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1	All the world over so easy to see,						All the world over, so easy to see	1
2	People everywhere just wanna be free.						People everywhere just wanna be free	2
3	Listen, please listen,						Listen, please listen, that's the way it should be	3
4	That's     the way it should be.						Peace in the valley, people got to be free	4
5	There's peace in the valley,						You should see, what a lovely, lovely world this would be	5
6	People got          to be free.						If everyone learned to live together	6
7							It seems to me such an easy, easy thing this would be	7
8	You should see what a lovely,						Why can't you and me learn to love one another	8
9	Lovely      world this would be.						All the world over, so easy to see	9
10	If everyone learned to live together.						People everywhere just wanna be free	10
11	Ah-ah hah-ah.						I can't understand it, so simple to me	11
12	It seems            to me such an easy,						People everywhere just got to be free	12
13	Easy thing this should be.						Ah, ah, yeah . . . ah, ah, yeah	13
14	a-Why can't you                     and me,						If there's a man who is down and needs a helping hand	14
15	Learn                     to love one another?						All it takes is you to understand and to see him through	15
16	No, oh-ah, now.						Seems to me, we got to solve it individually	16
17							And I'll do unto you what you do to me	17
18	(All                     the world over so easy to see),						There'll be shoutin' from the mountains on out       to sea	18
19	Hah.						(out to the sea)	19
20	(People everywhere just wanna                        be free.)						No two ways about it, people have to be free	20
21	Wanna          be free.						(they got to be free)	21
22	(I can't understand it, so simple to me,)						Ask me my opinion, my opinion will be	22
23	It is.						(ah-ha)	23
24	(People everywhere just got              to be free.)						It's a natural situation for a man to be free	24
25							Oh, what a feelin's just come over me	25
26	If there's       a                            man who is down						Enough to move a mountain, make a blind man see	26
27	And needs a helping hand,						Everybody's dancin', come on, let's go see	27
28	All it takes is you             to understand,						Peace in the valley, now they want to be free	28
29	And to pull him through.						From the archives of	29
1	Ah-ah hah-ah.							1
2	Seems to me, we got to							2
3	Solve it individually.							3
4	Ah-ah-ah.							4
5	And I'll do unto you,							5
6	What you do to me.							6
7	Said, no, oh-ah-ah.							7
8								8
9	(There'll be shoutin' from the mountains,)							9
10	(On out to sea.)							10
11	Out to the sea, yeah.							11
12	(No two ways about it, people have to be free.)							12
13	They got to be free.							13
14	(Ask me my opinion, my opinion will be,)							14
15	Ah-ha.							15
16	(It's a natural situation for a man to be free.)							16
17								17
18	[Instrumental break.]							18
19								19
20	Get right on board, now.							20
21	Hut, hut, noh-yeah!							21
22								22
23	(Oh, what a feelin's just come over me,)							23
24	(Enough to move a mountain, make a blind man see.)							24
25	Believe I can see.							25
26	(Everybody's dancin', come on, let's go see,)							26
27	(There's peace in the valley,)							27
28	(Now they all can be free.)							28
29	Ah-ha, yeah.							29
30								30
31	[Spoken, while backup singers repeat, "chuka-chuka":]							31
32	Look, you see that train over there?							32
33	Now, that's the train of freedom.							33
34	It's about to arrive any minute now.							34
35	You know it's been a-long, long overdue.							35
36	Look out, 'cause it's a-comin' right on through.							36
37	[Fade.]							37
38	Hut, hut, yeah, yeah.							38
39	Hut, hut...							39
40								40
41								41
42	[PEOPLE GOT TO BE FREE[1]							42
43	[Written by: Felix Cavaliere & Edward Brigati, Jr.							43
44	Performed by: The (Young)[2] Rascals[3]-1969							44
45	Appears on: Freedom Suite-1969, In Retrospect-1986, The Ultimate							45
46	Rascals-1986, Anthology (1965-1972)-1993, Groovin' & Other Hits-1997, Patch							46
47	Adams (Movie Soundtrack)-1998*, The Essentials-2002, Singers & Songwriters:							47
48	Protest Songs-2003*, Flower Power: Groovin'-2007, et al. (*Compilation of							48
49	various artists.)]							49
50								50
51	[1]One of the most joyous and greatest pop statements of unity and							51
52	brotherhood was written out of tragedy. While Felix Cavaliere was vacationing							52
53	in Jamaica, the news of Robert Kennedy's assassination came to him. However,							53
54	instead of opting for a statement of rage (like David Crosby's "Long Time							54
55	Gone," which was written at the same time), Cavaliere wrote this jubilant							55
56	anthem. Coming during one of the most tumultuous periods of American history,							56
57	it served as a sort of balm. It was the Rascals' last number one hit record,							57
58	"People Got to Be Free" may very well may be one of their most durable and							58
59	lasting songs. AMG.]							59
60								60
61	[2]Originally dubbed the "Young Rascals," by the end of 1968, the "Young" was							61
62	dropped from their name. Personnel: Felix Cavaliere (keyboards & lead &							62
63	backup vocals and songwriter), Eddie Brigati (lead & backup vocals and							63
64	songwriter), Gene Cornish (guitars) and Dino Danelli (drums).]							64
65								65
66	[3]Covered by: Arusha, Felix Cavaliere, Denzil Dennis, Keb' Mo', Melanie,							66
67	Dionne Warwick, et al.]							67
68								68
69	[4]Transcribed from the track on this album.]							69

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