[Intro] G  C  D  G  C  D

        G                 Em         C                   Am
    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
    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
    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