Intro:  C  F  G

    C                   Am
Old pirates yes they rob I
     F                     Dm
Sold I to the merchant ships
C                      Am     F
Minutes after they took I
                    G
From the bottomless pit
       C            Am
But my hand was made strong
       F                Dm
By the hand of the almighty
   C                   Am     F
We forward in this generation
         G
Triumphantly
                  C    F      G        C
Won't you help to sing, these songs of freedom
      F     G    Am  F  G        C
Cause all I ever had, redemption songs
F  G        C      F   G
 Redemption songs

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

                      C    F      G        C
So, Won't you help to sing, these songs of freedom
      F     G    Am  F  G        C
Cause all I ever had, redemption songs
F  G        C      F   G
 Redemption songs

    C                   Am
Old pirates yes they rob I
     F                     Dm
Sold I to the merchant ships
C                      Am     F
Minutes after they took I
                    G
From the bottomless pit
       C                        Am
How long shall they kill our prophets
         F                  Dm
While we stand aside and look
     C                  Am
Some say it's just a part of it
      F                 G
We've got to fulfill the book

                     C    F      G        C
So won't you help to sing, these songs of freedom
      F     G    Am  F      G        C
Cause all I ever had, these songs of freedom
      F     G    Am  F   G       C
Cause all I ever had, redemption songs
F        G        C      F       G        C
   These songs of freedom, these songs of freedom

F  G  C

                                    K♥J