Intro:
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   G                      Em Em7
Old Pirates, yes, they rob I.
     C        G        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             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           Am
None but ourselves can free our minds.
G                        Em
Have no fear for atomic energy,
              C         G          D
Cause none of them can stop the time.
    G                        Em Em7
How long shall they kill our prophets
         C       G          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           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          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  D