Redemtion Song - Bob Marley and The Wailers


I guarantee you that this intro is 100% correct. The rest on this website are a bit wrong.



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VERSE 1:



    G                  Em7     C             Em        Am
Old Pirates, yes, they rob I. Sold I to the merchant ships

 G                  Em       C        Em       Am
minutes after they took I  from the bottomless pit.

         G       Em7         C       Em            Am
But my hand was made strong  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   D    G         C       D
'Cause all I ever had,  redemption songs, redemption songs.           Emanci....

VERSE 2:

.....pate yourselves from mental slavery,
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look?
Yes, some say it's just a part of it.
We've got to fulfill the book.


CHORUS:

Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever had, redemption songs, redemtion songs, redemtion songs

INSTRUMENTAL: Em - Em - C - D
              Em - Em - C - D
              Em - Em - C - D
              EM - Em - C - D - D

VERSE 3:

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look?
Yes, some say it's just a part of it.
We've got to fulfill the book.


CHORUS:

Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever had, redemption songs,
All I ever had, redemption songs,
These songs of freedom, songs of freedom

OUTRO:  Em - Em - Em - Am