Im A Freeborn Man

[INTRO:] G    F  G

[VERSE 1:]
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I'm a freeborn man of the 
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travelling people
Got no fixed abode, with nomads I am
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 numbered
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Country lanes and byways were 
   C  G
always my ways
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I never fancied being lumbered
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[VERSE 2:]
Oh, we knew the woods and the 
C          D
resting places
And the small bird sang when winter 
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days were over
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Then we'd pack our load and be on
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 the road
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Those were good old times for a 
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rover


[VERSE 3:]
Now I've known life hard and I've 
C          D
known it easy
And I've cursed the life when winter
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 days were dawning
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But I've laughed and sung through
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 the whole night long
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Seen the summer sun rise in the 
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morning


[VERSE 4:]
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There was open ground where a man 
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could linger
For a week or two, for time was not 
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our master
D                     G      
Then away you'd jog a-with your 
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horse and dog
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A-nice and easy, no need to go 
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faster


[VERSE 5:]
All you freeborn men of the 
C             D
travelling people
Every tinker, rolling stone and 
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gypsy rover
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A-winds of change are blowing, old
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 ways are going
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Your travelling days will soon be 
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over