So Johnny Cash's version of Redemption Song is not accurate. This one follows the chords and lyrics fairly well Capo on the 3rd Fret G C D (2x) G Em Old Pirates, yes, they rob I C Am Sold I to the merchant ships G Em C Am minutes after they took I from the bottomless pit. G Em But my hand was made strong C Am By the hand of the Almighty. G Em C D We forward in this generation triumphantly. (D) G Won't you help to sing C D G these songs of freedom? C D Em Cause all I ever had, C D G redemption songs, C D G C D redemption songs. (D) G Em Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, C Am None but ourselves can free our minds. G Em Have no fear for atomic energy, C D Cause none of them can stop the time. G Em How long shall they kill our prophets C Am While we stand aside and look? G Em Ooh, some say it's just a part of it. C D We've got to fulfill the book. (D) G Won't you help to sing C D G these songs of freedom? C D Em Cause all I ever had, C D G redemption songs, C D G redemption songs, C D G C D redemption songs. G Em Old Pirates, yes, they rob I. C Am Sold I to the merchant ships G Em C Am minutes after they took I from the bottomless pit. G Em How long shall they kill our prophets C Am While we stand aside and look? G Em Yes, some say it's just a part of it. C D We've got to fulfill the book. (D) G Won't you help to sing C D G these songs of freedom? C D Em Cause all I ever had, C D G redemption songs, C D Em Cause all I ever had, C D G redemption songs, C D G these songs of freedom C D G C D G songs of freedom END
