Old pirates yes they rob I
C Cm
Sold I to the merchant ships
B Cm
Minutes after they took I
C Cm
From the bottomless pit
B Cm
But my hand was made strong
C Cm
By the hand of the almighty
B Cm C Cm
We forward in this generation triumphantly
B B C B B
Won’t you help to sing, these songs of freedom
C B Cm C B B C
Cause all I ever had, redemption songs
B B C B
Redemption songs
B Cm
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
C Cm7
None but ourselves can free our minds
B Cm
Have no fear for atomic energy
C C / G Cm7
Cause none of them can stop the time
B Cm
How long shall they kill our prophets
C C / G Cm
While we stand aside and look
B Cm
Some say it’s just a part of it
C C / G B
We’ve got to fullfill the book
B B C B B
Won’t you help to sing, these songs of freedom
C B Cm C B B C
Cause all I ever had, redemption songs
B B C B
Redemption songs
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B Cm
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
C Cm7
None but ourselves can free our minds
B Cm
Have no fear for atomic energy
C C / G Cm7
Cause none of them can stop the time
B Cm
How long shall they kill our prophets
C C / G Cm
While we stand aside and look
B Cm
Some say it’s just a part of it
C C / G B
We’ve got to fullfill the book
B B C B B
Won’t you help to sing, these songs of freedom
C B Cm C B B C
Cause all I ever had, redemption songs
B B C B
Redemption songs
B C B B
Redemption songs
C B B
These songs of freedom
C B Cm C B B C
Cause all I ever had, redemption songs
B B C B
Redemption songs
B C B B
Redemption songs
