Dont Ever Take Away Our Freedom

based on peter , paul and mommy too version ( children’s music concert version in 1993 ) Intro : D ( 5x ) D D/C# D7 G D three horses greazing out my window brown black and white they stand G D A A7 with rolling pastures they can wander free and easy is their land - al Chorus : G A D G A D G don’t ever take away our freedom don’t ever take it away we must cherish G/F# G D A and keep that one part of our lives and the rest we’re gonna find A7 one of these days . . . D one of these days D D/C# D7 i’ve always thought that i’ve seen in my own lifetime G D G an end into poverty injustice and the wars but now i’ve learned to that job D A A7 it’s gonna take a long , long time so there’s one thing that must endure ( Chorus ) D D/C# D7 when i’m old i’m thinking over this whole life that i have lived G D G if there is one final wish left to me i will pray for the children D A A7 yet to be born and i will pray that they’ll always live free ( Chorus ) G A D there is a time for the singing and the sunshine G A D there is a time for the thunder and the rain G G/F# G D there’s a time for the changing all the seasons my friends A A7 but there’s one thing that must never ever change ( Chorus ) ending : G A D and the rest we’re gonna find one of these days words and music by : peter yarrow ( 1970 )