RedemptioN Song
G Em C Am
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.
G Em C Am
But my
hand was made strong by the hand of the Almighty.
G Em C D
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,
C Am
none
but ourselves can free our minds.
G Em
Have no fear for atomic energy,
C D
'cause none of them can stop the time.
G Em
How long shall they kill our prophets,
C Am
While we stand aside and look?
G Em C D
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)