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Version 1100% correct. Capo on 7th fret. You can figure out the picking its not that hard, but it sounds just fine strumming the chords. [Intro] G [Chorus] G C Take 'em away, take 'em away, Lord G D Take away these chains from me G C My heart is broken 'cause my spirit's not free G D G Lord, take away these chains from me [Verse 1] G C Some bird feathers are too bright to be caged G D I know I'm not that colorful but a bird just the same G C Open up your gate now let me put down my load G D G So I can feel at ease and go back to my home [Chorus] G C Take 'em away, take 'em away, Lord G D Take away these chains from me G C My heart is broken 'cause my spirit's not free G D G Lord, take away these chains from me [Verse 2] G C Sun beatin' down my legs can't seem to stand G D There's a boss man at a turnrow with a rifle in his hand G C I've got nine children, nothin' in the pan G D G My wife she died hungry while I was plowin' land [Chorus] G C Take 'em away, take 'em away, Lord G D Take away these chains from me G C My heart is broken 'cause my spirit's not free G D G Lord, take away these chains from me [Instrumental] C G D G C G D G [Verse 3] G C Can't see when I go to work, can't see when I get off G D How do you expect a man not to get lost G C Every year I just keep getting deeper in debt G D G If there's a happy day, Lord, I haven't seen one yet [Chorus] G C Take 'em away, take 'em away, Lord G D Take away these chains from me G C My heart is broken 'cause my spirit's not free G D G Lord, take away these chains from me [Verse 4] G C Land that I love is the land that I'm workin' G D But it's hard to love it all the time when your back is a-hurtin' G C Gettin' too old now to push this here plow G D G Please let me lay down so I can look at the clouds [Chorus] G C Take 'em away, take 'em away, Lord G D Take away these chains from me G C My heart is broken 'cause my spirit's not free G D G Lord, take away these chains from me [Instrumental] C G D G C G D G [Verse 5] G C The land that I know is where two rivers collide G D The Brazos, the Navaso and the big blue sky G C Flood plains, freight trains, watermelon vines G D G Of any place on God’s green earth, this is where I choose to die [Chorus] G C Take 'em away, take 'em away, Lord G D Take away these chains from me G C My heart is broken 'cause my spirit's not free G D G Lord, take away these chains from me [Outro] C G D G C G D G