Guitar Melody (Play Root Only)
| G A B G | C E D B | G A B D B | C B A G || G A B G | C E D B | G A B D | C B A G |
Verse 1
| G | Em | C G/B | Am |Old pirates, yes, they rob I sold I to the merchant ships| G | Em | C Gsus4/B | Am |Minutes after they took I from the bottomless pit
Verse 2
| G | Em | C Gsus4/B | Am |But my hand was made strong By the hand of the Almighty | G | Em | C | D |We forward in this generation Triumphantly
Hook
| G | C D | G | C D |Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom? 'cause all I ever have| Em | C D | G | C D | G | C D | Redemption songs redemption songs
Verse 3
| G | Em | C Gsus4/B | Am |Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery none but ourselves can free our minds | G | Em | C Gsus4/B | D |Have no fear for atomic energy 'cause none of them can stop the time
Verse 4
| G | Em | C Gsus4/B | Am |How long shall they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look? Ooh | G | Em | C Gsus4/B | Am |Some say it's just a part of it we've got to fullfil the book
Hook
| G | C D | G | C D |Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom? 'cause all I ever have| Em | C D | G | C D | G | C D | G | C D | Redemption songs redemption songs Redemption songs
Instruments
| Em | C D | Em | C D || Em | C D | Em | C D |
Verse 3
| G | Em | C Gsus4/B | Am |Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery none but ourselves can free our minds | G | Em | C Gsus4/B | D |Have no fear for atomic energy 'cause none of them can stop the time
Verse 4
| G | Em | C Gsus4/B | Am |How long shall they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look? Ooh | G | Em | C Gsus4/B | Am |Some say it's just a part of it we've got to fullfil the book
Hook Ending
| G | C D | G | C D |Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom? 'cause all I ever have| Em | C D | G | C D | Em | C D | Em | Redemption songs all I ever had redemption songs| C D | G | C D | G | C Em/B | Am | Am | Am6 | Am6 | These songs of freedom songs of freedom
