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Getting Started - by TuneTwister
To learn Playing For Change - Redemption Song chords with lyrics, familiarize yourself with these chords: Em, C, G, C, D, G, Em, G, Am, G. Begin your practice at a relaxed 58 BPM, then work your way up to the song's BPM of 116. For a balanced sound, adjust the capo with respect to your voice and the song's key: G.
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G _ _ Old pirates, yes
Em the _ rabbi,
C sold I
G to the merchant
Am.
ships, _ _
G _ minute after they took
Em I _
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Am from the _
D.
bottomless pit.
But
G my hand _
Em was made strong _
C by
G the hand of
Am the Almighty, _
G we forward in this
Em.
generation, _ _
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D.
triumphantly.
_ _ Won't you help
G me see, _ _
C and
D now the songs
G of freedom,
Am was all
G I ever heard,
Em _ _
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D redemption
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song, _ _
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D redemption
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song.
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Emancipate yourselves
Em from mental slavery, none
C but
G ourselves can free
Am our minds.
Have
G no fear for atomic _ energy,
C cause none of them can stop
D the time.
And
G how long shall they kill
Em our prophets, while
C we stay
G in a silent
Am loop.
Then
G some said it's just
Em a part of it, well
C we've got to
Em fulfill
D the _ book.
Won't you help
G me sing, _ _
C.
and
D now that song
G of freedom, _
C.
it's
D all I
Em ever had.
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G Redemption song, let's go,
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D redemption
G song, _ _
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D redemption
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C Come on
D with me
Em people, _ _
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Bm come on with me _
Em children.
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G Emancipate yourselves from
Em mental slavery, none
C but ourselves
G can free our
Am.
C minds.
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G Have no fear for atomic
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energy, cause
C none of them can
G stop
D the time.
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G How long shall they kill
Em our prophets, while
C we stand
G in a silent
Am.
loop.
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G Then some said it's just
Em a part of it,
C well we've got to fulfill
D the book.
_ _ So won't you help
G me sing, _ _
C and
D now that
G song of freedom, _ _
C it's
G all I
Em ever had.
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G Redemption song, let's go,
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G redemption _ song, _
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D redemption _ .
G song, _
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song.
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_ Redemption
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_ song, let's go, redemption song, redemption song.
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