G Em7
Old Pirates, yes, they rob I.
C G/B Am
They sold I to the merchant ships
G Em C G/B Am
minutes after they took I from the bottomless pit.
G Em7
But my hand was made strong
C G/B Am
By the hands of the Almighty.
G Em C G/B Am D
We forward in this generation triumphantly.
G C D G
Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
C D Em C D G
Is all I ever had, redemption songs,
C D G C
redemption songs.
D G Em7
Emancipate yourselves 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 Am
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
G Em7
How long shall they kill our prophets
C G/B Am
While we stand aside and look?
G Em
Oh yes, some say it's just a part of it.
C G/B Am D
We've got to fulfill the book.
G C D G
Won't you help to sing now songs of freedom?
C D Em C D G
Is all I ever had, is all redemption songs,
C D G C
redemption songs.
Em C
You know in every day now
Em C Em D Em C
In every way, in every way, in every way, yeah
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look?
Some say it's just a part of it.
Em C
We've got to fulfill
G/B D
We've got to fulfill, the book.
Won't you help to sing now the songs of freedom?
When it's all I ever had, is all redemption songs,
redemption song, redemption song
And then come all with me and all children
