Born Free
 Words by Don Black and Music by John Barry

                

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Roger Whitaker, Andy Williams, Vic Reeves, John Barry

Oscar-winning title song from the 1966 film, Barry also won for soundtrack Charted in 1966 at # 7 by Roger Williams and # 35 by Matt Monro.   Soul version by the Hesitations hit #38 in 1968


Lead in
:   | 7 6 | -6 -5 | 6 5 | -5 5 -5 6 -6 6 -6 -7 |

    7    6      6  -6   6  -5     5    4     
| Born free, | as free as the | wind blows |
   6  -6   6 -5      -7    6     5     -5  -5  -5 5   -4      4      R
| as free as the | grass grows born | free to follow your | heart. |     |

    7    6      6   -6  6  -5     5    4    
| Live free. | Let beauty sur | round you, |
   6    -6    6   -5     -7   6     5      6    6    6  -6 6    -7 ----> R   
| the world still a | stounds you, each | time you look at a | star. |     |

   -8    -6      -6  -7   -6   6     5   7    
| Stay free, | where no walls di | vide you, |
     7    -8  -6  7     -8  7   -8   7      -8    7   -8 -8 7     -8 ---->
| you're free as the | roaring tide and | there's no need   to | hide |     |

 
    7    6      6   -6   6  -5      5  4---->  6  -6 6   -5  
| Born free, | and life is worth | living, }| but only worth |
   -7 6   5      7     7      7 ---->
| living if | you're born | free. |    |

   -8   -6       -6  -7  -6    6    5   7  7     7    -8  -6  7  
| Stay free, | where no walls di | vide you.  You're free as the |
   -8  7   -8   7      -8     7  -8  -8 7   -8----->
| roaring tide and | there's no need  to | hide. |    |

    7    6      6   -6   6  -5      5  4--->  6  -6 6   -5  
| Born free, | and life is worth | living, | but only worth |
   -7 6   5      7     7      7----> 7
| living if | you're born | free. |     |

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