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[Verse 1]
                               F             Am
He saw them coming through the Berlin Wall 
                            F      Am
And there were tears in his eyes 
                                 G              F
He'd never thought he'd see that concrete fall 
                               E7      Am
He felt their joy and their surprise 
                             F              Am
He saw them walking past the border guard 
                            F      Am
He saw them wonder at their gain 
                             G            F
But deep inside he knew that every yard 
                            E7
They walked towards another pain 
                  Am    F  Am  F  Am
That needed liberation 


[Verse 2]
                          F                Am
He saw them in the Ku Dam shop and store 
                            F       Am
With freedom money in their hands 
                                G             F
Soon it was gone but still they wanted more 
                            E7     Am
To take back to their Motherland 
                          F               Am
He saw her move towards a pair of jeans 
                          F     Am
He saw him move towards a bar 
                            G               F
But as they neither of them had the means 
                                  E7
He knew they'd travelled much too far 
                Am    F  Am  F  G
Away from liberation 


[Verse 3]
                                      F
He'd been on the treadmill every day 
                              G
He'd been the model employee 
                                          F
He'd built the miracle, but now he'd say 
                               Bm
Where is the miracle for me? 
                                            C
He owed the bank, he owed the corner store 
                                    D 
He owed the college, owed the town 
                                                   G
Since shaking hands they'd showed him to the door 
                                  E7    Am  F  Am  F  Am
And then they'd closed his office down 


[Verse 4]
                               F             Am
He saw them coming through the Berlin Wall
                            F      Am
And there were tears in his eyes 
                                 G              F
He'd never thought he'd see that concrete fall 
                               E7      Am
He felt their joy and their surprise 
                               F             Am
But as they came to roll those stones away 
                                   F        Am
With all their hopes and all their dreams 
                             G             F
He knew that day was not the time to say 
                         E7
Freedom is never what it seems 
                  Am    F  Am
We all need liberation