Redemption Song

Bob Marley

Uprising (1980)

Chords

Intro :


A|-----0--2---2/3---5/7--5--2----0--2--5---2-3-2-0-----|
E|--3-------3-----------------3--------------------3~~-|  x2
C|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|


1st verse:
    G                  Em    C      -      C/B  -    Am
Old Pirates, yes, they rob I Sold I to the merchant ships 
G                   Em    C     -     C/B   -   Am
 Minutes after they took I from the bottomless pit  
       G         Em        C     -     C/B  -     Am
But my hand was made strong, By the hand of the Almighty
   G                   Em    C        D
We forward in this generation triumphantly




Chorus:
D                 G   C  -   D    -   G
Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
       C  -  D  -    Em C- D -    G
'Cause all I ever had,   redemption songs,
C - D  -   G        C  -  D  -
  redemption songs




2nd Verse :
      G                           Em                C      -      C/B  -   Am
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds 
        G                Em                    C   -    C/B  -   Am
Have no fear for atomic energy, 'Cause none of them can stop the time
    G                           Em              C  -  C/B   -   Am  
How long shall they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look?
          G               Em               C   -   C/B   -   D
Yes, some say it's just a part of it we've got to fulfil the book.


Chorus:
D                 G   C  -   D   -    G
Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
       C  -  D   -   Em C- D -   G
'Cause all I ever had,   redemption songs,
C - D  -   G      C - D  -   G        C – D  -
  redemption songs, redemption songs



Bridge : [Em][Em][C][D]  x4



3rd verse :
      G                           Em                C      -      C/B  -   Am
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds 
        G                Em                    C   -    C/B  -   Am
Have no fear for atomic energy, 'Cause none of them can stop the time
    G                           Em              C  -  C/B   -   Am  
How long shall they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look?
          G               Em               C   -   C/B   -   D
Yes, some say it's just a part of it we've got to fulfil the book.



Chorus:
D                 G   C   -  D   -    G
Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
       C  -  D   -   Em C- D  - G
'Cause all I ever had,   redemption songs,
C  -  D   -   Em C- D  - G
all I ever had,   redemption songs,
C  -    D    -   G      C- D   -    G
  these songs of freedom,  songs of freedom



[C-C/B][Am][Am]
[Am6][Am6x]