Liberty Chords

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Liberty by The Interrupters is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A, C and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro 
|E   |A C |B A |E   | 

verse 1 
E 
Drones in the sky 
E 
Government lies 
E 
Keeping an eye out 
                 A 
Tell me why they violate rights 
A 
Blue and red lights 
E 
Billyclub fights on my street at night 

B            A       E 
Where did my liberty go? 
B            A       E 
Where did my liberty go? 
E                                A               C 
Now they're taking over and they got complete control 
B            A       E 
Where did my liberty go? 

verse 2 
E 
Poverty's high 
E 
Barely get by 
  E 
They want you to suffer before you die 
        A 
There's no movin' up 
    A 
Too many mouths to feed 
E 
Take all they want from the ones who need 

B            A       E 
Where did my liberty go? 
B            A       E 
Where did my liberty go? 
E                                A               C 
Now they're taking over and they got complete control 
B            A       E 
Where did my liberty go? 

verse 3 
E 
Better quiet down 
E 
Don't speak your mind 
E 
Nod your head like everything's fine 
A 
Don't verbalize it 
A 
Cause if they hear you 
E 
They'll hunt you down and disappear you 

B            A       E 
Where did my liberty go? 
B            A       E 
Where did my liberty go? 
E                       A               C 
They took it away, they got complete control 
B            A       E 
Where did my liberty go? 

Instrumental 
|A   |A   |E   |B   |  x2 

verse 4 
E 
Drones in the sky 
E 
Government lies 
E 
Keeping an eye out 
                 A 
Tell me why they violate rights 
A 
Blue and red lights 
E 
Billyclub fights on my street at night 

Outro 
B            A       E 
Where did my liberty go? 
B            A       E 
Where did my liberty go? 
E                                A               C 
Now they're taking over and they got complete control 
B            A      E 
Where did my liberty go? 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante