C            Em   F
  Where were you 
                     C     F
When the plane went down
                       C      Am
When the president was born
          G            F      Am
When they founded this town
                    C
She was standing out back
          Dm               F  
She could hardly hear the band


CHORUS:
  C       Bb          F
My bird of freedom
                       C
With a gun in her hand
          Bb         F
My bird of freedom
                 C     Bb F   C
With a gun in her hand


         Em   F
Have you seen 
                  C     F
The parade in her eye
           C     Am
Hungry and hot
        G            F    Am
Like the fourth of July
                 C
What is it about her 
         Dm         F  
That you don't understand


CHORUS:
  C       Bb          F
My bird of freedom
                 C
With a gun in her hand
          Bb         F
My bird of freedom
                 C     Bb F   C Bb F   G
With a gun in her hand


BRIDGE:
F                   C      G
Don't look back now boys
       F                 C        Em
As she waves and she gets small
                           F       Em
With those sweet wings that beat
                 F           Em
Those sweet wings at night
                  F        C
How those sweet wings fly
         Bb        F        C Bb F
It ain't no choice at all


        C        Em   F
Are you cool and dry 
                C      F
Are you keeping warm
       C        Am
Shadow boxing
    G       F        Am
This thunder-storm
             C
Write me and tell me 
         Dm            F  
Where we fit in what is planned


CHORUS:
         C       Bb          F
Me and my bird of freedom
                 C
With a gun in her hand
          Bb         F
My bird of freedom
                 C  Bb  F 
With a gun in her hand___