Bob Marley - Redemption Song
Album: Uprising
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G 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 Em7
But my hand was made strong
C G/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
'Cause all I ever had, redemption songs,
C D G C
redemption songs.
D G 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 Am
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
G 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 D
We've got to fulfill the book.
Chorus
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look?
Yes, some say it's just a part of it.
We've got to fulfill the book.
Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever had, redemption songs,
These songs of freedom, songs of freedom.
G 320003 Em7 020000
C x32010 G/B x20003
Am x02210 Em 022000
D xx0232
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Second Version
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intro
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first verse:
G Em C Bmsus4 Am
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repeat twice
G Em C Bmsus4 D
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chorus:
(Won't you help me...)
D
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G C D G C D
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Em C D G C D
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G C D
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second verse:
(Emancipate yourself...)
G Em C Bmsus4 Am
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G Em C Bmsus4 D
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G Em C Bmsus4 Am
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G Em C Bmsus4 D
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repeat chorus.
middle section with acoustic guitar solo-type thing
third verse: repeat the second verse
repeat chorus (extend ending to repeat "Redemption Song" lyrics...)
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Third Version
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intro: play around on the bottom three strings, while fingering the g... all
the notes occur in the g-pentatonic scale
verse: ...(D)emanci(G)pate yourself from mental (Em)slavery,
none but our(C)selves can free our (Am)minds.
(G)Have no fear for atomic (Em)energy,
'cos none of (C)them can stop the (D)time... etc...
chorus: (...D)won't you help to (G)sing,
(C) these songs of (D)freedom,
(G)'cos all i (C)ever (D)had (Em,C,D)
(was) (G)redemption (C)songs, (D) etc...