I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free Chords by Nina Simone

[Start]

[Intro]
Bb D7 Gm Gm7 Eb Bb F C7
■  ■  ■  ■   ■  ■  ■ ■ 
F Gm Eb Bb Gm Bb Fsus4 Bb
■ ■  ■  ■  ■  ■  ■     ■ 


[Verse]
  D7          Gm 
I wish I knew how
Bb7      Eb   F  Bb     
It would feel to be free
  Eb     Bb         
I wish I could break
F                C       F  Bb
■ All the chains holdin' me ■ 
  D7     Gm       
I wish I could say
Bb      Eb     F             Bb 
All the things that I should say
                     Gm   
Say 'em loud say 'em clear
        Bb    F7             Bb  
For the whole round world to hear
  D7     Gm         
I wish I could share
Eb           Fsus4        Bb   
All the love that's in my heart


[Chorus]
Eb     Bb          
Remove all the bars
F    C7   F  F7   
That keep us apart
Bb     D7  Gm        
I wish you could know
Bb      Eb    Fsus4 Bb
What it means to be me


[Verse]
                   Gm   
Then you'd see and agree
           Bb                
That every man should be free
         Gm    Bb  
I wish I could give
        Eb      F Bb     
All I'm longin' ■ to give
       Eb Bb        
I wish I  could live
     F7  C7      F7     
Like I'm longing to live
               Gm
I wish I could do


[Chorus]
        Eb     Bb           
All the things that I can do
                   Gm     
And though I'm way overdue
       Bb       Eb  
I'd be startin' anew
       Bb   D7   Gm      
Well I wish ■  I could be
Bb     Eb   F      Bb 
Like a bird in the sky
Bb7 Eb       Bb      
How sweet it would be
F    C     F          
If I found I could fly
F7 Bb  D7      Gm     
Oh I'd soar to the sun
         Eb   F  Bb     
And look down at the sea
              D7                  
Then I'd sing 'cause I'd know yeah
                        Gm       
And I'd sing 'cause I'd know yeah
Eb  Eb7      D7             
And I'd sing 'cause I'd know
             Bb D7    Gm
I'd know how it feels ■ 
    Eb7      F7                           
I'd know how it feels to be free yeah yeah
         D7     Bb7  
I'd know how it feels
Bb7         
Yes I'd know
D7     Gm                            
■  I'd know how it feels how it feels


[End]
      Bb7     D7 Eb Eb7
To be free no no no ■