Intro: |
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G Em |
Old Pirates, yes they rob I. |
C C/B Am G |
Sold I to the merchant ships |
G Em C C/B Am |
minutes after they took I from the bottomless pit. |
G Em C |
But my hand was made strong |
C C/B Am |
By the hand of the Almighty. |
G Em C D |
We forward in this generation 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. |
G Em |
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, |
C C/B Am |
None but ourselves can free our minds. |
G Em |
Have no fear for atomic energy, |
C C/B D |
'Cause none of them can stop the time. |
G Em |
How long shall they kill our prophets |
C C/B Am |
While we stand aside and look? Ohhh |
G Em |
Yes, some say it's just a part of it. |
C C/B 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 |
Bridge: |
Em C D Em C D Em C D Em C D |
G Em |
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, |
C C/B Am |
None but ourselves can free our minds ohhh |
G Em |
Have no fear for atomic energy, |
C C/B D |
'Cause none of them can stop the time. |
G Em |
How long shall they kill our prophets |
C C/B Am |
While we stand aside and look? |
G Em |
Yes, some say it's just a part of it. |
C C/B D |
We've got to fulfill the book. |
Bridge: |
G G G C x2 |
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 C C/B Am D7 |
These songs of freedom songs of freedom |
Bridge: |
G G G C x2 |
Ending: |
G C G G x2 |