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Redemption Song 1 PDF

The document provides guitar chords and lyrics for the Bob Marley song "Redemption Song". The song lyrics address themes of mental and physical emancipation from slavery. It encourages singing "songs of freedom" and not fearing atomic energy or time. The chorus repeats that all the singer has is "redemption songs".

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Redemption Song 1 PDF

The document provides guitar chords and lyrics for the Bob Marley song "Redemption Song". The song lyrics address themes of mental and physical emancipation from slavery. It encourages singing "songs of freedom" and not fearing atomic energy or time. The chorus repeats that all the singer has is "redemption songs".

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Redemption Song Bob Marley

Intro:
E-|------------------------|-----------------------|
B-|------------------------|-----------------------|
G-|------------------------|-----------------------|
D-|----------------1h2-0---|----------0------------|
A-|----0-0h2---2h3-------2-|----0-0h2---2-2h3p2-0--|
E-|-3--------3-------------|-3--------------------3|

E-|------------------------|-----------------------|
B-|------------------------|-----------------------|
G-|------------------------|-----------------------|
D-|----------------1h2-0---|----------0----2-0-0---|
A-|----0-0h2---2h3-------2-|----0-0h2------3-2-0---|
E-|-3--------3-------------|-3-------------------3-|

Verse:
G Em
Old Pirates, yes, they rob I.
C G/B Am
Sold I to the merchant ships
G Em
Minutes after they took I
C G/B Am
From the bottomless pit.
G Em
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:
(D) G C D G
Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
C D Em C D G C
Cause all I ever had, redemption songs,
D G C D
Redemption songs.

Verse:
(D) G Em
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 D
Cause none of them can stop the time.
G Em
How long shall they kill our prophets
C G/B Am
While we stand aside and look?
G Em
Ooh, some say it's just a part of it.
C G/B D
We've got to fulfill the book.

Chorus:
(D) G C D G
Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
C D Em C D G C
Cause all I ever had, redemption songs,
D G C D G C D
Redemption songs, redemption songs

Bridge:

||: Em | C D :|| (4x)


Verse:
(D) 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 D
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 G/B D
We've got to fulfill the book.

Chorus:
(D) 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 Am7/B | Am | Am(add#13) |
(cut off on beat 3)
| Am(add#13) | Am(add#13) ||

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