Redemption Song

REDEMPTION SONG 

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1. Old Pirates, yes, they rob I, sold I to the merchant ships,
      G                        e                       C    D
    minutes after they took I     from the bottomless pit.
            G        e                  C             a
    But my hand was made strong by the hand of the Almighty.
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    We forward in this generation    triumphantly.
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    Won't you help to sing    these songs of freedom?
            D          e  - C      D         G
    'Cause all I ever had,      redemption songs,
  C    D         G     - C
    redemption songs.

          G                            e
2. Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
                 C                   a
    none but ourselves can free our minds.
         G                   e
    Have no fear for atomic energy,
            C                         D
    'cause none of them can stop the time.
          G                         e
     How long shall they kill our prophets,
               C              a
    While we stand aside and look?
           G                   e                 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
    Won't you help to sing    these songs of freedom?
                  D    e  - C     D         G
    'Cause all I ever had,     redemption songs,
  C    D         G   - C      D         G     - C
    redemption songs,      redemption songs.

3. = 2. +
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    these songs of freedom,      these songs of freedom.