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
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