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Em7
Old Pirates, yes, they rob I.
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G
Am
Sold I to the merchant ships
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Em
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minutes after they took I from the bottomless pit.
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Em7
But my hand was made strong
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By the hand of the Almighty.
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Em
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Am7
D
We forward in this generation triumphantly.
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- G
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G
Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
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Em
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D
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C
Cause all I ever had, redemption songs,
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C
D
redemption songs.
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Em
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Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
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Am
None but ourselves can free our minds.
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Em
Have no fear for atomic energy,
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D
Cause none of them can stop the time.
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Em7
How long shall they kill our prophets
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Am
While we stand aside and look?
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Em
Ooh, some say it's just a part of it.
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Am7
D
We've got to fulfill the book.
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Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
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Em
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D
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Cause all I ever had, redemption songs,
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redemption songs, redemption songs.
Interlude - x4 -: Em
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Em
Em7
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
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Am
None but ourselves can free our minds.
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Em
Woh, Have no fear for atomic energy,
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G
D
Cause none of them-ah can-ah stop-ah the time.
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Em
Em7
How long shall they kill our prophets
C
G
Am
While we stand aside and look?
G
Em
Yes, some say it's just a part of it.
C
Am7
D
We've got to fulfill the book.
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- G
C
D
G
Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
C
D
Em
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D
G
Cause all I ever had, redemption songs,
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D
Em
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D
Em
C
All I ever had, redemption songs,
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G
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G
These songs of freedom, songs of freedom
Outro: C
Em
Am
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