Chords for SUNY Soul Voices "I wish I knew how it feels to be free"

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_ _ _ This next [Ebm] song we're going to do is, I [Gm]
really find it [N] quite interesting.
It was made famous perhaps in her recording of this by the great Nina Simone, but it was
one of the _ _ songs that were written by American jazz musicians during the time of the Freedom
Movement, written by the great Dr.
Billy Taylor, who just lost recently.
_ _ _ It's called I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free.
We hope you like it. _ _ _
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[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [F] _ wish [A] I [Dm] could share _ all the [Bb] love that's in [F] my heart.
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ [F] Remove _
[A] [Dbm] all [D] the walls [Dm] _ _ that [G] [Em] keep [B] _ [G] _ us [F] [C] apart.
_ _ [Bbm] [A] I [F] wish [E] you [A] could know [Dm] _ [Am] how [Gm] it [Bb] feels [Gb] to _ [F] believe.
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That [D] you'd [Am] see _ _ [Db] and [A]
[Dm] agree _ that every [G] man [Gm]
should [F] be free. _ _ _
That _ you'd _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] be [Bb] free.
_ [F] I wish [Dbm] I knew [Dm] how _ it would [Gm] [Bb] feel to [F] be free.
[Bb] _ [F] I wish [A] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Am] all [G] the time [Bb] _ [Bm] holding [C]
me.
[D] I [Cm] wish [A] I [Dm] could say all [Bb] the things [Gm] I [F] should [Abm] say.
Say [F] no more [A] lies, say [Dm] no more fear.
[Am] For [G] the whole [Bb] wide world [F] to hear.
[Dm] _ I [F] wish _ [A] [Dm] I could give [Am] all [Bb] I _ long to [F]
give.
_ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ [A] _ [Dm]
Give all [G] _ I [C] want to live.
[F] I _ _ [A] _ [Dm] _
_ _ [F] _ [Gm] wish I could do the things that I [F] can do.
[Abm] [F] Somewhere _ _ [Db] [Dm] I _ could [Gm] [Bb] start _ [F] anew.
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[Bb] _ _ [Am] _ [Gm] _ [Bb] _ _ [Bm] _ [C] _
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_ _ I wish _ _ [A] [Dm] I _ _ [F] _ [G] could share all the love that's in my heart.
I wish I could say all _ [Bb] _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] the things I [F] should say.
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_ [D] _ [Bb] _ [G] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [F]
Say _ [Ab] [F] no more _ [Db] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ lies, say no more fear.
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[Bb] _ _ [Abm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Db] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Dm] [Am] For [G] the whole _ _ wide [Am] _ world to _ _ _ [F] hear. _ _ _ _
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