Chords:
Cm 8-10-10-8-8-8
Fm 8-8-10-10-9-8
Eb 668886
Bb 688766
Fm7 8-8-10-8-9-8
Gm7 10-10-12-10-11-10
[Intro]
Cm Fm Eb Fm Cm Fm Eb Bb (x2)
[Verse 1]
Cm
These laws are my own
Cm
No foreign guidance to direct me
Cm
This place is my home
Cm
Built here to protect me
Cm
So tell me why I'm running back to your authority
Cm
You move my mind from the weakest part of me
[Pre-Chorus]
Fm Cm
I don't need nothing more
Bb
Than the time of day
Fm Cm
With the freedom to fall
Bb
And falling straight
[Chorus]
Cm Fm Eb
I don't wanna be a slave no no
Cm
I don't wanna be a slave
Fm Eb
A slave to what we've done
Cm
I don't wanna be a slave
Fm Eb
To say that we were gone
Cm Fm Eb
No, I don't wanna be a slave no no no no
[Verse 2]
Cm
No matter what we've been told
Cm Fm Cm
Gotta keep moving on
Cm Fm Eb Fm Cm
We'll keep making the mold
Fm Eb Bb
Till the boundary's gone
Cm Fm Eb Fm Cm
So tell me why
Fm Eb Bb
our voices cannot be heard
Cm Fm Eb Fm Cm
And who decides
Cm Fm Eb Bb
just what we've left to learn
[Pre-Chorus]
Fm Cm
I don't need nothing more
Bb
Than the time of day
Fm Cm
With the freedom to fall
Bb
And falling straight
[Chorus]
Cm Fm Eb
I don't wanna be a slave no no
Cm
I don't wanna be a slave
Fm Eb
A slave to what we've done
Cm
I don't wanna be a slave
Fm Eb
To say that we were gone
Cm Fm Eb
No, I don't wanna be a slave no no no no
[Bridge]
Fm7
And who are we to say
Fm7 Gm7
That this is the way to go
Fm7
Every freedom makes
Gm7
A choice to take control
Fm7
And who are we to say
Gm7
That this is the way to go
Fm7
When every freedom makes
Gm7
A choice to take control
[Chorus]
Fm Eb
I don't wanna be a slave no no
Cm
I don't wanna be a slave
Fm Eb
A slave to what we've done
Cm
I don't wanna be a slave
Fm Eb
To say that we were gone
Cm Fm Eb
No, I don't wanna be a slave no no no no