Redemption Song 1
Redemption Song 1
Redemption Song 1
Intro:
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Verse:
G Em
Old Pirates, yes, they rob I.
C G/B Am
Sold I to the merchant ships
G Em
Minutes after they took I
C G/B Am
From the bottomless pit.
G Em
But my hand was made strong
C G/B Am
By the hand of the Almighty.
G Em C D
We forward in this generation triumphantly.
Chorus:
(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.
Verse:
(D) G Em
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
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 G/B D
We've got to fulfill the book.
Chorus:
(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
Bridge:
Chorus:
(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
Outro:
|C Am7/B | Am | Am(add#13) |
(cut off on beat 3)
| Am(add#13) | Am(add#13) ||