Key: G
Introduction:
G Em7
Old pirates, yes, they rob I
C G/B Am
sold I to the merchant ships
G Em C
Minutes after they took I
G/B Am
from the bottomless pit.
G Em7 C
But my hand was made strong
G/B Am
by the hand of the Almighty.
G Em C D D4 D
We forward in this generation...triumphantly.
G C
Won' t you help to sing
D G
these songs of freedom?
C D Em C
' Cause all I ever have,
D G C D
redemption songs.
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
' 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?
C Em
Some say it' s just a part of it
G D D4 D
we' ve got to fulfill the book.
G C
Won' t you help to sing
D G
these songs of freedom?
C D Em C
' Cause all I ever have,
D G C D G C D
redemption songs.
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
' 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?
C Em
Oh,some say it' s just a part of it
G
we' ve got to fulfill the book.
G C
Won' t you help to sing
D G
another song of freedom?
C D Em C
' Cause all I ever have,
D G C
redemption songs.
D G C
These songs of freedom
D G
these songs of freedom
C Em
All I ever have
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