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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Freedom for the Stallion</h1>
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  15
  16 <p>Written by Allen Toussaint (the man who arranged the horn section on
  17 the Band's <em>Rock of Ages</em> &ndash; great songwriter too!)<br />
  18 Recorded by Bob Dylan June 1985<br />
  19 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
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  23 <p>Capo 1st fret (sounding key Gb major)</p>
  24
  25 <p>Great tune, great singing (especially the
  26 &ldquo;Lord-have-mer-cy-what-cha-gon-na-do&rdquo; lines). Nice little detail:
  27 the 0h1 on the 6th string at the beginning and here and there else.</p>
  28 <pre class="chords">
  29 C11     x33333 or x33331
  30 G9/f    xx3435
  31 Db/f    xx3121
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  36 <pre class="verse">
  37 F                        Am
  38 Freedom for the stallion
  39 Bb                           F
  40 Freedom for the mare and the colt
  41 Am                   D
  42 Freedom for the baby child
  43       Am             Bb
  44 Who's not grown old enough to vote
  45 C11
  46 Lord have mercy
  47
  48      F                  Am
  49 what You gonna do
  50           Bb                         Gm
  51 About the people that are prayin' to You
  52          F
  53 They got men makin' laws
  54        C
  55 that destroy other men
  56 Dm                     G
  57 made money God, it's a dog-gone sin
  58    F(/c)            C              Bb   /a /g F   (or: Am Gm F)
  59 Oh Lord, You got to help us find a way
  60
  61 Big ships sailin'
  62 Slaves all chained and bound
  63 Heading for another land
  64 that some cat says he's up and found
  65 Lord have mercy
  66 What You gonna do
  67 About the people who been prayin' to You
  68 They got men makin' laws that destroy other men
  69 makin' money God, it's a dog-gone sin
  70 Oh Lord, You got to help us find a way.
  71
  72 |: F . . . :| x3
  73 |: F . . . | G9/f . . . | Dd/f . . . | F . . .  :|
  74
  75 Freedom for the stallion
  76 Freedom for the mare and the colt
  77 Freedom for the baby child
  78 Who's not grown old enough to vote
  79 Lord have mercy
  80 What You gonna do
  81 About the people that are prayin' to You
  82 Well, when I look Into my mind
  83 It's the truth that I find
  84 Oh Lord, You gotta help us find a way.
  85
  86 Freedom for the stallion
  87 Freedom for the mare and the colt
  88 Freedom for the baby child
  89 Who has not grown old enough to vote
  90 Lord have mercy
  91 What You gonna do
  92 About the people that are prayin' to You
  93 Well, when I look Into my mind
  94 It's the truth that I find
  95 Oh Lord, You gotta help us find a way.
  96 </pre>
  97
  98 <p>&ldquo;Allright, what do you think of that?&rdquo;
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