The Liberty Tree Ukulele tab

	  


Intro: A  D  D?  F#m  D  E  F#m  D  A 


Verse: 

F#m              D                A       F#m              D             A      D                     E 
I don't wan't to go to the market square, but I admit that once i travel there. And I gave into temptation too. 

F#m           D               A     F#m                  D                  A    F#m                D        
When I left I had no shirt to wear. They try to sell you things you already own. Tell you that this place is 

         A     D                                   E          F#m         D                   A 
not your home. They charge you for the rain and sunshine too. Poison everything that you have grown. 





F#m                D       A         F#m              D        A      D                             E 
But there goes the king of laborers. He's lowered his head and still. He'll carry his burden like a good man 

           D               A     F#m                D       A     F#m             D            A        D     
can to the foot of liberty hill. At the root of the liberty tree. I might see you there in the dawning, but  

                          A 
please don't you wait for me. 


Instrumental break: F#m  D  A  F#m  D  A  D  E  F#m  D  A 



Verse: 

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I talked to thieves but did they ever listen? They had ears but there was something missing. You take to using 

         E         F#m                  D                 A       F#m                  A        
sign language too. Tell them that's the goal just doesn't listen. Well you played up a bomb and monkey much too 

A     F#m               D                   A      D                                E        D   
long. And you know your brightest tunes are wrong. You pretend to have some kind of control. And you'll be out 

                     A 
in the street before too long. 



F#m                D        A         F#m      D        A    D                                E 
But there goes the queen of laborers. Sweeping back the sea. And she'll carry her load like a good woman 

           D               A     F#m                D       A     F#m           D            A        D     
can to the root of liberty tree. At the foot of the liberty hill. I'll meet you there in the dawning, if your  

        A 
waiting still. 



Bridge: 

F#m                            A                   F#m                         A                F#m 
Well sometime you think you've learnt how to swim, but just look at this crazy swamp you're in. And you're lame 

            A                  D                        D 
excuses are all well and thin. Just who are you kidding now?  



Verse: 

F#m                 D            A                    D             A        D                           
They tie you up and put you in a cage. And wonder why you should be enraged. They feed you on scraps, punch up  

              E    F#m                   D                A 
they're taxes too. And say you've got to keep up with the age. 




F#m                D        A         F#m                       A      D  
And there goes the child of laborers. Through the valley of the kings. And demanding the birth-right like  

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culture-men should at the source of the liberty spring. By the root of the liberty tree. I'll meet you there in 

    A        F#m      D        A   D                 E        A 
the dawning, if you'd wait for me. And I do hope you wait for me.  



Outro:  D?m  D  A  F#m  D  A  D?m  G