Bob Dylan - Freedom For The Stallion guitar tab

Freedom For The Stallion

Written by Allen Toussaint (the man who arranged the horn section on the Band's Rock of Ages - great songwriter too!)

Recorded by Bob Dylan June 1985

Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem

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Capo 1st fret (sounding key Gb major)

Great tune, great singing (especially the "Lord-have-mer-cy-what-cha-gon-na-do" lines). Nice little detail: the 0h1 on the 6th string at the beginning and here and there else.

C11 x33333 or x33331

G9/f xx3435

Db/f xx3121

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F Am

Freedom for the stallion

Bb F

Freedom for the mare and the colt

Am D

Freedom for the baby child

Am Bb

Who's not grown old enough to vote

C11

Lord have mercy

F Am

what You gonna do

Bb Gm

About the people that are prayin' to You

F

They got men makin' laws

C

that destroy other men

Dm G

made money God, it's a dog-gone sin

F(/c) C Bb /a /g F (or: Am Gm F)

Oh Lord, You got to help us find a way

Big ships sailin'

Slaves all chained and bound

Heading for another land

that some cat says he's up and found

Lord have mercy

What You gonna do

About the people who been prayin' to You

They got men makin' laws that destroy other men

makin' money God, it's a dog-gone sin

Oh Lord, You got to help us find a way.

|: F . . . :| x3

|: F . . . | G9/f . . . | Dd/f . . . | F . . . :|

Freedom for the stallion

Freedom for the mare and the colt

Freedom for the baby child

Who's not grown old enough to vote

Lord have mercy

What You gonna do

About the people that are prayin' to You

Well, when I look Into my mind

It's the truth that I find

Oh Lord, You gotta help us find a way.

Freedom for the stallion

Freedom for the mare and the colt

Freedom for the baby child

Who has not grown old enough to vote

Lord have mercy

What You gonna do

About the people that are prayin' to You

Well, when I look Into my mind

It's the truth that I find

Oh Lord, You gotta help us find a way.

"Allright, what do you think of that?"