Bob Marley - Uprising 1980

Bob Marley
Redemption 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