Redemption Song Chords

John Legend
Redemption Song (Bob Marley cover)
 
G		Em
Old pirates yes they rob I
     C		Am
Sold I to the merchant ships
G		Em
Minutes after they took I
C		Am
From the bottomless pit
	G	Em
But my hand was made strong
	C	Am
By the hand of the almighty
      G		Em	C	Am
We forward in this generation triumphantly
  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
 
G			Em
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
	C		Am7
None but ourselves can free our minds
	G	    Em
Have no fear for atomic energy
	C	    C/B	Am7
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 fullfill the book
 
  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
 
Em C D x4
 
G			Em
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
	C		Am7
None but ourselves can free our minds
	G	    Em
Have no fear for atomic energy
	C	    C/B	Am7
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 fullfill the book
 
  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
G      C    D          G
Redemption songs
C        D		G
These songs of freedom
 
         C	D     Em	C       D	G    C
Cause all I ever had, redemption songs
D    	G      C  D
Redemption songs
G      C    D          G
Redemption songs
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