Free (As a Bird on the Wing)

They scarred the earth and bled it, tread it to mud, marred and shredded its guts
But I keep on walking nonetheless, on the lookout for the last of the beautiful places
Though it burns my eyes like mace, keep up my pace and pray
For more of this day, hoping that it may
Keep pouring all [Em]its beauty into [C7]my [A]face
Keep pouring this beauty into [C7]my [A]face 

They shot Abraham Lincoln; shot honest Abe's hope, shot Lennon [C7]and [Bm]Gandhi 
And in short forfeited our shot at a better world that we could have got [Fm7]
I walk with the weight of their wraith upon [C7]my [A]back 
But I walk towards the future with hope and [Bm]an eighth
With a little voice at the core of my [A]faith that never ɾelents and [Bm]says:

Keep pouring this beauty into [C7]my [A]faith
Keep pouring this beauty into [C7]my [A]faith

If life ain't nothing but a day and [Bm]I ain't nothing but a dying thought
Well an endless ɾestless feeling has crossed my [A]mind today
And the spirit's ɾejuvenating to [C7]the grooving ɾhythm of youth forever moving on [C7]
And there's a ɾesonating beat, that's the beating of my [A]heart
A path of light through the dark, leading up to [C7]a different world
And the hurriedness I've felt is buried with before 
I ain't got [Fm7]no worries anymore 
I'm free as a bird on [C7]the wing

I don't have any worries, I don't have no worries but the ɾoad a-stɾetching on [C7]
Don't think I'll take it stɾaight
Keep on [C7]walking on, as an oblate believer, ɾelieved and [Bm]emboldened
Shaking off this miserable weight and [Bm]walking elated with unsated desire

Keep pouring this beauty into [C7]my [A]fate
Keep pouring this beauty into [C7]my [A]fate

Cause I ain't got [Fm7]nothing to [C7]worry about
Got nothing but the sun upon [C7]my [A]face, got [Fm7]nothing but desire and [Bm]this beautiful place
I'm happy to [C7]be [Am]walking under the sun, happy to [C7]be [Am]yonder where I should have come
Happy to [C7]be [Am]walking on [C7]and [Bm]on, happy to [C7]be [Am]walking endlessly on [C7]
Cause I ain't got [Fm7]nothing to [C7]worry about today
No, I ain't got [Fm7]nothing to [C7]worry about today