G C D (2x) G Em Em7 Old Pirates, yes, they rob I. C G/B 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/B 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/B Am None but ourselves can free our minds. G Em Have no fear for atomic energy, C G/B D Cause none of them can stop the time. G Em Em7 How long shall they kill our prophets C G/B 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) G Em Em7 Old Pirates, yes, they rob I. C G/B 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/B 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 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