Redemption Song Chords

by Bob Marley & The Wailers
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: G
Capo: no capo
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10 contributors total, last edit on Sep 18, 2021
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Chords

C/B
G6add11/B
Am6
G
Em
C
Am
D

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOFu6b3w6c0
 
C/B   x20010 (technically Cmaj9/B or G6add11/B)
Am6   x02212
 
 
[Intro]
 
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----2---0-------|-----------0-----|-----------------|
A|-------0-2-------|-3-----------2---|-------0-2-----2-|-3-2-0-----------|
E|-3-----------3---|-----------------|-3---------------|---------3-------|
 
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----2---0-------|-----------0-----|-----------------|
A|-------0-2-------|-3-----------2---|-------0-2-------|-3-2-0-----------|
E|-3-----------3---|-----------------|-3---------------|---------3-------|
 
[Verse 1]
    G                      Em
Old pirates, yes, they rob I.
    C         C/B      Am
Sold I to the merchant ships
G                        Em  C         C/B        Am
 Minutes after they took I    from the bottomless pit.
       G             Em
But my hand was made strong
C         C/B         Am
 By the hand of the Almighty.
     G                 Em     C         D
We forward in this generation   triumphantly.
 
[Chorus]
                     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       G       C  D
  redemption songs.
 
[Verse 2]
    G                         Em
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
           C           C/B         Am
None but ourselves can free our minds.
        G                 Em
Have no fear for atomic energy,
               C        C/B       D
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
      G                        Em
How long shall they kill our prophets
         C       C/B     Am
While we stand aside and look?
     G                Em
Some say it's just a part of it.
      C         C/B       D
We've got to fulfill the book.
 
[Chorus]
                     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       G       C   D       G       C  D
  redemption songs,   redemption songs.
 
[Instrumental]
| Em    | C  D  | x4
 
[Verse 3]
    G                         Em
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
           C           C/B         Am
None but ourselves can free our minds, whoa!
        G                 Em
Have no fear for atomic energy,
               C        C/B       D
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
      G                        Em
How long shall they kill our prophets
         C       C/B       Am
While we stand aside and look?
     G                Em
Some say it's just a part of it.
      C         C/B       D
We've got to fulfill the book.
 
[Chorus]
                     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
All I ever had,        redemption songs.
C  D          G      C  D          G
   Songs of freedom,    songs of freedom.
 
C  C/B  Am    Am    Am6    Am6  N.C.
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rltss92
---------------|----------------|--------------------|------------| ----------------|----------------|--------------------|------------| ----------------|----------------|--------------------|------------| ----------------|------2---O-----|--------------O-----|------------| ------O---2-----|--3-----------2-|------O---2-------2-|--3--2--O---| --3-----------3-|----------------|--3-----------------|----------3-| ---------------|----------------|--------------------|------------| ----------------|----------------|--------------------|------------| ----------------|----------------|--------------------|------------| ----------------|------2---O-----|--------------O-----|------------| ------O---2-----|--3-----------2-|------O---2-------2-|--3--2--O---| --3-----------3-|----------------|--3-----------------|----------3-| I think the intro is like this
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Skag-Trendy07
You've just copied the guy that posted this version - but added another 3 to the beginning which it doesnt need!
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jared juan
yeah the UG STRANGER gots the intro down thats how it's played
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