Biography:
Peter Yarrow (born May 31, 1938 in New York City, New York) is an American singer who found fame with the 1960s folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary. Yarrow co-wrote (with Leonard Lipton) one of the group's most famous songs, Puff, the Magic Dragon. He is also a political activist, lending his support to causes ranging from opposition to the Vietnam war to the creation of Operation Respect.
Pete Yarrow graduated from New York City's High School of Music and Art, now called LaGuardia High School.
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Based on Original version(from Peter Yarrow's very first solo album)
Intro: D(4x)
D D/Db D7 G D
Three horses greazing out my window brown black and white they stand
G D A A7
rolling pastures they can wander free and easy is their land
Chorus:
G A D G A D
Don't ever take away my freedom,don't ever take it away
G G/F# G D
I must cherish and keep that one part of my lives
A A7
and the rest we're gonna find one of these days
D
one of these days
D D/Db D7
I've always thought that I've seen in my own lifetime
G D
an end into poverty injustice and the wars
G D
but now I've learned to that job it's gonna take a long, long time
A A7
so there's one thing that must endure
(chorus)
D D/Db D7
When I'm old I am thinking over this whole life that I have lived
G D G
if there is one final wish left to me, I will pray for the children
D A A7
yet to be born and I will pray that they will always live free
(chorus)
G A D
There is a time for the singing and the sunshine
G A D
There is a time for the thunder and the rain
G G/F# G D
There's a time for the changing all the seasons my friends
A A7
but there is one thing we must never ever change
(chorus)(3x)
Intro: D(4x)
D D/Db D7 G D
Three horses greazing out my window brown black and white they stand
G D A A7
rolling pastures they can wander free and easy is their land
Chorus:
G A D G A D
Don't ever take away my freedom,don't ever take it away
G G/F# G D
I must cherish and keep that one part of my lives
A A7
and the rest we're gonna find one of these days
D
one of these days
D D/Db D7
I've always thought that I've seen in my own lifetime
G D
an end into poverty injustice and the wars
G D
but now I've learned to that job it's gonna take a long, long time
A A7
so there's one thing that must endure
(chorus)
D D/Db D7
When I'm old I am thinking over this whole life that I have lived
G D G
if there is one final wish left to me, I will pray for the children
D A A7
yet to be born and I will pray that they will always live free
(chorus)
G A D
There is a time for the singing and the sunshine
G A D
There is a time for the thunder and the rain
G G/F# G D
There's a time for the changing all the seasons my friends
A A7
but there is one thing we must never ever change
(chorus)(3x)
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