Redemption Song chords by Bob Marley |
| Intro: |
| G Em |
| Old Pirates, yes they rob I. |
| C C/B Am G |
| Sold I to the merchant ships |
| G Em C C/B Am |
| minutes after they took I from the bottomless pit. |
| G Em C |
| But my hand was made strong |
| C C/B Am |
| By the hand of the Almighty. |
| G Em C D |
| We forward in this generation triumphantly. |
| Chorus: |
| 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. |
| G Em |
| Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, |
| C C/B Am |
| None but ourselves can free our minds. |
| G Em |
| Have no fear for atomic energy, |
| C C/B D |
| 'Cause none of them can stop the time. |
| G Em |
| How long shall they kill our prophets |
| C C/B Am |
| While we stand aside and look? Ohhh |
| G Em |
| Yes, some say it's just a part of it. |
| C C/B D |
| We've got to fulfill the book. |
| 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 |
| Bridge: |
| Em C D Em C D Em C D Em C D |
| G Em |
| Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, |
| C C/B Am |
| None but ourselves can free our minds ohhh |
| G Em |
| Have no fear for atomic energy, |
| C C/B D |
| 'Cause none of them can stop the time. |
| G Em |
| How long shall they kill our prophets |
| C C/B Am |
| While we stand aside and look? |
| G Em |
| Yes, some say it's just a part of it. |
| C C/B D |
| We've got to fulfill the book. |
| Bridge: |
| G G G C x2 |
| 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 C C/B Am D7 |
| These songs of freedom songs of freedom |
| Bridge: |
| G G G C x2 |
| Ending: |
| G C G G x2 |
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