Chords for Nina Simone: I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free

_ [G] _ _ _ [B] _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
It would feel to be [G] free. _
_ I wish [C] I [G] could break _ [D] all the chains [A] _ [D] holding me.
[C] _ _ [G] _ [B] I wish [Em] I could say _ [C] _ _ _ [G] all the things I should say.
_ [Eb] Say them loud, [Em] _
[C] say them clear [G] _ for the whole world to hear.
I [B] wish [Em] I _
[G] could [C] share _ all the [G] love that's in my heart.
_ _ [C] Remove [G] all the bonds [D] _ _ [A] that still [D] keep us [G] apart.
_ _ [B] I wish [Em] you could [G] know _ [C] what [G] it means to be me.
_ _ [Eb] Then you'd [Em] see [C] and agree [G] _ every man should be free.
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Em] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
I wish [B] I _ [Em]
could [G] give [Abm] all [C] _ _ _ _ [G]
in a year.
_ I [C] wish [G] I could _ _ _ [D] _ [A] live like I'm [D] wanting to live.
[Em] I _ _ _ _ _
[G] could [C] do all the [G] things that I can do.
[Db] _ [G] Though [Ebm] I'm way [Em] _
overdue, [C] _ [G] _ I'd be starting [Am] anew.
[G] Well, I wish [B] I [Em] could be, _ [Eb] [C] yeah, like a bird [G] in [C] the sky.
[G] _ [C] How sweet [G] it would be [D] if [Am] I [A] [D] found that I could fly [G] _ _ [B] _ [Em] up
[G] to the sky.
[C] _ _ Look down, [G] _
[Db] see that [G] I'd sing.
[Eb] _ [Em] Oh, _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _
[C] yeah, _ [G] sweet.
[Ab] _ _ [Em] _ _
[C] [D] Yes, [G] I'd sing [Eb] _ _ [Em] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Em] high [C] in [G] the _ beat. _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ [G] _
How it would [C] feel.
How it would feel. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Then _ I'd sing.
[Gb] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _
[G] _ _ [Eb] Oh, [Em] _ _ [C] yes, [G] I'd sing.
[B] Oh, [Em] _ _ [C] yes, [G] I'd sing.
[B] Oh, [Em] _ _ [C] yes, [G] I'd sing. [A] Come on.
_ [Em] _ _ [C] Oh, yes, [G] I'd sing.
[Ebm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] I [G] can't hear [Eb] you.
_ [Em] _ _ [C] Yes, [G] I would sing.
_ [B] _ [Em] _ _ [C] Shall I leave [G] him alone?
[A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] Shall I leave [G] him alone?
[A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] Then [G] I'd sing.
[A] _ _ [Em] _ [C] I know how [G] it feels. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Yes, for one [D] minute of my life, _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I would [G] know. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] All [C] for one, one.
Yes, [G] I would say.
[B] _ [Em] Because I know.
_ [C] It's good [G] now.
_ [B] Because [E] I know.
_ [C] Then [Gm] I'd sing.
_ [B] Because [Em] I know.
_ [C] Then [G] I'd sing.
_ [B] Because [Em] I know.
I can't [G] hear.
I can't hear.
[B] Because [C] I know.
Then [G] I'd sing.
_ [B] _ _
[Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [B] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _
[Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ [Em] _
_ _ [C] And [G] I'd sing _ _ and be a little freer, _ a little bit [Am] more me.
_ If for one minute _ of my life _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ tossing and turning, it would be _ _ to _ _ be _ [G] free. _ _
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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