid,
G7                   C
At a city full of strangers,
G7                    C
And a cross He never made

F                          C
And He's sadder than He's wiser,
F                      C
And a longer way from home,
F                       C
And He wonders why His Father,
G7                     D7
Left Him bleeding and alone.

C                      G7
Just a broken song of freedom,
C                     G7
And the closing of a door,
C                              G7
No one's missin' till you need 'em
F                C                Am