Redemption Song

by Bob Marley

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Old pirates yes they rob I
     C        G/B      Am
Sold I to the merchant ships
G                  Em
Minutes after they took I
C        G/B        Am
From the bottomless pit
       G             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

                      G    C        D        G
    Won't you help to sing    these songs of freedom?
          C     D    Em   C
    Cause all I ever had
      D        G     C
    Redemption songs
      D        G     C
    Redemption songs

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our minds
Have no fear for atomic energy
Cause none of them can stop the time
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look?
Yes some say it's just a part of it
We've got to fulfill the book