Bob MarleyRedemption Song
Uprising • 1980
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G Em
Old pirates, yes, they rob I.
C C/B Am
Sold I to the merchant ships
G Em
Minutes after they took I
C C/B Am
From the bottomless pit.
G Em
But my hand was made strong
C C/B Am
By the hand of the Almighty.
G Em
We forward in this generation
C D
Triumphantly.
G
Won't you help to sing
C D G
These songs of freedom?
C D Em
'Cause all I ever had,
C D G
Redemption songs,
C D G C D
Redemption songs.
G Em
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
C C/B Am
None but ourselves can free our minds.
G Em
Have no fear for atomic energy,
C C/B D
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
G Em
How long shall they kill our prophets
C C/B Am
While we stand aside and look?
G Em
Some say it's just a part of it.
C C/B D
We've got to fulfill the book.
G
Won't you help to sing
C D G
These songs of freedom?
C D Em
'Cause all I ever had,
C D G
Redemption songs,
C D G
Redemption songs,
C D G C D
Redemption songs.
Em | C D | - 4 times
G Em
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
C C/B Am
None but ourselves can free our minds, whoa!
G Em
Have no fear for atomic energy,
C C/B D
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
G Em
How long shall they kill our prophets
C C/B Am
While we stand aside and look?
G Em
Some say it's just a part of it.
C C/B D
We've got to fulfill the book.
G
Won't you help to sing
C D G
These songs of freedom?
C D Em
'Cause all I ever had,
C D G
Redemption songs,
C D Em
'Cause all I ever had,
C D G
Redemption songs,
C D G
These songs of freedom?
C D G
Songs of freedom?
C C/B Am Am6
