Intro
E F#m A 
 
Verse 1
E                            F#m 
Cold water glasses sweating, Sunday papers turning 
A                 F#m 
Pages on verandas in the southern mind 
E                     F#m 
Early summer peaches, honeysuckle vines 
A                       F#m 
All them Georgia voters stood in all-day lines 
 
Chorus
A G#m       C#m     D 
Ooooh, tell me he's not free, is he? 
A G#m       C#m     D 
Ooooh, tell me he's not free 
 
Verse 2
E                       F#m 
Eight o'clock arriving, quiet 15 after 
A                     F#m 
Elementary classrooms all across the south 
E                  F#m 
On the television, murdered by a policeman 
A                     F#m 
Pledges of allegiance come from baby's mouths 
 
Chorus
A G#m       C#m     D 
Ooooh, tell me he's not free, is he? 
A G#m       C#m     D        C#m 
Ooooh, tell me he's not free 
 
Bridge
C#m G#m              A    F#m         C#m 
You say the old ways died long time ago 
       G#m              A        F#m        A 
If you say the old ways died, you lied, you know 
 
Chorus
A G#m       C#m     D 
Ooooh, tell me he's not free, is he? 
A G#m       C#m     D 
Ooooh, tell me he's not free 
A G#m       C#m     D 
Ooooh, tell me he's not free, is he? 
A G#m       C#m     D 
Ooooh, tell me he's not free 
 
Outro
E F#m A E