Bob Marley – Redemption Song    (Album: Uprising (1980))

Main Riff:

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    G       G/F#      Em                 C             C/B     Am 

Oh pirates, yes they rob I,    Sold I to the merchant ships

         G    G/F#   Em         C         C/B     D

Minutes after they took I,     From the bottomless pit

    G       G/F#      Em                 C             C/B     Am 

But my hand was made strong,  by the hand of the almighty

         G    G/F#   Em         C         C/B     D

he fought in this generation,       triumphantly

C:    D               G                 C      D        G

Won’t you help to sing,     These songs of freedom,

      C     D    Em              C        D          G   

‘cos all I ever had (was) Redemption songs, ..[C]..[D]

    G       G/F#      Em                 C             C/B     Am 

emancipate yourself from mental slavery,

none but ourselves can free our minds.

Have no fear for atomic energy,

‘cos none of them can stop the time

Em    C     D  (x4)

    G       G/F#      Em                 C             C/B     Am 

How long will they kill our prophets,  while we stand around & look?

some say it’s just a part of it,  we got’s to fulfill the book

[Chorus]