INTRO
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In the south of alabamy
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Near the gulf of Mexico
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On the banks of the ol' Tombigbee
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Walks an old lost forgotten soul
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He was once a man of virtue
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Sadly less a man of means
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He said Cecelia I wont let'em hurt you
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I'll set you free. I'll set you free
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My love for you is stronger than these plantation walls
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And it howls at the moon at night
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It don't know about the law
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And it is at your beck and call
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I'll set you free
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Cecelia don't you cry
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by and by
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Cecelia don’t you cry
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Bm A
She was born into subjection
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She was born without a say
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He was her first and only revelation
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That she might not die that way
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I will love you all the seasons
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What you want is what I'll be
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I'll be your rock I'll be your reason
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Just set me free. Just set me free.
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My heart is so much stronger than these plantation walls
D A Bm
And it howls at the moon at night
G A
It don't care about the law
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And every night I hear it call
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I'll set us free
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Cecelia don't you cry
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by and by
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Cecelia don't you cry
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He had never been inclined to help another man die
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Until the boss man declined their wish to leave
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With Cecelia at his side under that dark October sky
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They climbed aboard his boat and left that man to bleed
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No sooner than the boss man died his fury fell out of the sky
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Racer's storm was on the hunt they say
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Revenge and water filled that boat and sank his one and only hope
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As he heard Cecelia's cries fading away
Bm A
In the south of alabamy
Bm A
Near the gulf of Mexico
Bm A
On the banks of the ol' Tombigbee
G F# Bm
Walks an old lost forgotten soul
Bm A
From those murky, shallow waters
Bm A
To the Caribbean sea
Bm A
You can hear him cry Cecelia
D A Bm
Come set me free. Come set me free.
D A Bm
Cecelia please. Come set me free.
D A Bm
Come set me free. Come set me free.
D A Bm
Cecelia please. Come set me free.
