[Intro]
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[Verse]
<b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">Em7</b>
Old Pirates, yes, they rob I.
<b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G/B</b> <b class="chord">Am</b>
Sold I to the merchant ships
<b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G/B</b> <b class="chord">Am</b>
minutes after they took I from the bottomless pit.
<b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">Em7</b>
But my hand was made strong
<b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G/B</b> <b class="chord">Am</b>
By the hand of the Almighty.
<b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Am7</b> <b class="chord">D</b>
We forward in this generation triumphantly.
[Chorus]
<b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">G</b>
Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
<b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
Cause all I ever had, redemption songs,
<b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b>
redemption songs.
[Verse]
<b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">Em7</b>
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
<b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G/B</b> <b class="chord">Am</b>
None but ourselves can free our minds.
<b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">Em</b>
Have no fear for atomic energy,
<b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G/B</b> <b class="chord">D</b>
Cause none of them can stop the time.
<b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">Em7</b>
How long shall they kill our prophets
<b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G/B</b> <b class="chord">Am</b>
While we stand aside and look?
<b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">Em</b>
Ooh, some say it's just a part of it.
<b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Am7</b> <b class="chord">D</b>
We've got to fulfill the book.
[Chorus]
<b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">G</b>
Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
<b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
Cause all I ever had, redemption songs,
<b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b>
redemption songs, redemption songs.
[Instrumental]
<b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b>
<b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b>
<b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b>
<b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b>
[Verse]
<b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">Em7</b>
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
<b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G/B</b> <b class="chord">Am</b>
None but ourselves can free our minds.
<b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">Em</b>
Woh, Have no fear for atomic energy,
<b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G/B</b> <b class="chord">D</b>
Cause none of them-ah can-ah stop-ah the time.
<b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">Em7</b>
How long shall they kill our prophets
<b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G/B</b> <b class="chord">Am</b>
While we stand aside and look?
<b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">Em</b>
Yes, some say it's just a part of it.
<b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Am7</b> <b class="chord">D</b>
We've got to fulfill the book.
[Chorus]
<b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">G</b>
Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
<b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">G</b>
Cause all I ever had, redemption songs,
<b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
All I ever had, redemption songs,
<b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">G</b>
These songs of freedom, songs of freedom
[Outro]
<b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">C/B</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">Am6</b>