[INTRO]

E||-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------||

B||-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------||

G||-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------||

D||-----------------------|-------2----0---------|---------------0-------|-----------------------||

A||----------0--2---------|--3--------------2----|---------0--2-------2--|--3--2--0--------------||

E||---3--------------3----|----------------------|--3--------------------|-------------3---------||

[VERSE 1]

     G                  Em

Old pirates, yes, they rob I

C                        Am

Sold I to the merchant ships

G                   Em

Minutes after they took I

C                    Am

From the bottomless pit

        G               Em

But my hand was made strong

        C             Am

By the hand of the Almighty

    G                   Em

We forward in this generation

C          D

Triumphantly

 D                               

Won't you help to sing

[CHORUS]

G   C      D           G

       These songs of freedom?

       C    D

'Cause all I ever have

Em  C   D        G

      Redemption songs

C     D       G   C   D

   Redemption songs

[VERSE 2]

       G                            Em

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery

             C                   Am

None but ourselves can free our minds

          G            Em

Have no fear for atomic energy

                 C                D

'Cause none of them can stop the time

     G                         Em

How long shall they kill our prophets

           C              Am

While we stand aside and look? Ooh!

      G               Em

Some say it's just a part of it

       C                  D

We've got to fulfill the book

D                               

Won't you help to sing

[CHORUS]

G   C      D           G

       These songs of freedom?

       C    D

'Cause all I ever have

Em  C   D        G

      Redemption songs

C     D       G 

   Redemption songs 

C     D       G   C   D

   Redemption songs 

[INTERLUDE]

|Em  |C  D  | (X4)

[VERSE 3]

       G                            Em

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery

             C                   Am

None but ourselves can free our minds

              G            Em

Wo! Have no fear for atomic energy

                 C                      D

'Cause none of them-a can-a stop-a the time

     G                         Em

How long shall they kill our prophets

           C              Am

While we stand aside and look? Ooh!

      G               Em

Some say it's just a part of it

       C                  D

We've got to fulfill the book

D                               

Won't you help to sing

[CHORUS]

G   C      D           G

       These songs of freedom?

       C    D

'Cause all I ever have

Em  C   D        G

      Redemption songs

C     D

All I ever have

Em  C   D        Em

      Redemption songs

C       D           G

   These songs of freedom

C   D        G      C   D  G         

   Songs of freedom

Notes:

*In the verses you can add a C/B (X20010) in between the C and Am chords

*In the final chorus, the recorded version actually ends with an Am then Am6 (X02212) but for simplicity, you can just end it on G