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Version 1 Version 2[Intro] G C G C [Verse] G C Well she seemed all right by dawn's early light G C Though she looked a little worried and weak G C G She tried to pretend he wasn't drinkin' again D C But Daddy'd left the proof on her cheek G C I was only eight years old that summer G C And I always seemed to be in the way Em C G So I took myself down to the fair in town D G C G C On Independence Day G C Well, word gets around in a small, small town G C They said he was a dangerous man G C G But Mama was proud and she stood her ground D C but She knew she was on the losing end G C Some folks whispered, some folks talked G C But everybody looked the other way Em C G And when time ran out, there was no one about D G (stop) On Independence Day [Chorus] D Em Let freedom ring, let the white dove sing C G D Let the whole world know that today is a day of reckoning Em7 C Let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong C G D [once, let ring out] Roll that stone away, let the guilty pay G C G C It's Independence Day [Verse] G C Well, she lit up the sky that Fourth of July G C By the time that the firemen come G C G They just put out the flames and they took down some names D C And sent me to the county home G C Now I ain't saying it's right or it's wrong G C But maybe it's the only way Em C G Talk about your rev-o-lu-tion D G (stop) It's Independence Day [Chorus] D Em Let freedom ring, let the white dove sing C G D Let the whole world know that today is a day of reckoning Em C Let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong G D [once, let ring out] Roll that stone away, let the guilty pay G C G It's Independence Day, roll that stone away C G C G It's Independence Day