[Intro] G C D G C D
G Em C Am
Old Pirates, yes, they rob I, sold I to the merchant ships
G Em C D
Minutes after they took I from the bottomless pit
G Em C Am
But my hand was made strong by the hand of the Almighty
G Em C D
We forward in this generation triumphantly
G D G C D G
Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
Em D Em C D G C
'Cause all I ever had, redemption songs
D G C D
Redemption songs
G Em
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
C Am
None but ourselves can free our minds
G Em
Have no fear for atomic energy
C D
'Cause none of them can stop the time
G Em
How long shall they kill our prophets
C Am
While we stand aside and look?
G Em C D
Some say it's just a part of it, we've got to fulfil the book
G D G C D G
So won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
Em D Em C D G C
'Cause all I ever had, redemption songs
D G C D G C D
Redemption songs, redemption songs
G Em C Am
Old Pirates, yes, they rob I, sold I to the merchant ships
G Em C D
Minutes after they took I from the bottomless pit
G Em
How long shall they kill our prophets
C Am
While we stand aside and look?
G Em C D
Yes, some say it's just a part of it, we've got to fulfil the book
G D G C D G
So won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
Em D Em C D G
'Cause all I ever had, redemption songs
Em D Em C D G C
All I ever had, redemption songs
D G C D G C D G
These songs of freedom, songs of freedom
