ALL OF GOD'S CHILDREN AIN'T FREE
-J.Cash-
Recorded December 20, 1964 NASHVILLE, TENN
KEY: C
INTRO: C Am C G C
VERSE:
[C]I'd sing more about [F]more of this [C]land
But all God's [G]children ain't [C]free
[C]I'd open up ev'ry [F]door I [C]can
Cause all God's [G]children ain't [C]free
[G]I met a beaten broken man
He [C]shovels dirt but [F]got no [C]land
And he held out his [Am]hand to me
[C]All God's [G]children ain't [C]free
VERSE:
I'd sing along to a silly song
But all God's children ain't free
I'm gonna sing a blues for the man they done wrong
Cause all God's children ain't free
Mister how 'bout the man you condem to die
By takin' ev'rything that he's livin' by
And reject him from society
All God's children ain't free
No, reject him from society
All God's children ain't free
SOLO: C Am C G C
VERSE:
I'd be happy walkin' any street
But all God's children ain't free
I'd have a smile for all I meet
But all God's children ain't free
I'd whistle down the road but I wouldn't feel right
I'd hear somebody cryin' out at night
All God's children ain't free
All God's children ain't free
-J.Cash-
Recorded December 20, 1964 NASHVILLE, TENN
KEY: C
INTRO: C Am C G C
VERSE:
[C]I'd sing more about [F]more of this [C]land
But all God's [G]children ain't [C]free
[C]I'd open up ev'ry [F]door I [C]can
Cause all God's [G]children ain't [C]free
[G]I met a beaten broken man
He [C]shovels dirt but [F]got no [C]land
And he held out his [Am]hand to me
[C]All God's [G]children ain't [C]free
VERSE:
I'd sing along to a silly song
But all God's children ain't free
I'm gonna sing a blues for the man they done wrong
Cause all God's children ain't free
Mister how 'bout the man you condem to die
By takin' ev'rything that he's livin' by
And reject him from society
All God's children ain't free
No, reject him from society
All God's children ain't free
SOLO: C Am C G C
VERSE:
I'd be happy walkin' any street
But all God's children ain't free
I'd have a smile for all I meet
But all God's children ain't free
I'd whistle down the road but I wouldn't feel right
I'd hear somebody cryin' out at night
All God's children ain't free
All God's children ain't free