G      D      C      G
in reply to your request, 
D/F#   Em
please find... 
            D    D7
i hereby protest. 
G      D        C          G
to the ways and means you use
D/F#  Em
you   know... 
           D
i cannot refuse. 
        C         G
so i'll take this vow 
   C    G
of loyalty.
Am
fight for the right, 
         D
you have said, 
D6
to be free. 

G         D        C       G
when this time has run its course,
D/F#  Em
i     must... 
               D      D7
live without remorse. 
G       D         C        G
for the deeds i'm bound to do, 
D/F#  Em
i     know... 
                     D    D7
it's all the same to you. 
      C        G
but i won't forget
    C   G
the memory... 
Am
taking a life, 
      D
for a life... 
       G
to be free.