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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.
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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?
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'Cause all I ever had, redemption songs,
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redemption songs.
G Em
2. emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
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none but ourselves can free our minds.
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Have no fear for atomic energy,
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'cause none of them can stop the time.
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How long shall they kill our prophets,
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While we stand aside and look?
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Some say it's just a part of it, we've got to fulfil the book.
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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,
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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.
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So won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
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'Cause all I ever had, redemption songs,
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all I ever had, redemption songs,
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these songs of freedom, songs of freedom.