redemption song
Bob Marley
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Tom : G
[Primeira Parte]
G Em
Old Pirates, yes, they rob I
C G/B Am
Sold I to the merchant ships
G Em
Minutes after they took I
C G/B Am
From the bottomless pit
G Em
But my hand was made strong
C G/B Am
By the hand of the Almighty
G Em
We forward in this generation
C D
Triumphantly
[Refrão 1]
G
Won't you help to sing
C D G
These songs of freedom?
C D Em
'Cause all I ever have
( Em7 Em Em7 Em Em7 )
C D G
Redemption songs
C D G C D
Redemption songs
[Segunda Parte]
G
Emancipate yourselves
Em
From mental slavery
C G/B Am
None but ourselves can free our minds
G Em
Have no fear for atomic energy
C G/B D
Cause none of them can stop the time
G Em
How long shall they kill our prophets
C G/B Am
While we stand aside and look? Uh!
G Em
Some say it's just a part of it
C G/B D
We've got to fulfill the book
[Refrão 2]
[Próxima Parte]
C D G
Redemption songs
( C D Em Em7 )
( Em Em7 Em Em7 )
( C D Em Em7 )
( Em Em7 Em Em7 )
( C D Em Em7 )
( Em Em7 Em Em7 )
( C D Em Em7 )
( Em Em7 Em Em7 )
( C D )
[Segunda Parte]
G
Emancipate yourselves
Em
From mental slavery
C G/B Am
None but ourselves can free our mind
G Em
Oh! Have no fear for atomic energy
C G/B D
Cause none of them can stop the time
G Em
How long shall they kill our prophets
C G/B Am
While we stand aside and look?
G Em
Yes, some say it's just a part of it
C G/B D
We've got to fulfill the book
[Refrão Final]
G
Won't you help to sing
C D G
These songs of freedom?
C D Em
'Cause all I ever have
C D G
Redemption songs
C D Em
All I ever have
C D Em
Redemption songs
C D G
These songs of freedom
C D G
Songs of freedom
[Final] C G/B Am D7
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