Redemption Song By Bob Marley

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    G                      Em Em7

Old Pirates, yes, they rob I.

     C        G/B      Am

Sold I to the merchant ships

G                  Em      C         G/B        Am

minutes after they took I   from the bottomless pit.

       G            Em Em7

But my hand was made strong

C      G/B           Am

By the hand of the Almighty.

   G                   Em    C   Am7    D

We forward in this generation triumphantly.

(D)                G    C       D        G

Won't you help to sing    these songs of freedom?

      C     D        Em   C  D       G      C

Cause all I ever had,      redemption songs,

  D       G      C D 

redemption songs.

(D)   G                           Em Em7

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,

            C          G/B          Am

None but ourselves can free our minds.

G                        Em

Have no fear for atomic energy,

              C        G/B         D

Cause none of them can stop the time.

    G                        Em Em7

How long shall they kill our prophets

         C      G/B         Am

While we stand aside and look?

          G              Em

Ooh, some say it's just a part of it.

      C         Am7         D

We've got to fulfill the book.

(D)                G    C       D        G

Won't you help to sing    these songs of freedom?

      C     D        Em   C  D       G      C

Cause all I ever had,      redemption songs,

  D       G      C  D       G      C D

redemption songs, redemption songs.

Em  C  D  (4x)

(D)   G                           Em Em7

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,

           C           G/B          Am

None but ourselves can free our minds.

             G                Em

Woh, Have no fear for atomic energy,

              C              G/B            D

Cause none of them-ah can-ah stop-ah the time.

    G                        Em Em7

How long shall they kill our prophets

         C      G/B         Am

While we stand aside and look?

          G              Em

Yes, some say it's just a part of it.

      C         Am7         D

We've got to fulfill the book.

(D)                G    C       D        G

Won't you help to sing    these songs of freedom?

       C     D        Em   C  D       G      

 Cause all I ever had,      redemption songs,

C     D        Em   C  D       Em     C

All I ever had,      redemption songs,

       D        G      C  D        G

These songs of freedom,  songs of freedom

C  Em  Am  D (2 fr.)