Redemption Song

Bob Marley and the Wailers

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    G                  Em          C        G/B      Am
Old Pirates, yes, they rob I. Sold I to the merchant ships
G                   Em    C         G/B        D7
 Minutes after they took I from the bottomless pit
       G        Em         C       G/B           Am
But my hand was made strong by the hand of the Almighty
   G                   Em    C          D7
We forward in this generation triumphantly

                   G  C      D        G
Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
      C     D        Em
Cause all I ever had
C  D       G
 Redemption songs
C  D       G      C D  
 Redemption songs

      G                           Em                   C          G/B       Am
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds
        G               Em                    C        G/B       D7
Have no fear for atomic energy, cause none of them can stop the time
    G                          Em              C      G/B       Am
How long shall they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look?
     G                     Em               C                 D7
Ooh, some say it's just a part of it. We've got to fulfil the book

                   G  C      D        G
Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
      C     D        Em
Cause all I ever had
C  D       G
 Redemption songs
C  D       G
 Redemption songs
C  D       G      C D  
 Redemption songs

| Em | C D | (4 times)

      G                           Em                   C          G/B       Am
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our mind
             G               Em                    C              G/B          D7
Woh, have no fear for atomic energy, cause none of them-ah can-ah stop-ah the time
    G                          Em              C      G/B       Am
How long shall they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look?
     G                     Em               C                 D7
Yes, some say it's just a part of it. We've got to fulfil the book

                   G  C      D        G
Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
      C     D        Em
Cause all I ever had
C  D       G
 Redemption songs
C     D        Em
All I ever had
C  D       Em
 Redemption songs
C  D            G
 These songs of freedom
C  D            G      C     G/B  Am  D7
 These songs of freedom