Bob Marley – Redemption Song (ENG)

Guitar chords and lyrics of Redempion Song by Bob Marley
Published 1980
Original key G

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Intro 2 times
redemption
G                                        Em7
Old pirates, yes, they rob I
C                                         Am
sold I to the merchant ships
G                                         Em
Minutes after they took I
C                                   Am
from the bottomless pit.
.               G                             Em7
But my hand was made strong
.             C                          Am
by the hand of the Almighty.
.        G                         Em                           C             D
We forward in this generation…triumphantly.

 

.                                  G
Won’t you help to sing
G          D               G
these songs of freedom?
.                 C     D           Em
‘Cause all I ever have,
C   D               G                 C     D
redemption songs.

 

.               G                                                 Em7
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                                            Em7
How long shall they kill our prophets,
.                    C                        Am
While we stand aside and look?
G                                           Em
Some say it’s just a part of it
.           C                               D
we’ve got to fulfill the book.

 

.                                  G
Won’t you help to sing
G          D               G
these songs of freedom?
.                 C     D           Em
‘Cause all I ever have,
C   D               G                 C     D
redemption songs.

 






.               G                                                 Em7
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                                            Em7
How long shall they kill our prophets,
.                    C                        Am
While we stand aside and look?
G                                           Em
Some say it’s just a part of it
.           C                               D
we’ve got to fulfill the book.

 

.                                  G
Won’t you help to sing
G          D               G
these songs of freedom?
.                 C     D           Em
‘Cause all I ever have,
C   D               G
redemption songs.

C       D       Em
all I ever have
C       D           Em
redemption songs
C               D        G
These songs of freedom
C         D               G
these songs of freedom

 

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