Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
E MajorE
How can I turn away
E MajorE
Brother/Sister go dancing
E MajorE
Through my head
E MajorE
Human as to human
E MajorE
The future is no place
A augmentedA 
G# minorG#m 
F# minorF#m E MajorE
To place your better days
Chorus:
B minorBm A augmentedA
Cry freedom, cry
A augmentedA 
C# minorC#m
From a crowd ten thousand wide
B minorBm A augmentedA
Hope laid upon hope
A augmentedA C# minorC#m B minorBm
That this crowd will not subside
A augmentedA
Let this flag burn to dust
C# minorC#m B minorBm
And a new a fair design be raised
A augmentedA
While we wait head in hands,
A augmentedA
Hands in prayer
A augmentedA C# minorC#m
And fall into a dreamless sleep again
E MajorE
And we wave our hands
A augmentedA E MajorE
Hands and feet are all alike
E MajorE
But gold between divide us
A augmentedA E MajorE
Hands and feet are all alike
E MajorE
But fear between divide us
A augmentedA G# minorG#m F# minorF#m E MajorE
All slip away
Verse 2:
B minorBm A augmentedA
There was a window and by it stood
A augmentedA
A majorA mirror in which
C# minorC#m B minorBm
He could see himself
A augmentedA
He thought of something
A augmentedA
Something he had never had but
C# minorC#m B minorBm
Hoped would come along
Chorus:
B minorBm A augmentedA
Cry freedom, cry
A augmentedA
From deep inside
A augmentedA C# minorC#m B minorBm
Where we are all confined
A augmentedA C# minorC#m
While we wave hands in fire
E MajorE
Wave our hands
A augmentedA E MajorE
Hands and feet are all alike
E MajorE
But gold between divide us
A augmentedA E MajorE
Hands and feet are all alike
E MajorE
But fear between divide us,
A augmentedA G# minorG#m F# minorF#m E MajorE
Slip away
Verse 3:
B minorBm A augmentedA
In this room stood a little child
A augmentedA
And in this room this little child
C# minorC#m B minorBm
She would remain
A augmentedA
Until someone might decide
A augmentedA
To dance this little child
C# minorC#m B minorBm
Across this hall
B minorBm
Into a cold, dark, space
A augmentedA
Where she might never trace her
C# minorC#m
Way across this crooked mile
B minorBm
Across this crooked page
Chorus:
B minorBm A augmentedA
Cry freedom, cry
A augmentedA
From deep inside where
C# minorC#m
We are all confined
E MajorE
Till we wave our hands
A augmentedA E MajorE
How can I turn away
B minorBm E MajorE
Brother/Sister go dancing
A augmentedA
Through my head
E MajorE
Human as to human
A augmentedA
The future is no place
E MajorE F# minorF#m E MajorE
To place your better days
Outro:
A augmentedA E MajorE
Hands and feet are all alike
B minorBm E MajorE
But gold between divide us
A augmentedA E MajorE
Hands and feet are all alike
E MajorE
But fear between divide us
A augmentedA E MajorE
Hands and feet are all alike
A augmentedA
Hear what I say
A augmentedA
Hear what I say
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
Oh, so be it
A augmentedA E MajorE
How can I turn away
E MajorE A augmentedA
Brother/Sister go dancing through my head
E MajorE
Human as to human
A augmentedA
The future is no place
E MajorE F# minorF#m E MajorE
To place your better days
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