[Verse]
    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.
 
[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   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.
 
[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.
 
[Instrumental]
Em  C  D  
Em  C  D  
Em  C  D  
Em  C  D  
 
[Verse]
     G                           Em   Em7
 Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
           C           G/B          Am
 None but ourselves can free our minds.
             G                Em
 Woh, Have no fear for atomic energy,
              C              G/B            D
 Cause none of them-ah can-ah stop-ah the time.
    G                        Em Em7
 How long shall they kill our prophets
         C      G/B         Am
 While we stand aside and look?
          G              Em
 Yes, some say it's just a part of it.
      C         Am7         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       
 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
 
[Outro]
C  C/B  Am  Am6
 
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