Redemption Songs

[(intro ]2x) G C D G Em C Am 1. Old Pirates, yes, they rob I, sold I to the merchant ships, G Em C D minutes after they took I from the bottomless pit. G Em C Am But my hand was made strong by the hand of the Almighty. G Em C D We forward in this generation triumphantly. G D G C D G Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom? Em D Em C D G C 'Cause all I ever had, redemption songs, D G C D redemption songs. G Em 2. emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, C Am none but ourselves can free our minds. G Em Have no fear for atomic energy, C D 'cause none of them can stop the time. G Em How long shall they kill our prophets, C Am While we stand aside and look? G Em C D Some say it's just a part of it, we've got to fulfil the book. G D G C D G So won't you help to sing these songs of freedom? Em D Em C D G C 'Cause all I ever had, redemption songs, D G C D G C D redemption songs, redemption songs. G Em C Am 3. Old Pirates, yes, they rob I, sold I to the merchant ships, G Em C D minutes after they took I from the bottomless pit. G Em How long shall they kill our prophets, C Am While we stand aside and look? G Em C D Yes, some say it's just a part of it, we've got to fulfil the book. G D G C D G So won't you help to sing these songs of freedom? Em D Em C D G 'Cause all I ever had, redemption songs, Em D Em C D G C all I ever had, redemption songs, D G C D G C D G these songs of freedom, songs of freedom.