Redemption Song Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]Old[F] pi[G]rat[C]es [F]yes[G] they r[C]ob I[Am]
[F]Sold I to the merchant [Dm]ships[C]
Minute after they took [Am]I[F]
From [G]the bottomless pit
But my [C]hand was made [Am]strong[F]
By the hand of the [Dm]almighty
[Am]And we'll [C]forward in this gene[Am]ration[F]
Tri[G]umphantly

[Verse 2]
[G]Won't you help to [C]sing[F]
[G]These songs of [C]freedom[F]
[G]These songs of fre[C]edom
[F]All I [G]ever [Am]had, [F]yeah
Re[G]demption [C]songs[F]
Re[G]demption [C]son[F]gs[G]

[Verse 3]
Emancip[C]ate yourselves
from mental [Am]slavery
None but [F]ourselves can free our mind[Dm]s
I have no [C]fear for atomic
en[Am]ergy
'Cause none of [F]them can stop the [G]time
How [C]long shall they kill our proph[Am]ets
While [F]we stand aside and [Dm]look
Some [C]say it's just a part [Am]of it
And we [F]got to fulfil the [G]book

[Verse 4]
But [G]won't you help [C]to sing[F]
[G]Songs of [C]freedom[F]
These [G]songs of [C]freedom
[F]All [G]I ever h[Am]ad
Is [F]just re[G]demption [C]songs[F]
Re[G]demption [C]songs

[Interlude 1]
[F][G][Am][F]
[G][Am][F][G][Am][F][G]

[Verse 5]
Emancip[C]ate yourselves
from mental [Am]slavery
None but [F]ourselves can
free our [Dm]minds[G]
I have no [C]fear for atomic
en[Am]ergy
'Cause none [F]of them can stop [G]the time
How [C]long shall they kill [G]our [Am]prophets
While we [F]stand aside and
look
[Dm](While we stand,
while we stand aside)
Some [C]say it's just [G]a part o[Am]f it
We've [F]got to fulfill [G]the book

[Verse 6]
[G]But won't you help to [C]sing[F]
These [G]songs [C]of freedom[F]
[G]These songs of fre[C]edom[F]
These [G]songs of [Am]freedom[F]
[G]These songs of [C]freedom[F]
[G]Red[C]emption son[F]gs
[G]Songs of fre[C]edom[F]
[G]Just songs of fre[C]edom[F]
Re[G]demption [C]son[F]gs
[G]Songs [C]of freedom[F]
[G]Songs of freedom

[Outro 1]
[G][C][F][G][C][C][G]