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Bob Marley - Redemption Song Chords

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Redemption Song Chords

(ver. 1)
Bob Marley
[Intro]
G   C
G   C  G
G   C
G   C  G

[Verse 1]
    G                   Em   Em7
Old Pirates, yes, they rob I,
     C        C/B      Am
Sold I to the merchant ships
G                    Em     C         C/B        Am
Minutes after they took I   from the bottomless pit.
       G          Em     Em7
But my hand was made strong
C      C/B           Am
By the hand of the Almighty
   G                   Em    C   Am7    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.

[Verse 2]
      G                           Em     Em7
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     Em7
How long shall they kill our prophets,
         C      C/B        Am
While we stand aside and look?
          G                Em
Ooh, some say it's just a part of it.
      C          Am7        D
We've got to fulfill the book.

[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       G      C  D
Redemption songs, redemption songs.

[Instrumental]
Em  C  D  
Em  C  D  
Em  C  D  
Em  C  D  

[Verse 3]
     G                       Em       Em7
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
           C           C/B          Am
None but ourselves can free our minds.
             G                Em
Woh, Have no fear for atomic energy,
              C              C/B            D
Cause none of them-ah can-ah stop-ah the time.
    G                        Em     Em7
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         Am7        D
We've got to fulfill the book.

[Chorus]
                   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  C/B  Am  D            
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