Chord Free The People by Dubliners

capo 5 free the people : laws are made for people , and the law can never scorn , the right of a man to be free F C F free the people , G C let them have their say , F C F free the people , G C F C G let them see the light of day , C Em F a dismal dawn was breaking when they took her man away , F Dm G not knowing what was his crime , C Em F just what he was guilty of not one of them could say , F G C but they think of something in time , F G Em he says "goodbye and remember , F Dm G we shall overcome!" chorus C Em F comforting her children softly crying in the night , F Dm G she tries very hard to explain , C Em F "you know you Daddy never did a thing that wasn’t right , F G C so soon he’s bound to be home again . F G Em he is a good man , F Dm G and he shall overcome!" chorus spoken what does it profit him , the right to be born , if he suffers the loss of liberty? laws were made for people , and the law can never scorn , we are the people , and we shall overcome! F G Em singing we are the people , F Dm G and we shall overcome! chorus .