[Riff]
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[Strophe]
     G                 Em 
Old Pirates, yes, they rob I
 C             G         Am 
Sold I to the merchant ships
G                        Em 
 Minutes after they took I
C          G           Am 
 From the bottom less pit
        G        Em 
But my hand was made strong
C        G             Am 
 By the hand of the Almighty
    G                   Em    C     D7
We forward in this generation  triumphantly
[Refrain]
                   G    C        D         G 
Won't you help to sing    these songs of freedom?
       C     D      Em
'Cause all I ever have
C   D        G 
  Redemption songs
C   D        G 
  Redemption songs
C   D7
[Strophe]
     G                            Em 
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
             C           G       Am 
None but ourselves can free our minds
         G              Em 
Have no fear for atomic energy
                 C        G       D 
'Cause none of them can stop the time
     G                         Em 
How long shall they kill our prophets
           C     G        Am 
While we stand aside and look?
           G               Em 
Yes, some say it's just a part of it
       C         G        D7
We've got to fulfill the book
[Refrain]
                   G    C        D         G 
Won't you help to sing    these songs of freedom?
       C     D      Em
'Cause all I ever have
C   D        G
 Redemption songs
C   D        G
 Redemption songs
C   D        G
 Redemption songs
C   D7
[Pont]
Em  C  D  x 4
[Strophe]
     G                      Em 
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            D7 
Cause none of them-ah can-ah stop-ah the time.
    G                        Em
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         D7
We've got to fulfill the book.
[Refrain]
                  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
Am Am Am6