Redemption Song Chords by Bob Marley & The Wailers

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[G] _ _ Old pirates, yes they [Em] rob I, _ _ [C] Sold I [Em] to the merchant [Am]
ships,
_ _ [G] _ Minutes after [Em] they took I, _ [C] _ [Bm] From the [A]
bottomless [Am] pit,
[G] But my hand [Em] was made strong, _ [C] _ [Bm] By the hand of [Am] the Almighty,
_ [G] We've _ forwarded [Em] this generation, _ [C] _ _ _ [A] Triumphantly,
_ _ _ _ Won't you [G] help to sing, _ _ _ _ [A] These [G] songs of freedom,
_ [C] Cause all I [Em] ever have, [E] _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ [G]
Redemption songs, _ _ [A] _ [G] Redemption _ songs,
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Emancipate yourselves from [Em] mental slavery, None but [G] yourselves can free [Am] our minds,
[G] Have no fear for atomic energy, [C] Cause none of them can [D] stop the time,
_ [G] How long shall they kill [Em] our prophets, While [G] we stand aside [Am] and look,
_ [G] Some say it's just [B] a part of it, We've [C] got [G] to fulfill [A] the book, _ _
Won't you [G] help to sing, _ _ [C] _ _
[A] These [G] songs of freedom,
Cause [A] all I ever [Em] have, _ _ _ _
_ [G] Redemption songs, [C] _ _ [A] _
[G] Redemption _ songs, [C] _ _ [A] _
[G] Redemption songs,
_ _ _ [A] _
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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _
[G] _ Emancipate yourselves from [Em] mental slavery, [G] None but ourselves can free our [Am] minds, _
[G] Have no fear for atomic [Em] energy, [G]
Cause none of them can stop [A] the time,
_ [G]
How long shall they kill [Em] our prophets, [G] While we stand aside [Am] and look,
[G] Some say [A] it's just a [B] part of it, [C] We've got to [D] fulfill the book, _ _
Won't you [G] help to sing, _ _ _ [C] _
[D] These [G] songs of freedom,
_ Cause [D] all I ever [Em] have, _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] Redemption songs, _ _ [D] All I [Em] ever have, _ _ _ _ _ [Em] Redemption songs,
_ [C] _ _ [G]
These songs of freedom, _ _ _ [A]
[G] Songs of freedom.
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