Redemption Song
Bob Marley
C6 = Am7
One Island Strum per chord.
One `D-DU` for chords with '/'.
Hits for chords with `//////`
# Intro
A |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -
E |1 - - 1|- - - -|1 - - -|- - 1 -
C |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -
G |- -02 -|3 7 5 2|- -025-2320 - -
A |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -
E |1 - - 1|- - - -|1 - - -|- - 1 -
C |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -
G |- -02 -|3 7 5 2|- -025-|320 - -
# Verse 1
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 bottomless pit
G Em
But my hand was made strong
C/ G/ Am
By the hand of the Almighty
G Em
We forward in this generation
C/ Am7/ D
Triumphantly
# Chorus
D G
Won't you help to sing
C/ D/ G
These songs of freedom?
C/ D/ Em
Cus all I ever had
C/ D/ G
Redemption songs
# Bonus chorus part
C/ D/ G C/ D/
Redemption songs
# Verse 2
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/ Am
Cus 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
Ooh, some say it's just a part of it
C/ Am7/ D
We've got to fulfill the book
# [Repeat chorus]
# Bonus chorus
C/ D/ G
Redemption songs
C/ D/ G
Redemption songs
# Interlude
C/ D/ Em -
C/ D/ Em -
C/ D/ Em -
C/ D/ Em -
C/ D/
# Altered verse 2
G Em
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
C/ G/ Am
None but ourselves can free our minds
G Em
Woh, have no fear for atomic energy
C/ G/ Am
Cus none of them-a can-a stop-a 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/ Am7/ D
We've got to fulfill the book
# [Repeat chorus]
# Outro
C/ D/ Em
All I ever had
C/ D/ Em
Redemption songs
C/ D/ G
These songs of freedom
C/ D/ G C/ CM7/
Songs of freedom
Am - - -
D7 - - -[STOP]