| Original | Versione alternativa tratta da "No Direction Home - Bootleg... |
| CHIMES OF FREEDOM | CHIMES OF FREEDOM |
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| Far between sundown's finish an' midnight's broken toll | Far between the finished sundown an' midnight's broken toll |
| We ducked inside the doorway, thunder crashing | We ducked inside the doorways, thundering crashing |
| As majestic bells of bolts struck shadows in the sounds | As majestic bells of bolts struck shadows in the sounds |
| Seeming to be the chimes of freedom flashing | Seeming to be the chimes of freedom flashing |
| Flashing for the warriors whose strength is not to fight | Flashing for the warriors whose strength is not to fight |
| Flashing for the refugees on the unarmed road of flight | Flashing for the refugees on the unarmed road of flight |
| An' for each an' ev'ry underdog soldier in the night | An' for each an' ev'ry underdog soldier in the night |
| An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing. | An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing. |
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| In the city's melted furnace, unexpectedly we watched | Through the city's melting furnace, unexpectedly we watched |
| With faces hidden while the walls were tightening | With faces hidden as the walls were tightening |
| As the echo of the wedding bells before the blowin' rain | As the echo of the wedding bells before the blowin' rain |
| Dissolved into the bells of the lightning | Dissolved into the bells of the lightning |
| Tolling for the rebel, tolling for the rake | Tolling for the rebel, tolling for the rake |
| Tolling for the luckless, the abandoned an' forsaked | Tolling for the luckless, the abandoned an' forsaked |
| Tolling for the outcast, burnin' constantly at stake | Tolling for the outcast, burnin' constantly at stake |
| An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing. | An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing. |
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| Through the mad mystic hammering of the wild ripping hail | Through the mad mystic hammering of the wild ripping hail |
| The sky cracked its poems in naked wonder | The sky cracked its poems in naked wonder |
| That the clinging of the church bells blew far into the breeze | That the clinging of the church bells blew far into the night |
| Leaving only bells of lightning and its thunder | Leaving only bells of lightning and its thunder |
| Striking for the gentle, striking for the kind | Striking for the gentle, striking for the kind |
| Striking for the guardians and protectors of the mind | Striking for the guardians and protectors of the mind |
| An' the unpawned painter behind beyond his rightful time | An' the poet and the painter ??? rightful time |
| An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing. | An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing. |
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| Through the wild cathedral evening the rain unraveled tales | Through the wild cathedral evening the rain unraveled tales |
| For the disrobed faceless forms of no position | For the disrobed faceless forms of no position |
| Tolling for the tongues with no place to bring their thoughts | Tolling for the tongues with no place to bring their thoughts |
| All down in taken-for-granted situations | All down in taken-for-granted situations |
| Tolling for the deaf an' blind, tolling for the mute | Tolling for the deaf an' blind, tolling for the mute |
| Tolling for the mistreated, mateless mother, the mistitled prostitute | For the mistreated, mateless mother, the mistitled prostitute |
| For the misdemeanor outlaw, chased an' cheated by pursuit | For the misdemeanor outlaw, chained an' cheated by pursuit |
| An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing. | An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing. |
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| Even though a cloud's white curtain in a far-off corner flashed | Even though a cloud's white curtain in a far-off corner flared |
| An' the hypnotic splattered mist was slowly lifting | An' the hypnotic splattered mist was slowly lifting |
| Electric light still struck like arrows, fired but for the ones | Electric light still struck like arrows, fired but for the ones |
| Condemned to drift or else be kept from drifting | Condemned to drift or else be kept from drifting |
| Tolling for the searching ones, on their speechless, seeking trail | Tolling for the searching, on their speechless, seeking trail |
| For the lonesome-hearted lovers with too personal a tale | For the lonesome-hearted lovers with too personal a tale |
| An' for each unharmful, gentle soul misplaced inside a jail | An' for each unharmful, gentle soul misplaced inside a jail |
| An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing. | An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing. |
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| Starry-eyed an' laughing as I recall when we were caught | Starry-eyed an' laughing as I recall when we were caught |
| Trapped by no track of hours for they hanged suspended | Trapped by no track of hours for they hanged suspended |
| As we listened one last time an' we watched with one last look | As we listened one last time an' we watched with one last look |
| Spellbound an' swallowed 'til the tolling ended | Spellbound an' swallowed 'til the tolling ended |
| Tolling for the aching ones whose wounds cannot be nursed | Tolling for the aching ones whose wounds cannot be nursed |
| For the countless confused, accused, misused, strung-out ones an' worse | For the countless confused, accused, misused, strung-out ones an' worse |
| An' for every hung-up person in the whole wide universe | An' for every hung-up person in the whole wide universe |
| An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing. | An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing |
