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| Free                                                  |

| by: Steven Curtis Chapman                             |

| CD: Signs of Life                                     |

| Written by: Steven Curtis Chapman                     |

| Copyright: (c)1996 Sparrow Song/Peach Hill Songs/BMI  | 

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Capo on the 1st fret.

    Bm                              G                            

The sun was beating down inside the walls of stone and razor wire

D                             A

As we made our way across the prision yard

  Bm                             G        

I felt my heart begin to race as we drew nearer to the place

D                                    A

Where they say that death is waiting in the dark

    Em                            Bm

The slamming doors of iron echoed through the halls 

G                                   A

Where despair holds life within its creul claws

    Bm                         G    

But then I met a man whse face seemed so strangely out of place

  D                                  A

A blinding light of hope was shining in his eyes 

    Bm                              G

And with repentance in his voice he told me of his tragic choice

     D                              A

That led him to this place where he must pay the price

    Em                                 Bm   

But then his voice grew strong as he began to tell 

 G                                A

About the one he said had rescued him from Hell, He said



CHORUS

    G     A        Bm

I'm free, yeah, oh I have been forgiven 

     G              A                 Bm 

Gods love has taken off my chains and given me these wings

        G     A             Bm       

And I'm free, yeah, and the freedom I've been given 

   G                                 A

Is something that not even death can take away fom me

        Bm          G

Because    I'm free

             D     A

Jesus set me free



Verse 2 is the same as the first verse.



*Chorus*



F#sus          F#               F#sus          F#

If the Son has set you free, oh if the Son has set you free

    D

Oh, you are free indeed, oh you are really free

    F#sus          F#                F#sus          F#

Oh, If the Son has set you free, oh, if the Son has set you free,

G                            A

You are free, really, really free



*Chorus 2x*



Play D and G untill the end.  The part at the end where he sings, "If the

Son has set you free, you are free indeed,"  play D and G also.