Redemption Song Chords – Bob Marley

Intro

e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------1h2---O-------------O-------------|
A|-----O-2-----2h3-----------2------O-2-----2-3-2-O---|
E|-3--------3-------------------3-------------------3-|

e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------1h2---O-------------O------------|
A|-----O-2-----2h3-----------2------O-2-----3-2-O----|
E|-3--------3-------------------3------------------3-|

Verse

    G                      Em
Old Pirates, yes  they rob I.
C             C/B      Am   G
Sold I to the merchant ships
G                  Em   C             C/B        Am
minutes after they took I    from the bottomless pit.
       G        Em         C
But my hand was made strong
C      C/B         Am
By the hand of the Almighty.
   G               Em           C D
We forward in this generation     triumphantly.

Chorus

                  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.

Verse

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

Chorus

                  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

Bridge

Em C D Em C D Em C D Em C D

Verse

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

Bridge

G G G C

Chorus

                  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      C C/B Am D7
These songs of freedom       songs of freedom

Bridge

G G G C

Ending

G C G G