[Intro]
Ab Eb Ab Bbsus4 Bb
[Anneliese]
Eb Ab
All my life I've always wanted
Cm Ab
To have one day just for me
Bb Eb Ab Bb
Nothing to do and for once nowhere I need to be
Eb Ab
With no lessons, lords, or lunches
Cm Ab
Or to-do list in the way
Bb Eb Cm Ab Eb
No one to say when to eat or read or leave or stay
Ab Eb
That would be the day
[Interlude]
Ab Bbsus4 Bb
[Erika]
Eb Ab
All my life I've always wanted
Cm Ab
To have one day for myself
Bb Eb Cm Bb
Not waking up with a pile of work on every shelf
Eb Ab
With no hems in need of pressing
Cm Ab
And no sleeves in disarray
Bb Eb Cm Ab Eb
No wedding gown with a thousand stitches to crochet
Ab Eb
And no debt to pay
[Interlude]
Ab Bbsus4 B
[Erika]
Ab
What would it be like to be
[Anneliese]
Ab
What would it be like to be
[Both]
G
Free
[Annelise]
Bb C Am Dm
Free to try crazy things
[Erika]
Bb C F
Free from endless iou's
[Anneliese]
Bb C
Free to fly
[Erika]
Am Dm
Free to sing
[Anneliese]
Eb C
And marry whom I choose
[Interlude]
Ab Bbsus4 B
Eb Ab
You would think that I'm so lucky
Cm Ab
That I have so many things
Bb Eb Cm Bb
I'm realizing that every present comes with strings
[Erika]
Eb Ab
Though I know I have so little
Cm Ab
My determination's strong
Bb Eb Cm Ab Eb
People will gather around the world to hear my song
[Woman]
Ab Bsus4 B
Can I come along?
[Anneliese]
Ab
Now I fear I'll never be
[Erika]
Ab
Soon I will forever be
[Both]
G
Free
Cm Ab Bb Cm
I close my eyes and feel myself fly a thousand miles away
Cm Ab
I could take flight but would it be right?
Bb G
My conscience tells me stay
[Anneliese]
F Bb
I'll remain forever royal
[Erika]
Dm Bb
I'll repay my parent's debt
[Both]
C F Dm C
Duty means doing the things your heart may well regret
[Anneliese]
F Bb
But I'll never stop believing
[Erika]
Dm Bb
She can never stop my schemes
[Both]
C F Dm Bb
There's more to living than gloves and gowns and threads and seams
Bb C Bb
In my dreams
F
I'll be free