NO EASY WALK TO FREEDOM
Peter Yarrow and Margery Tabankin
©1986 Silver Dawn Music (ASCAP)
It's my first time, please be fair :-)
Intro:
G B7 Em C D
G B7
Brother Martin was walkin with me,
Em B7
And every step I heard liberty
C G Em
Tho he's fallin', come a million behind!
A D
Glory, Hallelujah, gonna make it this time!
chorus:
G B7
No easy walk to freedom,
Em Dm
No easy walk to freedom,
C G Em
Keep on walkin and we shall be free
A D
That's how we're gonna make history
G B7
Across the ocean, the blood's running warm
Em B7
I, I hear it coming, there's a thunderin' storm
C G Em
Just like we lived it, you know that it's true,
A D
Nelson Mandela, now we're walkin with you!
chorus:
G B7
No easy walk to freedom,
Em Dm
No easy walk to freedom,
C G Em
Keep on walkin and we shall be free
A D
That's how we're gonna make history
G B7
In our land, not so long ago,
Em B7
We lived the struggle, and that's how we know
C G Em
Slavery abolished, comin' freedom's call
A D
Keep on walking and apartheid will fall!
chorus:
G B7
No easy walk to freedom,
Em Dm
No easy walk to freedom,
C G Em
Keep on walkin and we shall be free
A D
That's how we're gonna make history
G B7
Oh, bread for the body, there's got to be
Em B7
But a soul will die without liberty
C G Em
Pray for the day when the struggle is past!
A D
Freedom for all! Free at last! Free at last!
chorus:
G B7
No easy walk to freedom,
Em Dm
No easy walk to freedom,
C G Em
Keep on walkin and we shall be free
A D
That's how we're gonna make history
G B7
No easy walk to freedom,
Em Dm
No easy walk to freedom,
C G Em
Keep on walkin and we shall be free
A D
That's how we're gonna make history
G C G
You and me!