INTRO: 

e | ---------------------------------------------------------- |  
B | ---------------------------------------------------------- |  
G | ---------------------------------------------------------- |    Play twice 
D | --------------------2---0-----------------0--------------- |  
A | ------0h2-------3-----------2-------0h2-------3p2---0----- |  
E | --3---------3-------------------3-----------------------3- |    

h = hammer on 
p = pull off 
VERSE 1: 

    G                     Em7 
Old pirates, yes, they rob I 
     C              G/B       Am  
sold I to the merchant ships 
 G                     Em      C 
Minutes after they took I 
          G/B        Am 
from the bottomless pit. 
        G             Em7       C 
But my hand was made strong 
        G/B            Am 
by the hand of the Almighty. 
    G                  Em     C              D       Dsus          D 
We forward in this generation...triumphantly. 
                   G       C 
Won't you help to sing 
 D               G 
these songs of freedom? 
        C     D       Em     C 
'Cause all I ever have, 
  D          G           C     D 
redemption songs.  

VERSE 2: 
      G                             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 -> mute 
'cause none of them can stop the time. 
        G                      Em7 
How long shall they kill our prophets, 
           C      G/B        Am 
While we stand aside and look? 
      C                    Em 
Some say it's just a part of it 
       G                D       Dsus      D 
we've got to fulfill the book. 
                   G       C 
Won't you help to sing 
 D               G 
these songs of freedom? 
        C     D       Em     C 
'Cause all I ever have, 
  D          G            C      D      G      C      D 
redemption songs.  

VERSE 3: 
      G                             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 -> mute 
'cause none of them can stop the time. 
        G                      Em7 
How long shall they kill our prophets, 
           C      G/B        Am 
while we stand aside and look? 
      C                       Em 
Oh,some say it's just a part of it 
       G -> mute                 
we've got to fulfill the book. 
                   G       C 
Won't you help to sing 
 D               G 
another song of freedom? 
        C     D       Em     C 
'Cause all I ever have, 
  D          G       C 
redemption songs. 
 D               G        C 
These songs of freedom 
 D             G         
these songs of freedom 
 C         Em 
All I ever have...