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GEmEm7
Old Pirates, yes, they rob I.
CGAm
Sold I to the merchant ships
GEmCGAm
minutes after they took I from the bottomless pit.
GEmEm7
But my hand was made strong
CGAm
By the hand of the Almighty.
GEmCAm7D
We forward in this generation triumphantly.
- D - GCDG
Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
CDEmCDGC
Cause all I ever had, redemption songs,
DGCD
redemption songs.
- D - GEmEm7
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
CGAm
None but ourselves can free our minds.
GEm
Have no fear for atomic energy,
CGD
Cause none of them can stop the time.
GEmEm7
How long shall they kill our prophets
CGAm
While we stand aside and look?
GEm
Ooh, some say it's just a part of it.
CAm7D
We've got to fulfill the book.
- D - GCDG
Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
CDEmCDGC
Cause all I ever had, redemption songs,
DGCDGCD
redemption songs, redemption songs.
Interlude - x4 -: EmCD
- D - GEmEm7
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
CGAm
None but ourselves can free our minds.
GEm
Woh, Have no fear for atomic energy,
CGD
Cause none of them-ah can-ah stop-ah the time.
GEmEm7
How long shall they kill our prophets
CGAm
While we stand aside and look?
GEm
Yes, some say it's just a part of it.
CAm7D
We've got to fulfill the book.
- D - GCDG
Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
CDEmCDG
Cause all I ever had, redemption songs,
CDEmCDEmC
All I ever had, redemption songs,
DGCDG
These songs of freedom, songs of freedom
Outro: CEmAmD
Bob Marley (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981), born Nesta Robert Marley which was later to be changed by passport officials to Robert Nesta Marley, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist. He was the most widely known writer and performer of Reggae, and more specifically Roots Reggae. He is famous for popularising the genre outside of Jamaica and the Caribbean. Much of his music dealt with the struggles of the spiritually wealthy rasta and/or spiritually powerful Jah Rastafari.
