Key: C
Introduction:
G Em7
Old Pirates, yes, they rob I.
C G/B Am
Sold I to the merchant ships
G Em C G/B Am
minutes after they took I from the bottomless pit.
G Em7
(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.
Refrão
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 G C D
redemption songs.
D G Em7
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 Am
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
G Em7
How long shall they kill our prophets
C G/B Am
While we stand aside and look?
G Em
(Uh,) some say it's just a part of it.
C D
We've got to fulfill the book.
Refrão
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 G C D Em C D
redemption songs, redemption songs
D G Em7
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 Am
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
G Em7
How long shall they kill our prophets
C G/B Am
While we stand aside and look?
G Em
(Yes,) some say it's just a part of it.
C D
We've got to fulfill the book.
Refrão
D G C D G
Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
C D Em C D G C D G
'Cause all I ever had, redemption songs, redemption songs,
C D Em C D G C D G
'Cause all I ever had, redemption songs, redemption songs,
C D
redemption songs.