Redemption song

REDEMPTION SONG

G e C a
1. Old Pirates, yes, they rob I, sold I to the merchant ships,
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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,
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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?
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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.