Key: G
G
Em
Em7
Old pirates, yes, they rob I.
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Am
Sold I to the merchant ships
G
Em
C
G/B
Am
minutes after they took I from the bottomless pit.
G
Em
Em7
But my hand was made strong
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G/B
Am
By the hand of the Almighty.
G
Em
C
Am7
D
We forward in this generation triumphantly.
G
C
D
G
Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
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D
Em
C
D
G
C
Cause all I ever had, redemption songs,
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G
C
D
redemption songs.
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Em
Em7
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
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G/B
Am
None but ourselves can free our minds.
G
Em
Have no fear for atomic energy,
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G/B
D
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
G
Em
Em7
How long shall they kill our prophets
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G/B
Am
While we stand aside and look?
G
Em
Ooh, some say it's just a part of it.
C
Am7
D
We've got to fulfill the book.
G
C
D
G
Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
C
D
Em
C
D
G
C
'Cause all I ever had, redemption songs,
D
G
C
D
G
C
D
redemption songs, redemption songs.
Em
C
D
Em
C
D
Em
C
D
Em
C
D
G
Em
Em7
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
C
G/B
Am
None but ourselves can free our minds.
G
Em
Woh, Have no fear for atomic energy,
C
G/B
D
'Cause none of them-ah can-ah stop-ah the time.
G
Em
Em7
How long shall they kill our prophets
C
G/B
Am
While we stand aside and look?
G
Em
Yes, some say it's just a part of it.
C
Am7
D
We've got to fulfill the book.
G
C
D
G
Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
C
D
Em
C
D
G
'Cause all I ever had, redemption songs,
C
D
Em
C
D
Em
C
All I ever had, redemption songs,
D
G
C
D
G
These songs of freedom, songs of freedom
C
C/B
Am
Am6
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