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 C Am7 D
We forward in this generation triumphantly.
D
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.
D
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 Em7
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.
D
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 (4x)
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.
D
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
Em Am D2x