Dubliners - Free The People

capo 5
free the people :

laws are made for people , and the law can never scorn , the right of a man to be free
F C F
free the people ,
G C
let them have their say ,
F C F
free the people ,
G C F C G
let them see the light of day ,

C Em F
a dismal dawn was breaking when they took her man away ,
F Dm G
not knowing what was his crime ,
C Em F
just what he was guilty of not one of them could say ,
F G C
but they think of something in time ,
F G Em
he says “goodbye and remember ,
F Dm G
we shall overcome!”

chorus
C Em F
comforting her children softly crying in the night ,
F Dm G
she tries very hard to explain ,
C Em F
“you know you Daddy never did a thing that wasn’t right ,
F G C
so soon he’s bound to be home again .
F G Em
he is a good man ,
F Dm G
and he shall overcome!”

chorus

( spoken ) what does it profit him ,
the right to be born ,
if he suffers the loss of liberty?

laws were made for people ,
and the law can never scorn ,

we are the people ,
and we shall overcome!

F G Em
( singing ) we are the people ,
F Dm G
and we shall overcome!

chorus .