Bb D/F# Gm
I wish I knew how
Bb Eb Eb/F Bb
It would feel to be free
Bb Eb Bb
I wish I could break
F C7 F
All the chains holding me
Bb D/F# Gm
I wish I could say
Bb7 Eb Eb/F Bb
All the things that I should say
E°7 Bb/F D7/F# Gm
Say ’em loud say ’em clear
Bb/F Eb/F Bb Bb/F
For the whole round world to hear
Bb D/F# Gm
I wish I could share
Bb Eb Eb/F Bb
All the love that’s in my heart
Bb Eb Bb
Remove all the bars
F C7 F
That keeps us apart
Bb D/F# Gm
And I wish you could know
Bb7 Eb Eb/F Bb
What it means to be me
E°7 Bb/F D7/F# Gm
Then you’d see and agree
Bb/F Eb/F Bb Bb/F
Every man should be free
[solo]
Bb D/F# Gm
I wish I could give
Bb Eb Eb/F Bb
All I’m longin’ to give
Bb Eb Bb
I wish I could give
F C7 F
Like I’m longin’ to give
Bb D/F# Gm
And I wish I could do
Bb7 Eb Eb/F Bb
All the things that I can do
E°7 Bb/F D7/F# Gm
Though I’m way over due
Bb/F Eb/F Bb Bb/F
I’d be startin’ a new!
Bb D/F# Gm Bb Eb Eb/F Bb
I wish I could be like a bird up in the sky
Bb Eb Bb
How sweet it would be
F7 C7 F7
If I found out I could fly
Bb D/F# Gm
So I’d soar to the sun
Bb7 Eb Eb/F Bb
And look down upon the sea
E°7 Bb/F D7/F# Gm
And I sing ’cause I know
E°7 Bb/F D7/F# Gm
I sing because I know
E°7 Bb/F D7/F# Gm
And we sing’cause we know
F
How it feels
F7
to be
Bb Bbmaj7
free.
I wish I knew how
Bb Eb Eb/F Bb
It would feel to be free
Bb Eb Bb
I wish I could break
F C7 F
All the chains holding me
Bb D/F# Gm
I wish I could say
Bb7 Eb Eb/F Bb
All the things that I should say
E°7 Bb/F D7/F# Gm
Say ’em loud say ’em clear
Bb/F Eb/F Bb Bb/F
For the whole round world to hear
Bb D/F# Gm
I wish I could share
Bb Eb Eb/F Bb
All the love that’s in my heart
Bb Eb Bb
Remove all the bars
F C7 F
That keeps us apart
Bb D/F# Gm
And I wish you could know
Bb7 Eb Eb/F Bb
What it means to be me
E°7 Bb/F D7/F# Gm
Then you’d see and agree
Bb/F Eb/F Bb Bb/F
Every man should be free
[solo]
Bb D/F# Gm
I wish I could give
Bb Eb Eb/F Bb
All I’m longin’ to give
Bb Eb Bb
I wish I could give
F C7 F
Like I’m longin’ to give
Bb D/F# Gm
And I wish I could do
Bb7 Eb Eb/F Bb
All the things that I can do
E°7 Bb/F D7/F# Gm
Though I’m way over due
Bb/F Eb/F Bb Bb/F
I’d be startin’ a new!
Bb D/F# Gm Bb Eb Eb/F Bb
I wish I could be like a bird up in the sky
Bb Eb Bb
How sweet it would be
F7 C7 F7
If I found out I could fly
Bb D/F# Gm
So I’d soar to the sun
Bb7 Eb Eb/F Bb
And look down upon the sea
E°7 Bb/F D7/F# Gm
And I sing ’cause I know
E°7 Bb/F D7/F# Gm
I sing because I know
E°7 Bb/F D7/F# Gm
And we sing’cause we know
F
How it feels
F7
to be
Bb Bbmaj7
free.