The liberty ball
F - C - G -
C
C - F
1. Come all ye true friends of the nation,
C Am - F
attend to humanity's call,
C
come aid in the slave's
liberation,
F
C G
C
and roll on the Liberty Ball !
C F
And roll on the Liberty Ball,
C Am
and roll on the Liberty Ball,
C
come, aid in the slave's
liberation,
F C G C - F - C - G - C
and roll on the Liberty Ball !
C
- F
2. We're foes unto wrong and oppression,
C
Am - F
no matter which side of the
sea,
C
and ever intend to oppose them,
F C G C
till all of
God's image are free.
C
F
Till all of God's image are
free,
C Am
till all of God's image are
free,
C
and ever intend to oppose
them,
F C G C - F - C - G - C
till all of
God's image are free.
C -
F
3. We'll finish the temple of freedom,
C Am - F
and make it capacious within,
C
that all who seek shelter may find it,
F C G C
whatever the
hue of their skin.
C F
Whatever the hue of their
skin,
C Am
whatever the hue of their
skin,
C
that all who seek shelter may find it,
F C G C - F - C - G - C
whatever the
hue of their skin.
C
- F
4. Success to the old-fashioned doctrine,
C Am - F
that men
are created all free,
C
and down with the power of the
despot,
F C G C
wherever his
strongholds may be.
C
F
Wherever his strongholds may
be,
C Am
wherever his strongholds may
be,
C
and down with the power of the
despot,
F C G C - F - C - G - C
wherever his
strongholds may be.
C - F
5. The liberty hosts are advancing,
C Am - F
for freedom to all, they
declare,
C
the downtrodden millions are
sighing,
F C G C
come break up our gloom of
despair.
C
F
Come break up our gloom of
despair,
C
Am
come break up our gloom of
despair,
C
the downtrodden millions are
sighing,
F C G C - F - C - G - C
come break up our gloom of
despair.
(capo 4th) (Jesse
Hutchinson, Jr., 1813-1853)