Sunday, January 18, 2015

Redemption Song Chords


Song Title: Redemption Song
Artist: Bob Marley
Lyrics and Chords

Verse I
    G                     Em Em7
  Old Pirates yes, they rob I.
       C        G/B      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
  C      G/B           Am
  By the hand of the Almighty
     G                   Em      
  We forward in this generation
  C        D
  Triumphantly.

Chorus
                     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 
  redemption songs.

Verse II
         G                           Em Em7
  Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
              C          G/B          Am
  None but ourselves can free our minds.
  G                        Em
  Have no fear for atomic energy,
                C        G/B         D
  Cause none of them can stop the time.
      G                          Em
  How long shall they kill our prophets?
           C      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.

Chorus
                     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 
  redemption songs.


Instrumental: Em  C  D  4x


Verse II
         G                           Em Em7
  Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
              C          G/B          Am
  None but ourselves can free our minds.
  G                        Em
  Have no fear for atomic energy,
                C        G/B         D
  Cause none of them can stop the time.
      G                          Em
  How long shall they kill our prophets?
           C      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.

Coda:
                    G    C       D          G
 Won't you help to sing   these songs of freedom?
       C     D       Em       D    G      
 Cause all I ever had,  redemption songs,
 C     D        Em   C    D       Em     C
 All I ever had,  redemption songs,
       D        G         
 These songs of freedom, 
   C    D        G
 songs of freedom

Outro: C  Em  Am  D
                      


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