RedemptioN Song (Listen to midi)    (Listen to sample)

 

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1. Old Pirates, yes, they rob I, sold I to the merchant ships,

      G                         Em     C                                  D

    minutes after they took I      from the bottomless pit.

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    But my hand was made strong by the hand of the Almighty.

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    We forward in this generation     triumphantly.

       G             D         G - C           D              G

    Won't you help to sing    these songs of freedom?

                       D     Em  - C       D              G     C     D             G     - C

    'Cause all I ever had,       redemption songs,  redemption songs.

 

                  G                                          Em

2. Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,

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    none but ourselves can free our minds.

                    G                    Em

    Have no fear for atomic energy,

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    'cause none of them can stop the time.

               G                               Em

     How long shall they kill our prophets,

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    While we stand aside and look?

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    Yes, some say it's just a part of it, we've got to fulfil the book.

       G             D         G - C                           G

    Won't you help to sing    these songs of freedom?

                        D    Em  - C      D             G

    'Cause all I ever had,       redemption songs,

C       D             G     - C       D            G        - C

    redemption songs,      redemption songs.             

 

3. = 2. +

 

D             G        - C             D             G

    these songs of freedom,      these songs of freedom.

 

    (Bob Marley)